tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82739241133680983022024-03-19T02:27:52.445-05:00Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively EducationalSneaky learning for kids, parents, and caregivers everywhere. Because learning doesn't stop when the school day ends!Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.comBlogger722125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-19081899618673951232018-08-20T14:48:00.002-05:002018-08-20T14:48:25.124-05:00PLACE VALUE (cater)'PILLARS<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This activity has been rattling around in my brain for months. And thanks to a rather lengthy hiatus from blogging, that's where it stayed. Until now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Help kids review place value with <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l1C1lTTvARh94PKWknKHjTHsfOHQJe42/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this download</a>, a little glue, and some crayons. Kids can play by themselves, with a friend/sibling/classmate, or as part of a whole classroom of buddies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut and assemble the die. (It's sturdiest when printed on card stock; a glue gun makes assembly easier.) Print the game cards. The PDF has one page of cards where the columns are labeled (best for kids that are developing the skill or need a refresher) and another where the labels are absent for a greater challenge. Print whichever is most appropriate for your child(ren).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Each child gets a game card. (Yes, the numbers on both cards are the same. It doesn't matter so print as many copies as you need.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Roll the die and color the <i>entire</i> circle surrounding the number in the place value indicated face up on the die (e.g. Millions, Hundred Thousands, Ten Thousands, Thousands, etc.). If you roll COLOR THE LARGEST NUMBER or COLOR THE SMALLEST NUMBER and there are two of that number in the row, select one of your choosing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The next roll, color the number you rolled on the next row down. You'll only color one circle per row.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The hope is to color numbers that connect to make a Place Value (cater)'Pillar! See how many you can make and how long they are; any two connected numbers make a 'pillar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a great refresher for our 9-year-old son, who was thrilled to make a caterpillar longer than mine.</span><br />
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<br />Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-62788070343730845462017-12-06T19:45:00.000-06:002017-12-06T19:45:09.283-06:00Spelling Hints: Making Memorization EasierOur youngest son struggles with spelling. He's finally figured out the b and d, but frequently still writes words with random capital letters. This year has been a struggle. Some of the typical memorization games I designed for our oldest son haven't seemed to improve the outcome of his weekly tests. It just wasn't sticking.<br />
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No two kids are alike. <br />
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To make it easier, I've been giving him tricks - sometimes visualizations, sometimes jingles, and sometimes a silly sentence. Guess what? Test scores are rising!<br />
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Here's a few examples of what we've done the last few weeks.<br />
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SPELLING WORD: YOUNG<br />
My son kept leaving the <i>u</i> out of young. I told him to remember: U are young!<br />
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SPELLING WORDS: -EA and -EE WORDS<br />
I knew this was going to be a gargantuan challenge. I divided the list. Once I had all the -ee words, I made a sentence for him to remember: "Free wheel for sheep that sneeze between their teeth." To make it more memorable, we sang it. Any other words he's tested that are not in this sentence are -ea words. This trick helped him during our first few nights practicing. Eventually, he didn't have to sing the jingle sentence. He had memorized which words were -ea (beach, eat, teach, reason, etc.) and which were -ee!<br />
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SPELLING WORD: BIRTHDAY<br />
Every time my son spelled birthday, he said the second letter was an <i>a</i>. I told him to look at the word. Do you see the birthday candle in the word? YES! This visualization really did the trick (pun intended)!<br />
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SPELLING WORD: RAISIN<br />
There's no <i>z </i>in raisin, but try telling that to my son two weeks ago. I told him to remember, "snakes (drawing an s with my hand) like raisins."<br />
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SPELLING WORD: FENCES<br />
That <i>c</i> sure sounds like an <i>s</i>, doesn't it? To help my son remember, we came up with the hint: Do you "c" fences?<br />
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SPELLING WORD: TRAIN<br />
Sometimes I point out words within words to help my son. When he spelled train initially, he left out the <i>r</i>. I showed him<i> train</i> is really <i>t-rain</i>. BOOM! No more missing letter!<br />
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A few hints, a simple song, or a silly sentence have made all the difference for us. I hope some of these tips help you and your kids!<br />
<br />Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-58452908183779402982017-10-01T19:17:00.001-05:002017-10-01T19:17:37.809-05:00A-MAZE-ING Spelling Practice<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our 2nd grade son has been doing activities I made for our now 12-year-old son. It's been fun to rediscover so many of the activities I created years ago. Since our two boys are very different, it's still fun to create customized activities for him. And since he loves mazes and needs to practice spelling, this is one such activity.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made four mazes. One for a 7-letter word, 6-letter word, 5-letter word, and 4-letter word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I<span style="text-align: center;">magine the bottom boxes filled in with the letters in your child's spelling word. Follow the lines up to the shape above and add the respective letters there. Download a PDF of the four mazes from Google Drive </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RZ2wxVEZJTDFKMGM/view?usp=sharing" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="text-align: center;"> (remember, teachers, to use your personal email address if you need to request access as your school probably limits messages from outside their domain). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is quick, simple, and fun. Spelling practice doesn't have to be boring. Just make it a-MAZE-ing!</span></div>
