Projects and Activities With Badges, Awards Or Qualifications For Kids
I receive a ton of press releases in any given week, and normally I don’t pay them much heed, but today I received one that caught my eye. The headline…Continue Reading →
Learning About: Xylem Tubes And Phloem In Plants
Signing up for Developing Expert’s science curriculum has worked really well for us for all the reasons I’ve explained already,…
Interplay's Pocket Microscope Review
We’ve had a few different ‘kids’ microscopes or toy microscopes over the years, and we even have a really big,…
Results Are In! Grow Your Own Potatoes Project
This year we’ve once again participated in the Potatoes for Schools – Grow Your Own Potatoes project, whereby they send you potatoes and instructions, and you have to grow your own. As…Continue Reading →
Tree Detectives’ Handbook For Tree Identification
Over the summer we bought a wonderful little book called the Tree Detectives’ Handbook with which the children are able to…
Using Beads To Show How Feelings Affect Life
We’re talking about feelings and emotions at the moment, because both seem to be running high with my four-going-on-fourteen and…
5 Ways to Celebrate Science With Kids
I think when we look back on our lives, some day far off in the future, we’re going to realise that one of the biggest things that changed during this…Continue Reading →
How Big Is The Earth?
My dad sent me these pictures in an email, and I have no idea where they originally hail from, since…
Classifying Animals Into Categories
We’re busy reading The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford which starts off with a passage describing the landscape around Ontario, Canada, and…