Posted in All Kid Activities

Ice Painting

Mix food coloring with water and freeze. I just used 1-2 drops.

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Wait for a sunny day and take out your colored ice cubes for some ice painting!

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The ice melted pretty fast.

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Caleb kept on checking his hands to see if they got “dirty”.

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CALEB: My hand is cold!

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When he was done “painting” Caleb threw the rest of the ice all over the garden.

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He enjoyed this a lot!

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We laid out the paper on the grass to dry.

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Hosed down the table and washed Caleb’s hands. They didn’t get stained at all–hahaha! I was secretly worried that they would be stained.

Cold fun on a sunny day!

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Posted in All Kid Activities, Life Schooling

Pizza Making

This is a wonderful family activity. Everyone can participate and it’s creative and super fun. Plus, your tummy will thank you πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

We started by making the dough.
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Flatten the dough and shape into pizza or whatever you feel like doing. You are limited only by your imagination ☺
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Caleb had so much fun with the dough and the rolling pins.
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Pizza making tips from Sexy Gran.
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Tossing the pizza. If your pizza is rolled out to thinly, it will tear when you toss it. No problem, just do the whole process again. Roll and toss. πŸ˜‰

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Putting some pizza sauce.
Tomato sauce.

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White sauce on Caleb’s special pizza–he made this one by himself with special assistance from Auntie Sassha.

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Adding some cheese.

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Have all the toppings prepped and go wild with what you put on top of your pizza.

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Caleb “poured” the toppings onto his personal pizza. He just wanted to put mushrooms.

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Ready for the oven!

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Caleb was happy with his pizza.

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We made so many kinds of pizza in different shapes, flavors, and sizes.

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Caleb with the gang.

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The kitchen was buzzing with activity and full of people. It was great to see people come together and create something to eat. This was a fantastic friends and family bonding activity. We had a fabulous time doing this and we hope you do too!

Posted in All Kid Activities, Home Investigations, Math Activities

Light and Heavy

I got different objects from the pantry and around the house for Caleb to sort by weight.
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Sorting.
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Being playful ☺
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CALEB: It’s sooooo heavy! (Making faces.)
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All done sorting!
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I brought out the kitchen scale for Caleb to use. This helped to reinforce the concepts of light and heavy plus it’s something new for him to try.
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Weighing things.
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I told him that the farther the pointer moves away from the zero, the heavier it is. He enjoyed reading the weight of each object. It was only from 0-3kilos, easy for him to read.
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He wanted to make the pointer reach all the way to the end so we overloaded the scale. He was so proud to tell me that it was too much, too heavy! Since the pointer went way beyond 3.
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This is a simple and fun activity for comparing weights. Thanks for reading! πŸ™‚