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Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-80003395534546631112017-02-01T16:53:00.000-06:002017-02-01T16:53:07.677-06:00Addition Math Fact Dash {printable board game}<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's no secret. I hate flash cards. They're so ... not fun. To give my 1st grade son a little practice with simple addition and turn repetition into memorization (hopefully), I made a simple board game.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What You Need</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Free two-page download of game board and spinner (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RT1Myak01Snc1TmM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">download here</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two pieces heavyweight cardstock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Game pieces are placed on the start square. The youngest player spins first. He/she solves the addition problem and moves their game piece to the nearest square with the answer. Turns alternate between players until a player gets the math problem where the answer is 5, the final square on the board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-86050080452748519252016-12-07T06:00:00.000-06:002016-12-07T06:00:14.920-06:00Number Grid Puzzles (free printable)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our youngest son had a "fill in the missing numbers in the number grid" math assignment. I thought it would be a snap for him, but as he sometimes transposes numbers, it became a source of major frustration. Oy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To familiarize him a little more with number grids and some of the quick addition and subtraction you can do with them, I made a few activities. These were inspired by <a href="http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/hundred-chart/" target="_blank">Playdough to Plato's peek-a-boo chart</a> and <a href="http://mrstsfirstgradeclass-jill.blogspot.com/2012/11/number-puzzles-in-th-bag.html" target="_blank">Mrs. T's First Grade Class number puzzles</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can download this 100 number grid activity for free from Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RYWRzREtxVWU5dHc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a 3-page PDF. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>NOTE: If you are a teacher, use your personal gmail account if it requires you to request permission. Most school districts restrict emails from outside their domain, and therefore I can't grant access and let you know it's available.</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Activity #1: 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I printed the number grid on white card stock. I printed page two of the free printable PDF on colored card stock. I cut the center plus-sign out. Then I added white gift wrap tissue squares to the plus signs "arms" making those squares translucent (vellum would work well too), and left the center empty. For the sake of durability, I ran this sheet through my laminator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the 10 more, 10 less, 1 more, 1 less page laminated, I wrote some simple math problems on it in the blank area (e.g. 13+10= , 47-10=, 91+1=, 74+1=) with a dry-erase marker. My son placed the laminated page over the number grid so the first number in the equation was in the center. Then he could easily see in the translucent squares which was his answer (i.e. 10 less was directly above, 10 more directly below, 1 more to the right, and 1 less to the left). This made solving the math problems easy!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Activity #2: Number Grid Puzzles</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I printed the number grid on colored card stock and printed an empty grid on white card stock. I cut the colored grid apart into a variety of puzzles that were about 10-11 squares each. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once done, I cut the number squares apart and handed him a few piles of puzzles. He arranged them wherever on the blank grid, remembering 10 less is above, 10 more is below, 1 more is on the right, 1 less is on the left. When he completed this puzzle, he moved on to the next. You can make approximately 7-8 puzzles per grid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-18994971334822568202016-10-21T06:00:00.000-05:002016-10-21T06:00:35.222-05:00Telling Time by the Hour (Simple Printable Game)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the most important aspects of telling time is understanding which hand tells you the hour, and which tells you the minutes. To help my son practice telling time by the hour, and beginning to memorize which hand does just that, I made him this fun and simple game.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What You Need</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My 2-page PDF (download it for free from Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RTGVxT2lDMGdsMVE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">12 game pieces for each player (we used the flattened glass marbles)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Print one handless clock game board for each player. Print the clock spinner on heavyweight card stock. Fold over the paper at the bottom to double the thickness of the spinner. Glue the folded paper down and cut the spinner and clock out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Either poke a hole with a nail through the center of the clock and spinner (or use an unconventional hole punch). Thread the brad through the hour hand and clock, separating the prongs at the back of the clock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The youngest player starts first and flicks the hour hand on the spinner. Wherever it lands, they must read the clock and tell the time. Then they will take one of their game pieces and put it over that number on their clock game board (e.g. if a player flicks the hour hand and it points to seven, they say "It's seven o'clock" and put the game piece over the seven on their game board clock). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The next player does the same. If you already have a number covered that you spin, your turn is over. The next player uses the spinner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first player to get all the numbers (aka o'clocks) covered on their game board is the winner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We read three books with this activity.</span><br />
