25 At-Home Science Experiments. Now that the kids are almost on summer break it’s time to start planning those daily activities.
My biggest predicament is trying to find activities that I don’t feel are completely mindless (gotta keep those synapses firing, right?). What better activity to do with them than a fun science experiment? Learn all about the crystallization process with geodes and test the power of nature by walking on eggshells. Your afternoons are guaranteed to be tons of fun and educational with these 25 at-home science experiments: Learning About Buoyancy 25 of 25 Place a ketchup bottle in a bottle of water and make it float or sink.
Learn all about crystallization by making your own geodes. 12 fall crockpot recipes (condensed soup free!) Keyboarding Web Sites - SB Web Links. Youth Totoro Mascot Costume : Bottom half of frame for Totoro Mascot Costume. Tools: Coping Saw Sewing Machine Scissors Fabric Tape Measure Materials: Irrigation piping roll Irrigation pipe couplers 1" black nylon straps 1" nylon strap adjustment fastener Thread Duct Tape Resources: 3d Model I read where someone had created a Totoro costume with hula hoops, which in turn gave me the idea of using irrigation piping found in rolls at your local home improvement center.
Actually they worked out so well for hula hoops that I used them as give-aways at one of my sons birthday parties. My next thought was to have the bottom half of the costume be collapsible so I could reach inside and make any adjustments or help them in and out as needed. With these idea's and the 3d model, I created the hoops and straps that would hang the bottom half of the costume from their shoulders. To make the straps I used the measurements between the hoops on the 3d model. I needed a way to fix the pipe to the straps so they wouldn't slide all around. A Total OS Makeover - Avoid the Trash Heap: Great Uses for an Old PC. A Documentary on the Infinite Banking Concept. Edible Water Beads.
Rosie and Jewel love water beads, and we use them often in play.
As long as kids are out of the mouthing stage and know that they are not for consumption water beads are lots of fun. However, many readers still do not feel comfortable and have expressed concerns. For those who would love an alternative, these edible water beads are easy to make and unbelievably FUN! Edible Water Beads This post contains affiliate links for your convenience I have been wanting to try tapioca pearls for sensory play ever since I first saw them. Parents Told Their Child Would Never Learn. Creativity. AdBlock is now installed! :D. Did you create your next great idea? @LondellJackson: First time attending the Great Ideas Conf #ideas13.
Great folks, phenomenal speakers and presenters. Nearly 600 association executives, consultants, and ASAE Industry Partners joined us March 10–12 for the 10th Anniversary of the Great Ideas Conference at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. In addition to our excellent general sessions, we added many new and exciting educational formats, networking opportunities, and special events this year! Conference Catalyst Having a Conference Catalyst was a popular new addition to Great Ideas. Thom Singer made the initial “hello” more meaningful for 2013 Great Ideas attendees, facilitating networking opportunities at both General Sessions and throughout the conference. Opening General Session @DanScheele:@SallyHogshead at #ideas13––how the world sees you is now more important than how you see the world Snap Learning Spot.
How to Get 752 New Business Ideas? Img.en25.com/Web/CitrixOnline/%7Bbf1b059e-2d3c-4638-9743-1f609acd00e6%7D_031313_SlideDeck. Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves. The Daily Advance. If parents want to yank their children out of public schools and enroll them in a private or for-profit school, let them.
But North Carolina lawmakers shouldn’t steal from public education to pay for it. Across the country, Republican-controlled legislatures are pushing for private school vouchers paid for with public tax dollars to cover the cost of tuition. Florida and other states this year diverted some $343 million from public education to pay for private school tuition for nearly 129,000 students. Louisiana recently shifted tens of millions in tax dollars out of its public schools to pay private industry, business owners and church pastors to educate children. Republicans in North Carolina are also using their majority to try and push through similar private school expansion plans. A bill by House Majority Leader Paul Stam, R-Wake, would let corporations divert their entire yearly state tax debt to help parents afford private school tuition.
On the Swedish voucher system. Swedish test-scores are deteriorating, both among native Swedes and immigrants.
The left is blaming this on Sweden's popular system of vouchers. The Swedish private schools ("friskolor") are funded by public vouchers but privately owned and managed, which the left dislikes. In this article for example "ideological...market-experiments" are accused of having caused a decline in the "level of knowledge in schools". Foster W. Cline, M.D.
Learn Anything Faster with the Feynman Technique.