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Easter crafting

March 28, 2013 by theshards

The boys received a package from Nanna and Papa today with some Easter crafts. The boys could hardly wait for me to boil the eggs!

Happy Easter!

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Today’s Mathematician

February 16, 2013 by theshards

X: Daddy what’s 100 x 15?
Daddy: 1500.
X: What’s 15 x 70?
Daddy: That’s 1050.
X: That means 15 x 170 is 2550.

(I wish I learned math like they learn math. They are already so much faster than me.)

This was their conversation while playing Mario Cart, by the way. Maybe it doesn’t kill brain cells…

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It’s a good day for eating snowballs!

January 17, 2013 by theshards

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Calming down before bed

January 13, 2013 by theshards

After a busy day of brain stimulation breaking out the art supplies just before bed seems to calm the masses.

Love it.

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Solar powered fun

January 4, 2013 by theshards

The boys have been enjoying their solar kits that they received from Santa. Here’s just one of the many things they can make. Very cool. They had to make a gear box and use wires for polarity. Fun learning!

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An nice interruption

January 3, 2013 by theshards

Lessons were cut short today when our wonderful mail carrier (who happens to be a new grandpa to a 10lb baby boy!) delivered a late-in-coming gift. I love that. It makes the holidays feel as if they aren’t over.

Of course, the boys had to finish lunch first.????

Thank you, Aunt and Uncle!

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Bubbling Wizard’s Brew

January 3, 2013 by theshards

Today we are doing more science experiments. We have been using The Usborne Big Book of Science Things to Make and do. It’s a great book for fun and fast experiments.

We have some colored water I’m the freezer soon to become winter boats for our frigid -10 weather today! Brrr!

Then we took two glasses (please ignore the shape) filled with vinegar, food coloring, sprinkles and dish soap. Hmmm…sounds like fun, right?

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We placed the cookie sheet under the glasses for containing the brew to come. The boys each got a heaping spoonful of baking soda and added it to the glasses. Holy excitement!

It’s always fun making a bubbly brew, isn’t it?

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Enjoy your day. We are off to make sun catchers!

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Making electricity

December 27, 2012 by theshards

The boys got cool science kits from Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas. L’s kit is ‘Light’ and X’s is ‘Electricity’. They have paper wheels to colour, motors, alligator clip wires and more. Very cool!

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X made morse code with beeps and L made it with light. Can you tell what the message says?

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New Age Chess

August 28, 2012 by theshards

It’s amazing what happens when I leave the boys to their own devices. Not that this is an incredible example but I find it’s full off imagination and innovation as well as classic childhood ‘doings’.

A fort plus chess. A chess game plus some new pieces. How they can tell who is now who is beyond me. But that’s okay. It’s not for me to know. It’s for children’s brains to create, assign and understand.

It’s for me to love and to always be reminded how precious childhood is.

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Henry David Thoreau

August 11, 2012 by theshards

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

One for the wall.

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