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Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-85663296933004978892016-09-23T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-23T06:00:14.561-05:00Skip Counting Connect-the-Dots Letter Puzzles<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My 1st grader came home from school the first week and was distraught that he'd had trouble skip counting by 2s. "Can we practice, Mom?" Um ... yeah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since his teacher is also sending home short lists of consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) spelling words, I thought I'd combine the two skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made connect-the-dot pages that when finished form the letters of the alphabet (capital letters only at this point). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download the 13-page PDF for free from Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RTV9NLTA4d0xVbXM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I grabbed the spelling list and printed the pages with the letters I needed, cut them apart, labeled them 1-3 so he'd know the order of the letters, snipped the corner of each page (so he wouldn't know which letter he was working on), and told him to start with the star and count by 2s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was amused and truly enjoyed the discovery aspect of this activity. First, it was fun to see what letter he made. Then it was fun to see what word the three letters formed (e.g. web, hen, pet, pen, etc.).</span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-58662318906156962912016-09-01T06:00:00.000-05:002016-09-01T06:00:04.522-05:00Change Exchange (free printable money game)<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When big brother took his piggy bank coins in to the bank this summer, little brother was mighty jealous. Since he's only had his bank since Christmas, there was only $7.58 in it (which paled in comparison to the $56.36 our oldest had). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was confused about which coins added to a dollar. To reinforce coin equivalents (e.g. two dimes and a nickel equal the same as a quarter), I made a fun little board game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was surprised to see how much my 7-year old enjoyed it. He and I were having so much fun that our 11-year old asked to play next time!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What You Need</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PDF of the game board, equivalent cards, and $1 fake money (download it free from Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RNDNuclVhSXhKYXM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heavy weight card stock (white)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Green paper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scissors or paper cutting tool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lamination</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dry-erase markers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Die</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Small objects to use as game pieces (a different one for each player)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Print the game board on white card stock.Trim the white border off the one edge on each page so the spaces meet up perfectly. Tape together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Print the $1 page on green paper. Plan for $3 per player. You may need to print extra copies of this page depending on how many individuals are playing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Print the equivalent cards on paper (office or card stock) and laminate. You'll want 2-3 for each player.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cut all the money and equivalent cards apart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Each player puts their game piece on the word START. They roll the die and move their game piece the number of spaces rolled. Whatever coin they land on, they will cross off with the dry-erase marker on one of their equivalent cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When a player has crossed through all five pennies on that equivalent card, they can erase the marks with a paper towel and cross through one of the nickels on either the <i>two nickels = a dime</i> equivalent card or <i>two dimes and a nickel = a quarter</i> card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Players continually cross through coins until the cards are filled and then they're erased and a coin of the equivalent value is marked through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If they roll and land on a dime, but their dimes have already been crossed through on the <i>two dimes and a nickel</i> equivalent card, they can start a second <i>two dimes and a nickel</i> card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When players have four quarters all crossed through, they are given a $1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Each player collects a quarter when they roll a number and pass the last space on the board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The object is not to be the first to finish, but to finish with the most money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Count the dollars and coins at the end of the game to determine the winner! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I earned $2.56 and my son won with $2.94.