GO CANADA GO!!! What a day at the 2014 Olympics! Canada won GOLD in CURLING and WOMEN’S HOCKEY! Yippppeeeee!
*A*M*A*Z*I*N*G* performances by both Canadian teams!
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Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin
My bugs love exploring new textures and materials, so I put together a Valentine’s Day sensory bin for them to investigate.
Read MoreBathtub Play: Decorating Hearts
I wanted to do something fun, and Valentine’s Day related, for the boys’ bath time just to mix things up a bit. I cut out heart shapes from some foam sheets and put them into the tub, and then mixed up some shaving cream with purple and pink food colouring for my bugs to decorate them with.
Read MoreDIY Thumbprint Heart Vase
My bugs made these sweet thumbprint heart vases for their nana and I. They are incredibly simple to make and they look lovely, whether displaying fresh cut flowers or a candy bouquet.
Read MoreValentine’s Day Colour Words Game
Little B is in the process of learning to identify colours, while older brother M is working on identifying high frequency words. I wanted to create a game where both of my bugs would have fun learning at their own level.
Read MoreMelting Ice Globes
The other day I was outside sprinkling salt on the treacherous patches of ice scattered haphazardly on our driveway, when M posed the question, “mommy, why are you doing that?” I explained to him that salt lowers the freezing point of water, causing the ice to melt quicker. M pondered that and then replied, “well, the puddle is a liquid, but then it froze and turned into ice, which is a solid.” I have been teaching M about the three states of matter, so I was THRILLED when he was able to transfer what he had learned about solids and liquids and apply it to situation that was relative to him.
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