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Paint and Glue… Cardboard and Cotton Swabs… Art Class Adventure!

Yesterday, Lala wanted to go to school like her friends in the neighborhood…  She actually did a ‘happy dance’ when I told her we were going to art school!

We joined our homeschool group for an art class and had an amazing time!

The project was to paint branches with leaves and blossoms, adding half-circle ‘birds’ using glue…  The painting materials were cardboard and cotton swabs.  I love these ideas for using household items for creative projects!

Tbear’s painting…  He did a ‘happy dance’ himself when he saw the paint!

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Lala’s creation…

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Birds!

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Our hour-long art adventure included story and music time.  Tbear lasted for about 45-minutes and then he was ready to move on…  🙂

Thanks to the class organizer and our local art program for a wonderful time!

We followed up our art class with a walk by the river and Lala’s dance class.  It was an amazing day!

A Random Monday Afternoon…

After lunch today, we colored and put stickers on our #13 printable.  My kids are just nuts for stickers…  It wasn’t a particularly compelling activity, but was a nice few minutes at the table…  Oh, except for the moments of upset over sharing the stickers…

Can you guess who colored which one?  😉

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While Tbear napped this afternoon, Lala and I worked on a couple of projects…  and she wandered around a little bored, looking for other projects to do…  It was amazing to see what the afternoon produced…

First, she wanted colored paper and markers…  Once she got settled in, this is what she produced…

Work in progress…

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Final creation…

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And she pointed out that the ink passed through to the other side…  And asked why…

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She gave the picture to me when she finished.  After nosing around for a little while,  she got out some beads and was talking about making a bracelet…  After working on that for a bit, she joined me to make a Rain Stick…  She enjoyed putting all the toothpicks and rice in the bottle.  I’m not sure the project turned out quite right…  (More on that later…)

After wandering out back, ‘cleaning’ and playing with the chickens, she came in looking for another project…  I had asked her if she wanted to come in and help me make a grocery list, but was done by the time she came inside…  So, she started asking me to write stuff on the paper I had set out for her….  A couple of days last week, she had me write letters and words on a piece of paper (I was taking notes myself, while reading) and was tracing them.  She agreed to my suggestion that I could set her up with some letter tracing pages…  though she indicated she didn’t know how to write the letters in the blank spaces provided after the dotted letters…  I told her she could try and see how it went…

She had a ball point pen, but somehow finagled a highlighter out of my desk…  She was over at the table, looking at the book, when suddenly I heard her exclaim, “I did it!”  She had traced the capital letter A’s and then written another one free-hand!  She then proceeded to make a row of them, saying “Up, down, and side” as she worked, interspersed with exclamations of joy.  (And I found myself getting teary-eyed again…  what is going on this week?!?  haha)

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She made a bunch of big A’s and little a’s and then moved on to trace a few more letters before losing interest…

A little while later, she wanted some of the ‘fall’ stickers we got on clearance…  I gave her a handful and a piece of paper…  I am always fascinated to see how she sorts the stickers out…  Looks like a bar chart to me…  The math and stat brain must be genetic…

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It was a very interesting afternoon…  I love seeing how things ‘evolve’ as the day progresses…  Excuse me now, I need to wipe my eyes…  😉

Dancing, Dashing, and Discovering Learning Resources…

I am cooked!  We didn’t end up making it to Home Depot yesterday…  Lala had a dance performance and we didn’t get up and moving early enough to make it to Home Depot beforehand…  Maybe next month…  Instead, we headed out for Lala’s performance.  Lala had never performed publicly before, so we weren’t sure how it would go…  She did fantastic!  Got right up there and did the dance with her class.  We were so proud.  I’m not sure I can explain why I got teary-eyed watching my four year old mimic her teacher’s movements in a scratchy Princess Elsa dress…  But anyways…

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I hadn’t looked into the event the kids were performing at…  It was a family fair to support early childhood education  with all sorts of ‘kid-related’ vendors.  We found information on music classes, child care resources, tutoring, children’s dentistry, a literature-based charter school, and… so much more!  It was fascinating!  At one booth, they had sidewalk chalk…  Lala drew a boat – a white boat for a ‘Frozen’ princess…

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I was so fascinated, I didn’t think about the fact that it was over 80 degrees and we were outside for a couple of hours around noon…  We had the kids in the shade or the stroller most of the time, but I didn’t bring a hat or anything…  Thus, the ‘baste me and turn me over’ condition of my neck and shoulders…  Ugh!  I always seem to burn my shoulders once at the beginning of every summer…  The kids are fine, mom… not so much…

We were getting ready to head home to prep for dinner with Abuela, but that got rescheduled at the last minute…  so…  we made a quick change and dashed over to our local university.  We had seen a flyer about all the museums on campus being open for visitors all day.  We had wanted to go, but hadn’t been able to make it fit in… With the schedule change, we dashed over…  The museums were open later than we first thought, so we managed to visit 3 different locations.

