Oh, the Marshmallow Experiment. Some scientists at Stanford thought they had discovered a link between the virtuous characteristics of self-control and deferred gratification and later success. Instead they just demonstrated once again that even fancy scientists can confuse correlation and causation.In case you slept in that day in Psych 101, here's the basic layout. Put a child and some marshmallows in a room together. Promise the child even more marshmallows if she'll refrain from eating the ones in front of her. Then leave the room. The child's subsequent behavior provides a measure of how much ability the child has to delay gratification. A follow up study released a couple of decades later said, "Look! The delayed gratification kids did well...
Kids are fickle and thus, it's easy for parents to throw down a ton of money on seemingly great toys that quickly end up in the trash after they're unwrapped and tossed aside. Instead, look at the ever-evolving robot toys that you can get for your aspiring inventor. The best robots for kids introduce them to STEM concepts, activate their inner "maker", and even teach them coding and robotics for kids. Plus these toy robots can help kids learn cognitive skills like critical thinking and problem solving, while they're also having fun assembling them and making them work.When choosing coding robots, parents should make sure they're age-appropriate, first and foremost, because if you get your offspring something that looks really good...
Pandas eat it, humans make stuff from it and it’s the fastest growing plant on Earth. Bamboo is pretty amazing, but why does bamboo grow so fast? Did you know bamboo can grow up to 1.2m a day?? Not all bamboo grows at that rate. There are over 1000 different species, adapted to different environments. The fastest growing bamboo is tropical giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper). Bamboo Forest Why does bamboo grow so fast? Bamboo grows in dense forests where there’s not much light in the lower layers. Plants need light from the sun to grow and survive so must grow tall quickly to reach sunlight. Unlike most trees bamboo grows with the same diameter so doesn’t waste growth thickening it’s...
Fun Summer Projects– Episode 430 Are you ready to launch some fun summer projects – what about ones that are a bit unusual but teach? It is a time when you can give your child time to explore or direct your children in an organized way. Depending on the ages of your children the amount of direction may be less focused for the older ones. How do you spell summer? F-U-N Summer Projects! Do you want good books written for homeschool moms by homeschool moms? Look no further and check out my products and classes at MediaAngels.com and MediaAngels.com/books and the products in my online store now available for shipping – and stay tuned, I will soon have information about Creation Kids Classes as...
Learn about the human anatomy with this easy skeleton handprint x-ray craft for kids. After you finish, hang it up at a window and look at it with the sunlight shining through the paper just as a doctor would with a light box! Did you know that there are 206 bones in a human adult body? And that the human hand itself has 27 bones? Your bones are essential because they provide support for your body, facilitate movement, and protect the internal organs. As we found out in the Play-Doh skeleton activity, we will not be able to stand without our bones. In this easy skeleton handprint x-ray craft activity for kids, we will focus on the bones of our...
