Learning through Outdoor Games

Nov 19, 2012

Each morning Sweet Pea and I run around with Cutie Pie playing tag while we wait for the bus. Most mornings we stay out, otherwise I can't get Sweet...

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Indoor Pillow Fun

Nov 15, 2012

The weather here lately has been dreary and wet, so we have done a lot of playing inside. One recurring pastime was playing with a pile of pillows....

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Reading Challenge

Nov 2, 2012

Being read to is so integral to learning to read. Cutie Pie came home a few weeks ago with a calendar on which to write the minutes of reading he...

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Learning at Home

Nov 1, 2012

Cutie Pie has been in half-day Kindergarten since the beginning of September. (We live in probably the last school district in our state to move to...

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How to Make a Water Glider

Oct 23, 2012

© Photographer Joseph Cortes | Agency: Dreamstime.comRemember how Cutie Pie was fascinated with ocean experiments a little while back? (see here and...

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Water bottle fountain

Oct 18, 2012

I saw this neat idea this summer on Learn With Play at Home and just had to give it a go. It's a water bottle fountain and this experiment using...

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Mini-Hovercraft on Water

Oct 9, 2012

Yesterday I posted about making a mini-hovercraft. I forgot to tell you about Cutie Pie wanting to experiment, seeing if it would float across the...

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How to make a mini-hovercraft

Oct 8, 2012

Another fun thing we did this summer was make tabletop hovercrafts! Wierd Science Kids has great instructions for how to make these using a hot glue...

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Obstacle Course

Oct 5, 2012

How many people do you know that have old tires and stumps hidden in their hedgerow?My friend had us over for a picnic this summer and offered to...

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