Introduce color and light science activities for kids during the winter season. Lights are everywhere, and papers, ribbons and objects that glitter, sparkle and reflect are easily available. Give students plenty of hands on experiences by collecting or borrowing flashlights, LED lights, a lightbox (plastic, not glass), kaleidoscopes, electric tea lights, prisms and transparent plastic ... continue reading...
INVESTIGATING SQUIRRELS
One crisp autumn morning, the father of one of my students brought in a box containing branches and leaves. Curled up in the center were three baby squirrels. The dad told us that the mother squirrel had been killed by a car and that he was taking the babies to a wildlife rehabilitation center. The babies, born pink and naked, had some fur on them so he thought they were about a month old. The ... continue reading...
LITERATURE BASED EASTER CRAFT
Combine scraps of construction paper, a child's imagination and inspiration from the "Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown and watch kids create unique literature based Easter crafts. The one below with the pop up bunny was designed by a five-year old. Instead of providing your students with ready made worksheets for crafts, art or literature, let them use their resourcefulness to create ... continue reading...
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