Glow sticks are just a part of summer for most kids. Something they stay up late to wonder at the neon glow. They are fun for kids and pretty cool to learn about how they work. We had so much fun learning and playing with the kids all night. It is so much fun spending time with the kids learning and playing with glow sticks. This video explains how glow sticks work. A great way to add a bit of chemistry to your children’s day. Ways to learn and play with glow sticks. :: Sensory bin or bath is a great…
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Life is short, and we need to enjoy it. The same goes for our kids. Many of us in the homeschooling world get caught up in trying to set this incredible standard with academics we often forget that learning can be a fun and exciting experience. If like us you homeschool year round you can lose track of the fun parts of summer. You do not have to. Build your homeschool summer camp and make it fun. With summer in full swing ask yourself “How can I make this year fun and encourage learning and discovery at the same time?”…
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We had so much fun learning about birds. To finish up I really wanted to give the kids a chance to get hands on but well we don’t have any birds that like to be touched so I had to get creative. I decided building birds nests would be a create activity that would allow the kids to get hands on and get a feel for what birds do. Ours may not be the most realistic. I have yet to see a bird that can tie and weave everything together but well we needed ones that could hold up to the…
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We are learning about animals in our summer school program. Yep, we do summer school. In fact, we do more in the summer than the rest of the year. Something about warm days for outdoor romping and cool stormy for book work. Learning is so much more fun when you can take it outside. Lucky us the Mother Goose Time curriculum we use with the children has boxes available all year long. For the June box, we received it is all about animals. You can see what the upcoming themes are ahead of time. A Whole year ahead of time in fact so,…
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With young children in the house, we have to make learning fun and active to keep them interested. The biggest challenge for me is keeping the littles entertained while the big kids are still being challenged and learning. For this one making the puppets and reading are huge ways the older kids had the opportunity to learn while the toddlers were entertained for hours. Can you get any better than that? We made our own Alligator Puppets with Mother Goose Time. I really love having fun days that work for all of the kids despite age gaps. The preschool days even…
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We love field trips, hands-on learning, and well anything fun that gets us out of the house and energy out of the kids. During our time in Florida, we went on many trips and one was feeding alligators. There are a lot of places to feed alligators in Florida. Simply Google Feed alligators in the area you live or are visiting to find areas near you to feed alligators. If you are going on vacation to Florida you want to add this to your to-do list. Most places feed the alligators hotdogs so grab cheap ones to save a…
