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Ocean Floor Map
Magic School Bus books are fantastic. I remember doing a book report on a Magic School Bus book in 3rd grade over 20 years ago! My husband was a big fan of the TV show and we both love that our sons … Continue reading
Posted in Picture Books, What We're Learning, What We're Reading
Tagged book, books, labels, map, Ocean, Printable, sealife
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Ocean Animal Sort
One of the most confusing areas of our Ocean Unit was that not all animals that swim in the ocean are fish. The ocean is full of fish, sure, but it also includes mammals, invertebrates and plants… as well as … Continue reading
Nature Exploration Bin- Beach
We don’t live close to the ocean, but we aren’t far from the Great Lakes. At the beginning of our unit we took a trip to Lake Ontario. In just a few minutes I collected everything for our Nature Exploration … Continue reading
Ocean Sensory Bin
Our bin was pretty easy this time, but still a HUGE hit. I bought blue water beads from Michaels, but Amazon has similar ones here. They take a few hours to absorb water. Once they were ready I added some plastic … Continue reading
Posted in Sensory Bins, What We're Doing
Tagged bin, fish, Ocean, sealife, Sensory, water beads
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Toob Deals at Michaels
While shopping for our ocean unit at Michael’s today I stumbled upon a couple great deals… both the Space Toob and In the Sky Toob were on sale for $2.49 each! Space: In the Sky: They usually retail for $7.99 … Continue reading
Fire Tower Challenge- Mount Arab
Last week we tried to climb Cathedral Rock, but it was raining when we got there so we detoured to Mount Arab instead. Mount Arab was actually the first mountain in the Fire Tower Challenge we completed, but it was … Continue reading
Fire Tower Challenge
Although we love living in the city, and all the opportunities it affords us, we also love to get outdoors away from people and exploring nature. We find that having a goal to work towards helps us be intentional about … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors, What We're Doing
Tagged exercise, fire tower challenge, hiking, mountain
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Patriotic T-Shirt Tutorial
My kids loved the shamrock shirts we made so much, that we decided to make patriotic ones for 4th of July. It took us about 3 hours to make 4 shirts, including drying time. Materials – White shirt(s) – Red … Continue reading
Outer Space Book Review
I was a little concerned that we wouldn’t find enough space books with updated Pluto information, but we actually found several. We rowed Space Boy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and There’s No Place Like Space. The Planets by Gail Gibbons … Continue reading
Posted in Picture Books, What We're Reading
Tagged Animals, books, planets, review, Rhyming, solar system
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Tutorial: How to Make a Child’s Lab Coat
Lately my son has been fascinated with science experiments. He’s asked me to make several items for his dress-up bin, including a lab coat like Dr. Doofenshmirtz. I hate making buttonholes and I’m not a big fan of collars either. … Continue reading
Posted in Sewing, What We're Doing
Tagged dress-up, gift, pretend play, science, Upcycling
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