We had so much fun at the Festival of Books, that we decided to try out another event dedicated to literacy, The Santa Clarita Literacy & Arts Festival. We had just done a holiday photo shoot with the Sugar Snaps and so they were dressed in holiday attire. This event was so well organized! We were very impressed. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Nutty Science–A Lesson in Buoyancy
The kids love to do sink or float experiments so I decided to do another science activity related to buoyancy. If you missed it, we did a 'corny science' experiment using different types of corn in carbonated and still water. This time, we used various nuts and seeds and a combination of salty and plain water. Nutty Science Experiment: You will need: A combination … [Read more...]
Breathing Treatments-Our new normal
Grayson has a cough so often that it is difficult for me to remember times when he did not. It varies greatly in severity but usually is present when he is sleeping at night. Recently, his cough took a turn for the worse and became louder and more frequent and was accompanied by wheezing. He spiked a fever of 103 … [Read more...]
Make Pretty Feather Window Clings-a tutorial
Kids love feathers and ours are no exception! I have seen numerous tutorials for window clings made with glue and I wondered if feathers could be added to the window clings and decided to give it a shot. I was not sure if I'd seen this before, but could not find it when I searched online. I used this window cling tutorial from eHow for the basic technique and then added a … [Read more...]
Scarecrow Hunt with FREE Printable
Scavenger hunts are so much fun for kids. For this activity, I cut out the parts of the scarecrow and then wrote out clues for the kids and read them aloud one at a time. After each clue, they ran off to find the body part of the scarecrow mentioned in the clue. I made all the clues rhyme because they are learning about rhyming words. The first clue … [Read more...]