On our way across campus, we walked around the pond and checked on the resident swan couple, currently brooding…

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Our first stop was the College of Engineering’s K-12 Teaching Lab.  They had so many fascinating things to look at and ‘play with!’

Simple machines made with K’Nex…

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The kids loved it!  Tbear kept turning the intensity all the way up and then startling when the machine started trying to rattle itself off the table.

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They had so many cool things on display, including a robot, suspension bridge model, and snap circuits!  They do field trips to schools and summer camps for older kids.  I got the contact information for the coordinator of the program.  I am excited to see if we can set up a tour or lessons for our homeschool group.  I also really need to get some snap circuits!  And…  they had these retractible power outlet set-ups in the ceiling…  I totally need one in my kitchen!

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We then stopped by the university’s press and got to see a hand-operated printing press in action.  How do you explain printing to a child with a wireless Wi-Fi printer at home?  What a contrast!  The presses are works of art themselves, as are the printed pages.

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Our final stop was the Museum of Natural History.  All I can say is… Wow!  Both their public and research collections were open.  We were able to see plants, bugs, and vertebrate specimens.  There were several snakes, many lizards, including a giant red tegu, and a swallowtail caterpillar.

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It was amazing!  We got to take home a milkweed – to attract Monarch Butterflies – and a globe mallow – a drought resistant native plant that will put on beautiful salmon colored flowers.  Yay!  More plants for our garden.

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We would have loved to have seen more of the museums, but we closed the place down…  Many of the other sites are open to the public during regular hours.  We will have to check them out sometime soon!  And will hope that the university hosts this event again in the future!  I am looking forward to setting up some homeschool group field trips too!  We learned so much and had a wonderful time!

We had an amazing day, living and learning.  We hope you did too!

Taking the Time to Learn about Public Television – Local PBS Station Tour

We had a fun day out and about yesterday.  We joined our homeschool group for a tour of our local PBS Station.  It was a blast and we learned a lot about public television!  Most of our favorite shows are on PBS…  Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Curious George…  So, we were excited to get to peek ‘behind the scenes’ at how the station runs.

In the lobby, we encountered  “Clifford, The Big Red Dog.”  The sign reads, “When all else fails… Hug the dog.”  🙂

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Their equipment is amazing!  Technology has really reduced the number of people required to run a TV station.  Which is a good thing for a relatively small station like ours… Their budget is fairly limited and most of it goes towards securing programming…   all those great shows we love to watch on PBS!

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It was fascinating to see how the shows are received, upgraded to HD for local broadcast, and scheduled.  Local PBS Stations create great opportunities for shows on the local area, politics, and events.  They are able to run shows live, create animation and cartoons, do voice-overs (the sound booth was definitely a hit with our screaming kids 🙂 ), and create all sorts of other ‘magic’ that goes into television.
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The kids’ favorite part was the green screen!  If you happen to be wearing a green shirt, you will look transparent on the TV monitor.  So cool!

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Our tour guide told us the story behind how the “green room” got its name.  Apparently, during Shakespeare’s time, many plays were put on without a formal “stage,” with the actors and support people prepping and waiting for their parts right beside where the play was being performed.  He felt it distracted the audience to see this activity, so he had a screen of branches and leaves built to ‘hide’ the waiting actors.  Jack Parr knew this story and wanted a place for people who were participating in his variety show to prep and wait for their performances.  He had a room set up off-stage for this purpose and called it the “green room.”  Some “green rooms” are actually painted green, but some are not…  Our PBS Station’s room had one green wall.  Interesting story…  Is it true?  I didn’t check…  😉

If you love PBS, consider supporting your local station.  All of this amazing work is supported by members and grants.  They utilize a lot of interns to help complete all the work required and keep costs low.  If you are 16 or older and interested in television, they would love your help as a volunteer.  For more information, check out the PBS website.  We love the website for PBS Kids.  So many great videos and games!  (Links will open in new tabs.)

