Today, we revisited one of our favorite STEM activities: the walking color water experiment. After the water walked from one cup to another and formed different colors of the rainbow, we are left with 6 different cups of pretty colored water. It seemed like a waste to just dump them, so we decided to make a water xylophone and explore how sound works. I initially thought the activity would be too simple for my kids, but they ended up loving it! How to Make a Water Glass Xylophone Materials: Water Glass cups or mason jars Wooden sticks or plastic spoons (something to hit the glass with) Optional: Food coloring Optional: Measuring cups Instructions: Line the glass cups up next to...
Amazon has the The Magic School Bus: Exploring Oceans Kids’ Learning Set $19.99 + Free Shipping w/Prime Great hands on learning and educational science STEM kit for boys and girls which encourages STEM learning for ages 5+ and gives back to a ocean themed related Charity. Ms. Frizzle from the magic school bus makes science an exhilarating experience and kids can follow along with the magic school bus books from scholastic and Netflix series Young scientists will learn all about oceans with the included large shell Identification poster, a colorful illustrated manual with a guide for adults, real shells and a sand dollar, cling on stickers, and much more. All our mind blowing science kits are developed by a team of...
La Jolla Shores Beach is my family’s favorite beach in San Diego. The mile-long crescent-shaped shoreline stretches about a mile from Black’s Beach to the north and to where the sand meets the sea caves in the south. The La Jolla Underwater Park is just offshore which means that sea life and water sports are easily accessible and abundant. While there are many reasons to visit this lovely beach, here are my top things to do and amenities I appreciate. 1. Beautiful Sand Let’s start with the basics. La Jolla Shores Beach has an abundance of lovely (mostly) clean and soft sand that you can (and probably will) comfortably park yourself on for a day. I’ll say it again, it’s one...
I had TWO appointments yesterday. One was to drop some stuff off and pick up another quilt for Quilts of Valour. The other was a porch drop off.The lady doing the porch drop off was also looking for some solid red fabrics. I dug out what I had. She brought swatches for matching, but it's darn hard. I offered her to take the four different reds home to see which one would work best in her quilt. You got to love it - we're all in this together and we're all here to help each other.But for me to do the drop-off, I had to get in my car and drive. Drive? What's that? A gear shift? How does one...
We all are interested in Eastern (also known as “oriental”) medicine, Tibetan methods of diagnosis and Japanese technologies. But the list of Eastern uniqueness will be incomplete if we do not mention Japanese approach to raising children. The main postulate of this approach declares that there are no silly or smart children from the birth. No one is born with exceptional talents. But any skills can be developed in case there is a systematic approach. With the age, the kid will determine for him/herself what is more exciting: drawing or music, gymnastic or swimming, chess or skateboarding. But in order to have such an opportunity to choose, parents should not lose a single minute. And expand the horizon of...
