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Websites For Teaching Children About Hurricanes

August 28, 2011August 28, 2011 Candace

I’m waiting until the storm passes to discuss Hurricane Irene in more depth with my children–my daughter was obsessing about tornadoes months ago and I

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Dinosaur Fossil Imprints in Salt Dough

August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 Candace

We have a lot of plastic dinosaur figurines from our visits to the American Museum of Natural History and we enjoy trying to classify them.

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Stegosaurus Craft

August 15, 2011August 15, 2011 Candace

We’ve been on a dinosaur kick for the last half year over here and I thought it would be fun to make a few dinosaur

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Forest and Woodlands Activities and Crafts Round-Up

August 11, 2011August 10, 2011 Candace

In almost every season we love to go out hiking in the woods. We never know what forest creatures we’ll find! And we love seeing

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Backyard Science Activities, Crafts, and Books

August 10, 2011August 10, 2011 Candace

Children are natural scientists and the backyard is the perfect laboratory. Whether you are digging in the garden with kids, chasing butterflies and other bugs

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Government, Democracy, and Currency Activities

August 9, 2011August 9, 2011 Candace

As a former history and social studies teacher, teaching about government should come natural to me. However, I found it challenging to break down this

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Constellations: Stars in Your Eyes and in the Skies

August 4, 2011 Candace

As far back as we know, people have looked at the night skies and seen pictures in the stars. Before modern navigation technology, it was

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Outer Space Songs for Preschool through Elementary School

August 3, 2011 Candace

We like to sing songs as we learn. Audio cues have always helped me remember information and it seems to work well with my children,

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The Sun, Earth, and Moon

August 2, 2011 Candace

I do a brief demonstration with my kids of how the earth rotates on its axis to create night and day, how the Earth orbits

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A House for Hermit Crab Craft

July 27, 2011July 27, 2011 Candace

When I was a child, I got to take home the class hermit crab over a long vacation. There is something incredibly fascinating about a

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