Best science experiment ever! Make a fantastic eruption with hydrogen peroxide, yeast, soap, and food coloring! This science project is perfect for science shows for all ages: preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school! Even adults enjoy this one!
dont wanna finish it but bonding over food is one of my forever favorite tropes #MagnusPod
Shadow or no shadow? That is the question! Check out these fun groundhog day activities to celebrate (or not) the winter season!
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Our guide explains how much protein kids need plus and includes 20 lunchbox-friendly, protein-rich foods that aren't meat or nuts!
We made models of Roman road construction. We have done something similar to this before, but it was worth a second shot at it. These wer...
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I feel like I am always saying "I can't believe it's already ______!" Before I started working as a teacher, 2 short years ago, I think back and don't remember time ever flying by as fast as it does now. It just blows my mind! I mean...Mother's Day is in just 2 weeks. Did you hear that? 2 WEEKS {gah}!! I wanted to come up with something sweet, simple, and creative for my firsties' magnificent mothers! I thought it would be fun to buy some white carnations and let them pick a color, or their mom's favorite, and dye them! I put together this FREEBIE to go with it. I plan to print out the tags and have the kids tie them to the flower. There are 3 different patterns, each with the same poem...by {ahem} myself! I'm sort of proud, so please don't ruin my moment, ha! "I dyed this flower just for you, because my love is ever true!" If you would like to download, head over to my TpT shop. Please be kind and let me know what you think with some feedback. We are definitely also using A Cupcake for the Teacher's Mother's Day ice cream adjective craftivity. So. stinkin. cute! What kind of activities do you have your class put together for mom? The more suggestions, the better!
Get the world-famous elephant toothpaste formula recipe at Steve Spangler Science. Find instructions for our popular Elephant Toothpaste Experiment here!
My top tips, tricks, and must have's to survive your teen going through tonsil and adenoid surgery recovery.
Question My child with Aspergers loves pizza rolls. Problem is that's about all he eats (cheese only - doesn't like pepperoni or sausage). He would eat pizza rolls for breakfast, lunch and dinner if we let him. Is there any way to lure him into eating some fruits and/or vegetables? Answer Most Aspergers (high functioning autistic) children prefer just a few food items. And it can become quite a power struggle for parents when they attempt to get their child to try anything new. However, there are some ways that parents can "sneak" some healthy stuff into their child's belly. Here are a few tips that may work: 1. Don't get hung up on the time of day your Aspergers youngster eats – or how much he eats in one sitting. It is perfectly fine if your Aspie doesn't eat three square meals every day as long as over the course of a week or two he eats a few things from each food group. 2. Concoct creative camouflages. There are all kinds of possible variations on the old standby "cheese in the trees" (cheese melted on steamed broccoli florets), or you can all enjoy the pleasure of veggies topped with peanut- butter sauce, a specialty of Asian cuisines. 3. Make veggie art. Create colorful faces with olive-slice eyes, tomato ears, mushroom noses, bell-pepper mustaches, and any other playful features you can think of. Zucchini pancakes, for example, make a terrific face to which you can add pea eyes, a carrot nose, and cheese hair. 4. Plant a garden with your Aspergers child. Let him help care for the plants, harvest the ripe vegetables, and wash and prepare them. He will probably be much more interested in eating what he has helped to grow. 5. Slip grated or diced vegetables into favorite foods. Try adding them to rice, cottage cheese, cream cheese, guacamole, or even macaroni and cheese. 6. Steam your greens. They are much more flavorful and usually sweeter than when raw. 7. Using a small cookie cutter, cut the vegetables into interesting shapes. 8. Give your youngster acknowledgement and praise, even if he takes only one bite of something new. For example: "It's great that you tried the green beans!" 9. Let go of the power struggle. You can't force your youngster to do anything, especially eat, so just stop trying. Simply offer him nutritious, varied foods – and eat them yourself. He can have his, or not, but you're showing him how. When moms and dads demand that their children eat certain foods, they're attaching negative connotations to it. Pretty soon, the struggle is worse. Put the food on his plate, but if it stays there, don't push him – and don't stress over it. 10. Offer alternatives if your youngster won't eat meat. The texture turns off many Aspergers kids, and that's fine. Your youngster can still get all the protein he needs from the following: cheese or even meat-filled ravioli (the pasta exterior goes a long way for meat-haters) hard-boiled eggs or any egg dish his favorite crackers dipped in hummus or spread with peanut (or nut) butter mini-tuna melts nachos with beans and cheese yogurt, cheese, or cottage