Easter is on it's way!  I love celebrating Easter.  The colors are so bright and beautiful.  There is new life all around us in spring.  My favorite part about Easter is that, Jesus died for you and me.  About a year ago, I found a wonderful pin on Pinterest for Easter.   As soon as Easter was on its way, I could not resist getting started on this beautiful arrangement.




I created three arrangements.  One to keep and two to give away to my mom and mother in law.  It was a really easy project and I found most of my stuff at the Dollar Tree.  Here is what I found:  3 clear liners, bag of dirt, three baskets, bag of rocks, and 3 small clay pots.   If you are counting that's $7.00 plus tax.  I did have to buy grass seed, that was around $4.00.  The sticks were from my crape myrtle tree.  I had some left over cord from beading and used my glue gun to secure the cord to the sticks.  I did splurge for the word rocks from Joann Etc. What a great price for such a cute idea. 

The grass grows really quick. I just sprayed mine with water whenever it looked dry a couple of times a day.

Have a great day!
Bridget

There are lots of uses for leftover plastic Easter Eggs.  I use them for math.  For Poppy Cat, I put numbers on one half with a paint pen, and then put the corresponding number of dots on the other end.  I let them dry and then break them in half.  He counts the dots and matches the numbers.  If you want to make it more challenging, make sure you use two different colors for top and bottom.  That way they are not just matching colors.  They have to actually count. 



For Legoman, I put multiplication problems on one side and the answers on the other side with a paint pen.  Let them dry and break them apart.  I usually use problems that need review.


Have fun with this inexpensive learning tool.

Blessings,

Bridget

 

This week I created a Easter sensory box for Poppy Cat.  I used colored rice, pom poms for cotton tails, colorful buttons, and Easter eggs.  Poppy Cat loves sensory boxes.


Easter Sensory Box

The wonderful thing about sensory boxes is that you can add anything too them based on what you have on hand. 

To make the colored rice you will need Ziploc bags, rice, food coloring, and rubbing alcohol.  Add some rice to the Ziploc bag.  Then place around 7 drops of food coloring in the bag with the rice.  Finally, add about a teaspoon of rubbing alcohol to the bag.  Seal the bag.  Shake until well combined and then pour onto a paper plate to dry.  That's it!  It is very simple and the little ones can help make the rice.

Have a great weekend!
Bridget

LEGOMAN loves video games, just like most kids. This year he decided to do his science fair project using a free downloadable software called Scratch.  Scratch is designed with kids in mind, to make computer programming easier. 

We got our idea from the Science Buddies website and dove into a bunch of tutorials to learn how to use Scratch. I am happy to report that LEGOMAN took home a first place trophy in his homeschool science fair.

Here is a photo of his science board.


Scratch Video Game Science Project

If you would like to download Scratch you will find it here.

Listed below are two of our favorite tutorials for Scratch.

http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/scratch-lessons-shall-we-learn-scratch-programming-tweens
http://learnscratch.org/video-courses/scratch-1

I hope your kids enjoy learning how to program their own video games.  Let me know how it works out for you.

Blessings!
Bridget

Poppy Cat just competed in his first homeschool science fair. 

His project was mixing primary colors.  He experimented by finger painting, mixing water and food coloring, playing with model magic, and mixing paint.  This was Poppy Cat's first science fair.  He got 1st place.  He was delighted to take home a trophy.

Here is his Science Board and photos of his experiments.  For the Science Fair we squeezed finger paint into Ziploc bags and taped them shut for a fun visual.  I had to do the typing for the board but, I got Poppy Cat involved by having him color the title, his experiment guesses, results, and decorating his board with hand prints.  He had a great time and now he knows about mixing colors. 

Blessings!
Bridget


Model Magic Mixing Experiment



Water & Food Coloring Mixing Experiment



Finger Paint Mixing Experiment



Completed Science Board & Experiments

Every year I look forward to celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday.  As a child Green Eggs and Ham was my favorite book.  I enjoy celebrating now, with my kids.  We always have green eggs and ham for breakfast and enjoy re-reading the same book I read as a child.   I was inspired by a few pins on Pinterest to make Thing One t-shirts this year.

Here are the pins that inspired me.



These are the photos of  the t-shirts that we made.



For more Dr. Seuss Ideas check out my Pinterest Board. Have a fun day!

Check out my Dr. Seuss Pinterest Board