</span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-26957347473524869432016-08-17T06:00:00.000-05:002016-08-17T06:00:13.494-05:00Paper Bugs Walking on Water (Surface Tension Experiment)<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Surface tension experiments are the coolest. This one lives up to the others we've done. We made paper bugs walk on water! Here's how we did it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Card stock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Downloadable pattern - optional (free on Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RMndtOG50QmhkMmc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Basin or pan of water (we used the bathtub)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Either fold card stock and draw a bug so it's back is at the top of the fold and it has large wide feet or print the downloadable pattern on card stock and fold. Do not crease the fold on the paper tightly; if possible leave it lightly creased only. Cut out your bug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bend the feet back so your bug stands up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gently (this may take some practice for rambunctious kids) place the bug in the water so its feet stand on the surface of the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Make several because it may take a few tries; once your bug is submerged, it has to be thrown out!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why it Works</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The surface of the water is like a thin film, formed by surface tension. Lightweight objects can actually balance atop this surface. Once your bug's legs penetrate the surface of the water and it absorbs enough water, it will no longer float. Each bug is for one-time use in this experiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This great activity came from <i>365 Science Activities</i>, which also served as the inspiration for my bug designs. Check it out!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I always feel goofy sharing basic activities, but truthfully, sometimes the oldest and simplest things you can do with your kids are great learning opportunities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The boys learned about how plants absorb water by dying flowers. Here's how we did it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trim your flowers, cutting the stems on an angle under running water. A blunt flat end that sits squarely against the bottom of the vase, will make it difficult for the plant to draw up water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Add 15-20 drops of food coloring in each vase. Add lukewarm water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Place a flower in each and observe over the next few days or week. If desired, keep a journal!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What We Observed</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even our leaves and flower petals were tinged with the dye. The blue dye had the most impact on the appearance of the flowers. Our yellow dye hardly made a noticeable difference. The boys were astounded to see the changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The oldest boy hypothesized that the plant would filter out the dye and there would be no noticeable difference. This experiment proved him wrong!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago when the boys were doing a Bedtime Math problem, my youngest had trouble remembering the order of the days of the week. I wrongly assumed he had them mastered. My bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To give him a little practice, I made a simple board game for us to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Free printable PDF of the game board and playing cards (click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1ROWlxdFotdGt2Rkk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> to download from Google Drive)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download the 2-page PDF from the link above. For a two-player game, you'll need to print about 6 copies of page 1 (the game cards). Print one copy of page 2 (the game board). Use a paper trimmer or scissors to cut out all the game cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place two game pieces on the board's first space (Sunday). The youngest player draws a card. They must identify the missing day of the week and move their game piece to the next occurrence of that day on the board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If they draw a card "Draw Again" card, they must draw until they get a missing-day card and then move TWO of those days forward (e.g. put their game piece on the second Monday ahead of them). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our 6-year-old read Terri Sievert's <i>Days of the Week</i> to me to go along with this activity!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're doing a lot of science this summer and I love it. Okay, who cares if <i>I</i> love it, right?!? Well, the good news is, the boys love it too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This 5-minute experiment is impressive and inexpensive (say that tongue-twister 5 times fast!).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What You Need</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10 quarters (or more/less)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a finger</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stack all but one quarter in a tower on a flat surface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Place the one remaining quarter on the same surface 3-6 inches from the tower. Now flick it across the surface using your middle finger, shooting for the bottom of the tower. (This is the hardest part as aiming can be tricky.)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What Happens</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The coin you flicked slams into the bottom coin and pushes it out. Surprisingly though, the tower of remaining coins stay stacked neatly. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How it Works</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Newton's First Law of Motion (sometimes called the law of inertia) is at work. It states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion. The coin you set in motion stays in motion pushing the bottom coin in its path, with the stacked coins above it remain in place because they have enough inertia to prevent them from moving.</span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-85255262116707417222016-07-18T06:00:00.000-05:002016-07-18T06:00:29.896-05:00After School Linky (7-18)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Since summer is hot, it doesn't take too much persuading to get my boys outside to do an experiment where they might get wet.<br />
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I told our six year old that we were going to fill a bucket with water and that it'd be upside down over his head without spilling. One of his eyebrows went up with skepticism.<br />