Many thanks to our homeschool friend who organized the tour, our tour guide, and our local PBS Station!  What a fun day, living and learning!  Looking forward to our next adventure!

Floating On a Cloud… Of Dough…

We had a blast making cloud dough!

Last week a recipe for cloud dough popped up in my Facebook feed.  It called for flour and baby oil.  Yes, I thought!  Finally something fun to do with the baby oil I bought before Lala was born and haven’t used…!  Check out the activity over at Kiwi Crate — Flour + Baby Oil = Cloud Dough (Links will open in new tabs.)

Here is what we did and how the dough turned out…  (Roll over the images to see the captions.)  We mixed the dough in a large bowl and then put it in an aluminum roasting pan for playing…


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I got to wondering what would happen if you doubled the amount of baby oil…

The kids had a great time mixing, molding, pounding, dumping, (throwing – ugh…) and making a flour-y mess.  And the dough smells wonderful, like a newborn baby. 😉

Water Walkers

After our visit to the Fire Tamers’ Lair, we had a little time before dance class.  We put it to good use by taking a stroll down by the river.

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It was a little cooler than it has been, but was still fairly nice.  My little water walkers were so happy to be out and about.

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Mom!  Water… rocks… dirt… sticks…  Who cares what the temperature is…?!?  We have good stuff here!  🙂

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And think of all the things we can learn about at the river…  The water cycle, biology, fluid mechanics, physics, ecology, psychology, physiology…  How far can you wade out without getting more than the bottoms of your shoes wet and being scolded by mom…?  If you throw the rock this direction, will it hit your brother?  Look at the ducks!  Why are my hands cold?  Why are those cans lying there?

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We did unfortunately see a fair amount of trash.  With Earth Day coming up, I am thinking we need to put some gloves, bags, and a grabber in the car, so we can get in the habit of cleaning up when we are out and about.

When it was time to go, Tbear didn’t want to leave…  Water is one of his favorites words and things!  Lala was ready because it was time for dance class!  Here’s to the wonder of water walking…!  🙂

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Visiting the Lair of the Fire Tamers – AKA Firehouse Field Trip Fun!

We had the opportunity to visit a fire station today with our homeschool group!  I have never had the chance to tour a firehouse before and I’m sure I was more excited than the kids!  We had a phenomenal time.  The firefighters were delightful, the equipment was awesome, and the technical aspects were amazing.  I had tons of questions and we learned a lot!

I didn’t get any postable pictures, because I was too absorbed in what we were seeing and learning.  🙂  Mic did snap this one of me helping Tbear up into the fire engine.  I got to see the ‘jaws of life’ up close for the first time.  What amazing tools!IMG_1258

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We will be talking more about this tour and the other first-responders who help keep us safe and healthy.  (I feel a Safety Series post coming on…  😉 ) We are sending a shout-out to the field trip planner and the wonderful firemen we met today!  (Yes, the ones we met were all men, but when asked, they assured us there were more than a handful of women in the department, even in management positions.  It is challenging for both men and women to become firefighters, due to the physical requirements of the job.)  Thank you so much!

‘Fishing’ at the Science Museum

We spent the afternoon at our local science museum. Painting on a glass ‘wall’, art projects, working on a ping pong ball track wall…

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sliding, climbing, and ‘fishing’ in the ‘river’…

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The kids love that place. Is it bedtime yet?

We always have a great time at our local children’s and science museums.  Find a children’s museum near you with the online Search Form Tool maintained by the The Association of Children’s Museums or a local science center on the Find a Science Center Form at the Association of Science – Technology Centers website.  (Links will open in a new tab.)  Have fun!

Crystal Tree

We did a fun project last week…  Purchased a little crystal tree growing kit from Dollar Tree….  Consisted of two paperboard pieces that slipped together to form a ‘tree,’ a little tray, and solution to be poured into the tray.

The beginning…

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First crystals…

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Color!  Some crystals are growing on top because I accidentally spilt a little of the solution on the top of the paper tree…

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Wow!

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A Pony Ride…

We visited Gma and Gpa this weekend…  Lala got to take a ride on ‘her’ pony.  Gpa got her about a month ago.  She grinned as wide as the sky the whole time…  🙂

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And I got to ride one of the ‘big horses’, too!

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