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Jon Gnagy Commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the television broadcast of "Learn to Draw" in the first program transmitted from the antenna atop the Empire State Building on May 16, 1946. Biography Articles about Jon Gnagy Paintings Information About Jon Gnagy Art Kits "Arlo and Janis" Tribute My Guestbook aM laboratory How To Make Borax Crystal Ornaments and Sun Catchers I have wanted to make some borax crystal ornaments for a long while now. I thought it would be timely considering the season but also a fun homeschool project since there is definitely some science going on here. Borax, as we usually buy it in the store, is a white powder consisting of soft colorless crystals. We don’t think of crystals when we see it because we see powder. List of Things You Need: Pipe Cleaners Scissors String (we used hemp) Popsicle sticks or pencils Jars or glasses Borax To get started you need to put a pot of water on the stove to boil. Pour the boiling water inside the jars (without the ornaments) and stir in 3-5 Tablespoons of Borax. As the water cools, the molecules that moved apart when the water was hot will now move close together again and form crystals. When they are all finished you just need to set them on a towel to dry, remove them from the pencils, and then hang them in a window or on your Christmas tree. Don’t they look lovely on our tree?

craft blog : Tutorial: Hand Sew Felt Using Blanket Stitch Tutorial: Hand Sew Felt Using Blanket Stitch This post actually contains two tutorials involving the blankets stitch:How to sew two pieces of felt together using blanket stitchHow to sew an edging using blanket stitchThere are also some helpful extras, like:How to start if you aren't going all the way aroundHow to handle cornersHow to stitch around circlesWhat to do if you run out of floss in the middleIt's a lot to pack into one post, but they all involve the blanket stitch, so I thought they should all be together. Let me know if there is something I can make more clear. For other options to hand sew felt see my whip stitch tutorial and my post about choosing between blanket stitch and whip stitch. Note One: All stitches should go in and come out the same distance back from the edge of the felt. Note Two: I used to struggle with knotting my floss, but Heather Bailey's Best Knot Ever Tutorial changed my hand sewing and embroidery forever. Sewing an edging (and tips for round objects)

My Adventures In Positive Space The final projects from this class were so great, but it was a long, hard road of a learning experience to get there! I practiced this class with the girls and found it very troublesome. What surface to work on was a challenge. We tried on wax paper (too flimsy), newsprint (the same and the ink would come off onto everything) and then I pulled out a couple of ceramic floor tiles we had for samples to use in our house. The clay stuck! Nothing was successful! Working with air dry clay was another challenge. I found an entry on an online resource by a clay artist who was asked to try out different products and give his opinion. All in all, the suns were beautiful, and I definitely want to keep clay sculpture in my repertoire.

Learning Simple Machines: 4 Tricks to Help Your Children | Homeschool-Articles.com: Articles by Homeschoolers for Homeschoolers What exactly are simple machines? How do they work? And how do you make learning simple machines easy for your children? Learning simple machines can be accomplished by using common examples to help your child comprehend these basic scientific concepts. Hand tools, silverware, even parts of the human body can all be considered simple physical machines. Any physical machine makes work easier to accomplish. Simple, physical machines make work easier by multiplying either the force on the object or the distance involved. Depending upon your reference, simple machines can be classified into many categories, but the two basic groupings are levers and inclined planes. Most ordinary hand tools are composed of simple, physical machines. You can use every day examples to aid your children in learning simple machines. Lorie Moffat has 20 years of teaching experience in both public school classroom and science museum settings. Lorie Moffat (8 Posts)

Making borax crystals | the tesserae Science is my son’s favorite subject; math is his second. He wants to be an engineer (preferably robotics) when he “grows up.” People have told me that he is on the right track with liking and doing well in both of those subjects. He loves science and doing science experiments is his favorite part of homeschooling. In the early years, I discovered that he is a kinesthetic learner and so I try to make learning in any subject have as many hands-on opportunities as possible. Over the past weeks, we have been studying chemistry. The experiment is from 501 Science Experiments. It is a very simple and easy experiment. borax powder laundry booster (3 tbsp.)hot water (1 cup)glass jar1 popsicle stickcotton string (I used floral wire)pipe cleaner/chenille stick (I used ‘eyelash’ yarn)food coloring (optional)scissors Steps: 1.Dissolve 3 tablespoons of borax powder in 1 cup of boiling water. 2.Tie the string or wire around the center of a popsicle stick. 3. Like this: Like Loading...

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