Candy canes spark memories of Winter fun. Enjoy this candy cane inspired round-up of crafts, activities and recipes. Click through the links to read the tutorials on how to make each one. I have divided the round-up into five sections: Candy Cane Learning Activities, Sensory Activities, Recipes, Crafts … [Read more...]
Fun at the Literacy Festival
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...]
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...]