It’s never too early to encourage a love of science in children, so if you fancy starting an Early Years or preschool science club or just trying some science at home, I’ve got lots of easy ideas to get you started! 10 Ideas for an Early Years Science Club These activities are all easy to set up and complete with a little guidance. Make a Superhero Float Find the best materials to make a small superhero figure float.Examples are bubble wrap and segments of pool noodle. Read more Sorting Ariel’s Cave This simple sorting activity themed around The Little Mermaid is great for learning about different types of materials and their properties. The idea of this activity is to sort...
I will be dropping my daughter off for her freshman year of college in less than two weeks. I am a quivering, gelatinous mass of maternal angst. But I, along with the rest of California, got an assist this week from our lawmakers that will help ease (some of) my fears — and may help keep kids like my daughter alive. On Monday, Aug. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill by Assemblymember Laurie Davies, R-Laguna Niguel, legalizing the possession of those funky kits that test pills et al. for the presence of deadly fentanyl, as well as strips that screen drinks for “date rape” drugs like ketamine and gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. Until now, they fell under the definition...
Science experiments are so fun and educational for kids, whether they be 3 or 13. They can be made hands-on, artsy, or even simple enough for the kids to try them themselves. According to Learning Liftoff, science helps children develop … Read More...
Redecorating houses for work is not foreign to director-and-producer couple EJ McLeavey-Fisher and Veronica Balta; they often create brand commercials in residential spaces that require tweaking everything from furniture to accessories to lighting. And yet they struggled with transforming their own home, a Colonial in Maplewood, New Jersey, “full of good vibes and love.” The New York City expats spent the beginning settling into their new suburban life, only painting a few rooms that felt “particularly off” (think: dark walls in the children’s spaces and beige everywhere else), but before they knew it, three years had passed. With jobs that require working from home while also raising their two daughters, Pearl (5) and Hannah (3), and a dog, designing intentional...
An iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. California’s Senate unanimously passed a bill that requires apps and sites to consider the protection of children in digital product designsJenny Kane, Associated Press Lawmakers in California voted 33-0 to pass the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which would require apps and sites to install guardrails for users under 18, according to The New York Times. This is the first statute in the nation to require rules to protect young users. The Times reported that the bill would essentially entail apps and sites to “install the digital equivalent of seatbelts and airbags for younger users.”How will this bill impact media? Under the bill, companies are required to commit...
