PregnancyAugust 9, 2009
Ocean In A Bottle
This simple activity is something that delights kids of all ages. Babies love watching the oil and water swirl and older children will delight in the slow but inevitable separation of the two.
1. Gather your materials. You will need a simple plastic bottle, water, vegetable oil, food coloring, sequins, and sparkles.
July 28, 2009
Manna from neighbors
On Saturday we returned home from an afternoon out and about and found a huge bag of corn waiting by our front door. Although there was no name attached, we knew the corn had come from our neighbors diagonal to us. We've also, in the past, been the lucky recipients of vine-ripened tomatoes, knobbly homegrown cucumbers, and the odd green pepper or two.
July 24, 2009
Have bubbles, will travel (even if by armchair)
It was only fitting that yesterday we came home from a morning of end-of-summer-like activities (meet-the-teacher event for L., and a work meeting for me) to find a package awaiting us. A dear family friend has a yearly tradition of sending us a "Christmas in July" package. This year we unwrapped the mysterious brown parcel to find this:
- Tags: Travel, Summer Science, Summer, Parenting, Children, Books, Activities for Chlidren
July 15, 2009
Color Your Garden
When I was a child I loved painting rocks in my front yard. It's a great summer project to do outside and to introduce your nature lover to painting.
1. Gather your materials . You will need some rocks, water color paints,some water in a cup, and a paint brush.
June 17, 2009
Bang, bubble, and fizz
L. and I have been sending off vinegar and soda bottle rockets since he was about three years old. In fact, one of my many treasured memories is of a sunny afternoon one spring when L. was three--the first time ever we tried the experiment. We were standing in the back yard at our old house, and L. had been waiting all morning for me to get home from work. He had very high expectations for the experiment--as he does these days, too, for any experiment we undertake. Achieving anything less than perfection--or less than the results he imagines in his head--is unacceptable.
