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Olympic Shot Put Catapult Design for Kids

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Olympic Shot Put Catapult Design for Kids

The shot put is one of the Olympic spots that most children have probably never seen. It isn't often featured on television. Why not introduce your children to the shot put by creating a catapult that will fling a shot put across your yard. Our shot put is features a bucket that is hand shaped. The arm is made from an old paintbrush. The payload or Continue Reading

Rainforest for Kids – Jaguar Paper Plate Mask

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Rainforest for Kids -Jaguar Paper Plate Craft

With the Olympics being held in Brazil this summer I thought it would be the perfect time to share some rainforest for kids  crafts. Later this week I will share a red eyed tree frog paper plate mask along with a collection of books that can be used to learn more about them. Today I am going to walk you through how to create a  jaguar paper plate Continue Reading

Paper Plate Shark Mask with Mask Template

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Paper Plate Shark Mask and Mask Template

  After taking a break last week to share some LEGO posts with you, I have another ocean themed craft to share with you. This paper plate shark mask would be a fun craft to create during an ocean unit, Shark Week (It is usually celebrated at the end of June or the beginning of July.), or after reading one of the shark themed children’s Continue Reading

LEGO Building- Exploring Inertia with a Moving Platform

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  This challenge has two distinct tasks. The first is to use your LEGO building skills to build a simple platform on wheels. We are calling this task "Building a Moving Platform". The second task is to use the cart and a few household items to explore just how inertia works. Let me start by explaining inertia: Inertia -a property of Continue Reading

Kids Math Games- Graphing Ocean Animals with LEGOS

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Kids Math Games- Graphing Ocean Animals with LEGOS

This is one of those kids math games that can be played in the summer when we are thinking about the beach or as part of an ocean unit. Creating bar graphs with LEGOS is something we like to do. We have great a floor graph with tape and LEGOS. We have even created a graphing tool with LEGO and graphed with LEGO. For this kids math game we used a Continue Reading

Cool Science – Make LEGO Man Sink & Float

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Cool Science - Make LEGO Man Sink and Float

If heavier objects sink and lighter objects float, then just want did we do to make the LEGO sink and float. Well, he didn't sink and float at the same time!  There were times when he floated near the top of the plastic container and other times he sank. We had fun exploring this cool science challenge.ain the Cool Science When we squeezed water Continue Reading

LEGO Building Ideas- Ocean Life Building Directions and Work Mat

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LEGO Building Ideas : Ocean Life - Building directions and free printable ocean mat a shared in this post.

Ocean life has been the theme of several activities I have created recently. I thought you would enjoy having an activity that focused on LEGO-building ideas.  Children love building with LEGOS. Why not have them build some ocean creatures and seaweed with LEGOS? I have created a learning packet for you that features cards displaying each of the Continue Reading

100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids

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100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids- LEGO Sight Word Bottle

I try to activities I plan for my son to do that tie into things he is interested in. Right now he is into LEGO! (They are currently LEGO all over our living room floor. ) When I came across an amazing sight word sensory bottle activity in a terrific book called 100 Fun & Easy Learning Games for Kids: Teach Reading, Writing, Math and More With Continue Reading

Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll & Cover Mats

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Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

These fun roll and cover mats display cute ocean creatures and number bubbles. They can be used to work on adding 2 0r 3 numerals, identifying a number rolled on a die, or subtracting numbers. Actually, there are probably a number of ways to use these free math games. Directions for how to play possible math games were not placed on the roll and Continue Reading

Paper Plate Crafts – Cupcake Liner Jellyfish

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Paper Plate Crafts - Cupcake Liner Jellyfish

      This is the third in a series of paper plate crafts that feature ocean animals. The previous paper plate crafts featured an octopus and a starfish. ( I hope you will take a moment and check them out.) Jellyfish are JDaniel's favorite ocean creature.  I totally understand why. They have such fluid movement as the Continue Reading

Arts and Crafts Fine Motor Paper Plate Octopus

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Arts and Crafts Fine Motor Paper Plate Octopus

  I promised you a series of arts and crafts with an ocean animal themes this summer. This is the second arts and crafts project in the series. Last week I shared with you a starfish craft that focused on cork and sponge painting. Today's arts and crafts project focuses on fine motor skills. Kids will paint with a gripped fork,  a Continue Reading

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