Posted in pictures, science, Unplug Your Kids on Nov 13th, 2009 8 Comments »
Okay, as promised, here’s instructions for the purple cabbage pH experiment. Purple also happens to be the theme this week at Unplug Your Kids, so it worked perfectly for us. You have to do this with your kiddos. Not only is it educational, but it’s just insanely fun. 1. Chop about 2 cups of purple [...]
Posted in art, challenges, science, Unplug Your Kids on Feb 3rd, 2009 9 Comments »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids was color and it fit perfectly in with an activity that the kids did. Stores have been giving away 3D glasses to promote an upcoming movie and an ad that was supposed to play during the Superbowl yesterday. We had several pairs and the kids anxiously waited [...]
Posted in art, challenges, Unplug Your Kids on Jan 12th, 2009 10 Comments »
This week’s Unplug Your Kids theme was square. I used this project from Art Projects for Kids as an inspiration and then printed out some graph paper with 1/2″ large squares here. I gave each child a piece of graph paper and told them to draw a basic shape on it, fairly large. I said [...]
Posted in housekeeping, Unplug Your Kids on Nov 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
This week’s unplugged theme was junk, trash, donate and it was perfect timing. We are a family of packrats, some of us more than others. We have too much stuff and I have been trying to purge for quite some time. I’ve been making progress, but it’s tricky when you have 4 little kids [...]
Posted in challenges, cooking/home ec, Fun, Toddlers, Unplug Your Kids on Nov 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
Last time we were in Nebraska, Tiffany gave us her Learning Tower. I’ve always liked the looks of those things but they are PRICEY so I just figured a kitchen chair would have to do! Now thanks to Tiffany’s huge generosity, we have a really cool new toy/tool/giant piece of furniture that corresponded perfectly with [...]
Posted in geography, Unplug Your Kids on Nov 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Since we were in Nebraska last week we didn’t get a chance to do a flag project for Unplug Your Kids. I told the kids last night that they could make up a family flag to take part in the theme, but it was a last minute thing. Then Daryl said we might be interested [...]
Posted in cooking/home ec, Unplug Your Kids on Oct 28th, 2008 6 Comments »
This week’s theme for Unplug Your Kids was thin and I thought it sounded perfect for food. I’ve been teaching the girls how to cook full meals lately and so we worked it in with that. First, though, Daddy helped us out by bringing home some Lefse. This traditional, thin Norwegian flatbread is sort of [...]
Posted in crafts, Unplug Your Kids on Oct 20th, 2008 11 Comments »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids was wax. I decided to try this cool crayon transfer craft that I found. Here’s what we did. I gave each child a sheet of sandpaper (turns out fine grit works best but we had coarse) and had them each draw a picture nice and heavy with [...]
Posted in crafts, Unplug Your Kids on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »
The other night after we were done using the coffee and flour from our smooth handwriting project, I dumped them together to let the kids see what it was like to write in that. The consistency was almost like moon sand according to the kids, so Victoria asked if she could add water. I [...]
Posted in challenges, Unplug Your Kids, writing on Oct 13th, 2008 7 Comments »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids is Smooth. The girls have been working on cursive and Jack has been working on printing, so I thought I’d make up a little handwriting project. I got out some pans and waxed paper and a variety of unwanted materials to play with. I hate wasting anything [...]
