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Rolling Around

September 10, 2010 Activities
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Babies are all about cause and effect, and big kids have a bit of fun with it too   This is a really simple one we used to play with a lot, and still do with a slightly different rig. Get a large piece of material of some sort, a wrap is perfect.  In fact [...]

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Comparing Bubble Mix

September 3, 2010 Activities
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Tragedy struck last weekend, we were out of bubble mix.  And what is a science-y family to do when that happens?  That’s right, we didn’t just make our own, we made two different versions and compared them. I love this bubble mix recipe because it is so simple even the 2 year old can make [...]

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Insides on the outside

August 27, 2010 Activities
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Look what we did last night!  The little one on the left is a skeleton, the big girl has organs.  This was a first time, so we just chatted while drawing, and after the photos it became a general draw on each other (and Mummy) session.  Including some beautiful vines and flowers. The girls already [...]

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Building Landscapes.

August 20, 2010 Activities
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I used to teach a fun lesson about erosion where we mixed up all sorts of dirt, put it into a gutter, put a hose on it and saw how it got moved by the water.  Then at one school I didn’t have a piece of gutter, so I found a nice pile of dirt [...]

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I want to be an Alienpologist

August 16, 2010 Activities
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Welcome to the August Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival. The Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival hosted by Science@home is for anyone, because we are all teachers and learners all the time. This month our theme is “Science”, because this is National Science Week. Science includes all sorts of practical activities and exploration and we have lots of different ideas [...]

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Spinning Pinwheels

August 13, 2010 Activities
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We’ve been playing with pinwheels for a little while now testing different sizes, papers and shapes.  They are interesting for all ages, very easy to make and good for preschoolers to practice cutting and fine co-ordination but they are also a great homemade toy for even the littlest babies. Pattern: Simply a square with four [...]

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Number Play

August 9, 2010 Activities
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Maths comes a close second to science in my loves.  But I know how much number is pushed at young kids, so I tend to avoid it with my girls and instead we talk about shapes, size, patterns and directions.  The other day the big girl announced she wanted to play with the numbers and [...]

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Homemade Butter

August 6, 2010 Activities
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Yummo!  We made our own butter the other day and it is easy peasy and lots of fun.  And it’s a great way to help kids see where their food comes from and play with chemicals at the same time. Materials Cream – you end up with roughly half the amount of butter. Something to [...]

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Learning to Ride

August 3, 2010 Activities
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Both girls have reached riding milestones recently – the little one’s legs have grown long enough to reach the pedals on the tricycle, so she’s starting to pedal, and the big girl is riding a bike to school with the help of trainer wheels.  Since riding bikes is such a part of kid culture, I [...]

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I Went Walking, …

July 30, 2010 Activities
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That’s one of our favourite books and while we don’t collect animals, we do all sorts of other things.  We are enjoying our brief spell of good weather between the rain and scorching heat to walk the big girl to preschool every day.  Which means the little girl and I walk home by ourselves and [...]

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