Science can be fun – and delicious! Experiments involving food are the best kind, and the one we love the most is making our own ice cream! What you’ll need: Whole milk or heavy cream Sugar Chocolate syrup or vanilla extract (or other flavorings) Ice Salt Sandwich size resealable bags Gallon size resealable bags A…
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Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge – Part 3
Fill their minds with informative, engaging, and enlightening…books! Books. Obviously books play a large part in educating our children. But there are some books out there that are more fun to read than others. There are lots of novels that teach history, science, geography and many other topics while entertaining your child. They’re learning…
Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge, Part 2
A globe lets kids explore the world—and it’s fun! Globes. Every home should have a good one. It holds the answers to so many curious questions. Why is it so much warmer in Florida? How come it’s already night at Savta’s house? Where do polar bears live? How could it be summer in Australia…
Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge – Part 1
All 50 States and Their Capitals? The Periodic Table? The Presidents of the U.S.? Your kids can soak all that up and more. Our kids learn a lot. With a dual curriculum from preschool through high school, there is so much information taught to them daily. But with that very full curriculum, some of…
We’re Racist and We Didn’t Even Realize
How the Prejudice in Our Community Comes Back to Hurt Us “And now we’re going to count the way cleaning ladies count! Uno, dos…” My kindergarten-age daughter learned to count in Spanish and this was how morah introduced the new skill at graduation. Many of the mothers simply laughed. The subtle insinuation that all people…