cheese 11. Offer choices that don't matter. You may face stubborn insistence that toast have a corner unbuttered to avoid messy hands, or that cereal be served only in a square bowl, or that nothing gets touched by the preparer of the food. While this kind of behavior is seemingly ridiculous, it's typical of Aspergers kids. Offering your youngster a limited choice is often enough to end the power struggle. But make your rules clear: "At home, you can choose your plate, but when we're eating out, you have to use whatever plates they have." 12. You may have to stick with one basic food color. Aspergers children may like a lot of colors in their pictures, but not always on their plates. When he only wants white foods, for example, consider: fruit smoothies (blend a banana with vanilla yogurt) half white-/half whole-wheat (make toast and sandwiches in fun shapes using cookie cutters) mac and cheese made with whole-wheat (or whole-wheat blend) macaroni oven-baked fries (half regular and half sweet potato to ease your youngster into the idea of trying other spuds) 13. Be creative with the veggies. Hating vegetables is the most common picky-eater problems with Aspergers kids. To convince your child that eating vegetables is not poisonous, try one or more of the following: carrot slices and baby corn are a good start toward more serious veggie consumption lettuce wraps (use a filling he'll eat, like turkey or cream cheese, and wrap it in a romaine lettuce leaf) put a plate of raw veggies next to a sure thing (e.g., grilled cheese sandwich) to lure your child into eating at least one bite thinly sliced veggies stir-fried with teriyaki sauce with a little chicken and rice try dressing (e.g., honey mustard, ranch, ketchup, melted butter) with veggies for dipping veggie lasagna water chestnuts have little taste and can be a good stepping-stone to serious veggies zucchini muffins 14. Many Aspergers kids like to “nitpick” their way through food (i.e., a nibble here – a nibble there). Use an ice-cube tray, a muffin tin, or a compartmentalized dish, and put bite-size portions of colorful and nutritious foods in each section. Give these “finger foods” names in order to disguise how disgustingly healthy that may be, such as: egg canoes (hard- boiled egg wedges) cheese building blocks carrot swords (cooked and thinly sliced) broccoli trees (steamed broccoli florets) banana wheels avocado boats (a quarter of an avocado) apple moons (thinly sliced) Place the food on an easy-to-reach table. As your Aspie makes his rounds through the house, he can stop, sit down, nibble a bit, and, when he's done, continue on his way. These foods have a table-life of an hour or two. 15. A veggie pizza is one the most cleaver ways to disguise healthy foods. We tried a spinach-cheese pizza with our 5-year-old several years ago. We knew he probably wouldn’t even touch it – but guess what? It is his favorite food item now! Go figure :) More resources for parents of children and teens with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's: ==> How To Prevent Meltdowns and Tantrums In Children With High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's ==> Parenting System that Significantly Reduces Defiant Behavior in Teens with Aspergers and High-Functioning Autism ==> Launching Adult Children with Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism: Guide for Parents Who Want to Promote Self-Reliance ==> Teaching Social Skills and Emotion Management to Children and Teens with Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism ==> Parenting Children and Teens with High-Functioning Autism: Comprehensive Handbook ==> Unraveling The Mystery Behind Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism: Audio Book ==> Highly Effective Research-Based Parenting Strategies for Children with Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism
Rainbow Roses are real. They are pricey to buy. But you can make your own Rainbow Roses easily. Just follow this step to step guide illustrated with diagrams.
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Get ready to eat your science with fun food activities for kids that are completely edible! Easy set up & tasty makes the perfect activity.
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A lightened up, slow-cooker version of Brazil's famous meat and bean stew.
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Have you ever started out doing one thing and ended up with something totally different? That's what happened when we tried an exploding milk experiment. It started off as a completely innocent experiment using milk, food coloring and dish soap and ended up as a bubbly, fizzy adventure. We did all of these activities at once but you can split them up over a series of days culminating with this bubbling milk activity. If you are in the mood for more science activities for kids, try our Making Color Disappear experiment. You will need: MilkDish soap in a small cupFood coloringTooth picksBaking
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Need an easy science project for science fair? This is a great science experiment for young kids and makes a great science fair project!
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When we were on on vacation last month, I read an eye-opening…
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