Games for Kids: Learning Action Words with Party Blowers

action words

Last week I shared a simple spelling activity that we created using a pink party blower and some bottle caps. This week I have another party blower activity that packs a punch! We used a party blower, a few Superhero friends, and some recycled materials to help us learn about action words! My son loves [...]

Kids Can Blog Too

Kids and Blogging

Did you know that my oldest son started a blog when he was 7? I had been blogging for a year or two when he came home from second grade with a writing assignment. It was a simple paragraph about his favorite colors.  After he wrote the final draft in his best handwriting, he was [...]

Simple Machines: Pulley

pulley is a simple machine

There are six types of simple machines: lever wheel and axle pulley inclined plane wedge screw Six different things that we can “build” at home to lessen our “work” load! Today we are “building” a pulley.  Sorry for the excessive use of quotations, but as you will see, the word building is used loosely here…after [...]

How To Make A Compass

how to make a compass

My son loves making cool gadgets.  For his latest creation, he learned how to make his own compass. The supplies are simple: plastic lid or shallow bowl needle or straight pin a bar magnet a slice of cork/styrofoam or the top of a plastic milk jug some water Step 1 I helped by using a [...]

Absorption Experiment

absorption experiment

Diapers have always been a beautiful mystery to me…how CAN they hold so much? I thought it would be fun to do a little science experiment with the boys to see if we could get to the bottom {get it?} of this mystery. Absorption Experiment This is a really fun and versatile experiment because it [...]