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But lo and behold, he did it. Here's how.<br />
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<b>What You Need</b><br />
A small pail with a handle<br />
Water<br />
Somewhere outdoors<br />
Clothing that can get wet<br />
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<b>What to Do</b><br />
Fill your pail half full of water.<br />
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Holding it by the handle, swing it in front of you from side to side like a pendulum. Once you get going at a pretty swift pace, swing the pail with a straight arm in a circular path above your head and all the way around.<br />
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If you're going fast enough, the water will remain in the bucket without spilling out!<br />
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Because of the swift pace with which you're swinging the bucket, centripetal force is present. While you're spinning, a force is applied to the bottom of the bucket to push the water out, but thanks to Newton's Third Law of Motion (every action has an equal and opposite reaction), the water pushes back against the bucket and, therefore, doesn't slosh out.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's been hot lately. Like melt your face off hot. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but sometimes it's nice to do an indoor activity to at least let the sweat dry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This one is simple and loads of fun. If you're hearing, "I'm sooooooooooo bored" this summer, making indoor origami flying discs might just be the cure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8 two-inch square pieces of paper (plain office paper or heavyweight card stock)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fold each 2-inch by 2-inch square of paper corner to corner so you now have 8 triangles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now fold one corner of each triangle down; look at the picture below for guidance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Make sure all the origami pieces are facing up, with the folded flap on top. Slip the pointed corner of one piece into the folded flap of another. Continue doing this until you're able to tuck the last piece in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Add tape over each triangle tip for added stability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gently bend the outer edges of the disc down for increased aerodynamics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most people have heard of the fabulously impressive Mentos and Diet Coke experiment before. If you haven't though, you're in for a treat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a must-do for all kids who think science is boring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A roll of Mentos candies (mint flavor)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2-liter of Diet Coke</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">someplace where it's okay to make a sticky mess (in other words, outdoors)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Roll the paper into a tube the width of the Mentos. Add tape if desired. Load the Mentos candies inside the tube and hold the bottom of the tube so they don't spill out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Open your 2-liter of diet coke and place it outside on level ground. Hold the tube of Mentos over the opening in the bottle. Quickly release your fingers so the candies slide into the bottle. BACK AWAY QUICKLY!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A gushing geyser of soda will come spewing out the bottle.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What Happens</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That bubbly fizz that makes soda so yummy is the result of invisible carbon dioxide in the drink. Add something to the bottle and you'll see the CO<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2 </span>at work (check out our <a href="http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2015/11/diving-rising-raisins-science-experiment.html" target="_blank">Diving & Rising Raisins Experiment</a> for proof). In the raisins experiment, tiny CO<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2 </span>bubbles attach themselves to the raisins we added to the clear soda. This bubbling is called nucleation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the Mentos, which are covered with TONS of tiny pits, are dropped into the Diet Coke, CO<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2 </span>bubbles instantly form in all the pits as the candies sink to the bottom of the bottle. The bubbles quickly rise to the surface, causing an eruption of soda!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want a more detailed explanation? Visit <a href="http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/original-mentos-diet-coke-geyser/" target="_blank">Steve Spangler's site</a> for more info, video, etc.</span>Deceptively Educationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934909120289454457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273924113368098302.post-5701534703282867882016-07-04T06:00:00.000-05:002016-07-04T19:35:25.465-05:00After School Linky (7-4)<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since our July 4th decorative tee shirts haven't been an annual craftivity, I can't quite call them a tradition. But given that this is our third installment, it's certainly something that's makes our Independence Day holiday all the more festive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year's shirt craft uses handmade freezer paper stencils and TULIP Color Shot Instant Fabric Color. We used red, white, and blue on grey tee-shirts. If I was to do it all again (and believe me, we will), I'd skip the white as it's barely visible and made our designs look washed out. Red and blue will suffice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 1</b> Pre-wash your tee-shirts if you're using new ones. Don't use fabric softener.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 2</b> Decide on your design. Silhouettes look awesome. Download something from the Internet or if you're artsy, draw something. If you like the ones we created, you can download a PDF of my designs from Google Drive <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwivNcO0Yu1RYnByRHNFTXpIWlk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 3</b> Either cut your freezer paper to 8 1/2 x 11 and feed it through your printer or print the designs on regular paper and trace the design onto the freezer paper (hold both pages up to a window to create a light box effect). The design should be on the matte (NOT shiny) side of the freezer paper. Think about using upper case letters to lessen the number of tiny pieces of paper you'll have to iron back on once the design is cut out (e.g. the space inside the 'e').