Thursday, March 26, 2015

fun projects and experiments

My friend and I have been getting our kids together twice a week to homeschool. We read a new book each week and center activities around the book. Here are a few things we have been doing.

frozen colored ice cubes, mixing to make new colors























fun creating new colors....


We melted crayons.

Declan and Daddy getting the wrappers off

melting crayons with a hair dryer

Declan's Crayon Art Masterpiece
















































Melting crayons in action....


mixing baking soda and vinegar....



We read 'Caps For Sale', a book about a peddler who sells caps and carries them all on top of his head while trying to sell them.

Declan and Rory balancing caps on their head....


using fine motor skills to stack cheerios on a spaghetti noodle



the m floats off of m&m's when placed in warm water, and the colors swirl too



Activities from the story 'The Snowy Day'.....
sorting warm and cold weather clothes

painting a snow scene- using doll shoes, q tips and toothpicks to make tracks in the snow



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