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Programming and Science Projects that Promote Learning
Have your kids started school back up this week or last week? Did you have tears of sadness or a little bit of joy that you have some free time on your hands? I think I had a little of both. I enjoy the summer break with my daughter and love to head off to the beach or movies any time during the week. But as I work out of the home, finding a balance can be quite challenging. As parents, we do our best to prevent too much of a summer slide – the loss of certain skills in math and reading that can happen over the summer, but there is…
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4 Summer Science Projects to do with the Kids
We are well into summer now, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped learning. In fact we’re still doing quite a lot – I just don’t call it “school”. Instead I just ask the kids if they want to do an activity with mommy and they’re sold. Science is the favorite subject in my house so we are doing a lot of mini-experiments and crafty projects that allow me to slip some scientific education into the day. We’ve dyed celery, made a seashell display box, and skinned an onion to see plant cells. Today we started a compost experiment using one of the small plastic fruit containers and some of the…