</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 4</b> Using a craft knife (think pen-like exacto blade), carefully cut out the pattern with a cutting board underneath your freezer paper. Save the internal pieces you'll need to iron back on. <i>NOTE: Be smart about who does the cutting. If you wouldn't hand your child a steak knife or let them cut an apple, they have poor fine motor skills, or can't be responsible with this tool, do the cutting yourself. For several of these reasons, I did all the cutting.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 5</b> Set your iron to medium-low heat (mine was on a setting of 3 out of 6). Place the design on your tee shirt in the desired place, with the shiny part of the freezer paper face down. Press the paper until it's attached in every place. <i>NOTE: Irons are hot. Don't let your child use the iron if they're not capable of using it safely. Always provide supervision.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 6 </b>Insert more freezer paper, a flattened garbage bag, cereal box, or cardboard shirt form inside the shirt. This is a MUST to avoid the paint bleeding through to the back of the shirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 7 </b>Mask off the rest of the shirt. Overspray is a problem with this paint, which is basically spray paint for fabric. Any exposed areas of the shirt will inadvertently get painted. I used painters tape and plastic grocery sacks to mask off all exposed areas, even tucking the rest of the shirt under the cardboard form.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 8</b> Take the shirt to a well-ventilated area where you're not concerned with overspray ruining furniture, etc. We went outside and put our shirts in the grass. Shake each can of the paint for a minute. Then apply holding the can 6-8 inches above the shirt, slowly moving it across the stencil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Step 9 </b>Apply multiple light coats going back and forth. TIP: Kids tend to be heavy on the trigger and spray in one spot. Encourage your child to be gentle and move the paint can around the design. If too much paint is squirted in one spot, it WILL bleed beneath the freezer paper stencil.</span><br />
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<b>Step 10 </b>Wait until it dries, and remove all the stencil, painters tape, bags, and cardboard. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On our vacation, we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. Our little guy has talked about it several times since we've been home. It made quite the impression. To capitalize on his interest of all things fishy, I thought we'd make our own aquarium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This genius idea came from <a href="http://madebyjoel.com/2010/06/wall-hanging-box-aquarium.html" target="_blank">Made By Joel</a>. His example is artistic and modern - a real must see, so stop over there.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What We Used</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A corrugated cardboard box</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Paints, markers, colored pencils, blending art tissue paper, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Mono filament (aka clear fishing line)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Using the ruler as a straight edge, on one side of the box I drew and then cut with a craft knife some slim channels, approximately an inch apart. I made sure the channels I cut were narrower than the width of my buttons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now my son got to decorating the background of our aquarium. I gave him a piece of watercolor paper and we layered strips of bleeding art tissue paper (lightest at the top and darkest at the bottom).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once spritzed with water, the colors began to bleed onto the paper. My son, however, wanted to press paper towels into the top of the tissue to wipe up the excess water. The stipling of the paper towels made for some beautiful texture and we decided we liked the look so our paper towel (once dried) became the background of our aquarium. I love a happy accident!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now I cut fish shapes out of the thick watercolor paper and my son and I colored them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I taped the end of mono filament to each fish, strung them through the slits in the box and then wound them through the holes of a button before knotting each. This enabled my son to move the fish back and forth to make our aquarium fish (and jellyfish) more active.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To go with this activity, we read a wonderful book. It reminded us of our visit to the aquarium and all the phenomenal creatures we saw there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the July 4th holiday rapidly approaching, I thought it might be fun to craft our way to a more festive window display.</span><br />
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stunning stars on <a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/blogs/making-art/wood-and-paper-stars" target="_blank">The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art</a> website, I
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arrange five sticks in a star formation, adding dots of glue at the points to connect. I applied the dots of glue with a low-temp glue gun and my son arranged the sticks. You can do this with white glue, but will need to allow for drying time before step two. Don't worry if your stars aren't perfect. The lopsided look adds to their whimsy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once dried, I carefully cut around the edges of each star, poked a hole in the tissue and threaded mono filament through. I then hung the sun catchers in our window to enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My son got creative and made one GIANT star. Encourage your kids to play around with various shapes and layers of the colored tissue. A little glitter might create an extra fun spotted look too!</span></div>
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