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Simple Machines with Legos

Simple Machines with Legos

Today we decided to build simple machines with Legos. The idea came up when we were making a construction site. My son said it must be really difficult for the construction people to carry the bricks up & down all the time! That made think of teaching him about the pulley system. And since we are learning about Pulley why not just get introduced to all the simple machines!

So what are Simple…

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Spiders are our friend

Spiders are our friend

We have been wanting to do an activity about spiders for a long time, since my son is very fond of them. Although he is super scared of Spiders, but he is still very curious about them.

Materials needed :

Craft Sticks

Post-its

Pom-poms

Googly Eyes

Yarn

Play-Doh

Steps :

Take 3 craft sticks, place them in a criss-cross pattern & hot glue them. Take some yarn and wind around the craft sticks to…

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Underwater Sea Animals Activity

Underwater Sea Animals Activity

Today we did an Activity based on one of our favorite books “The Pout-Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen. We have been reading this book since my Son was born, and I remember when the Pouty fish would go blub,blub,blub my son would just keep giggling, he used to find that so funny! Now he is four but we still read that book. So let’s jump into the activity.

Materials needed:

Paper, Pencils &…

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Solar System Activity

Today we decided to build a Solar system so that we could learn a little bit about the planets. We started out by cutting out 9 circles of various sizes matching the planets. Biggest circle for the Sun, then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars & lastly Mercury. We also cut out some star shapes.

We then colored the round shapes accordingly, Yellow-orange for the Sun, grey for…

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Dinosaur Bones

Today we were sitting & making puzzles, and that got me thinking about this Dinosaur bone puzzle we have. And since it is Earth week, I felt like combining those two themes together! So we head to the yard to do some digging. Playing with earth brings so much joy to the kids. At one point I realized 20 minutes had passed & I had not even started the planned activity with my son. He was just busy…

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Celebrating Earth Day!

Earth day is celebrated around the world on April 22. It was first started in the year of 1970 to express support for the environment. It is still celebrated around the world with various fun activities for the family. The activities helps raise awareness about our environment.

Since today is Earth Day we decided to do a fun Earth Day activity.

Materials needed:

Paper & Pencil

Elmer’s…

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Why are flowers brightly colored?

Today while we were gardening my son complimented me on how beautiful my flower plants look. I told him that he also helped me tend to them, so he gets to take some credit for it too! Then he requested if I can make the green leaves colorful as well like the flowers since they are prettier. Oh! how I wish I could do that son :).

He asked mama, why are the flowers colorful and not the plant?

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Activities that can be done at home with kids

It has been about a month that we began sheltering in place because of Covid-19. Since then a lot has changed. A lot of adjustments had to be made to our daily routines, since offices and schools are now closed. It was difficult for all of us, but mostly for the kids, who don’t fully fathom what exactly is happening.

Here is a list of activities that we are doing to keep ourselves entertained…

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Sheltering in place during the Corona Virus Pandemic.

Our Shelter in place order came in on Tuesday morning. Some how we didn’t realize matters would get so worse, so quickly. We as a family were sort of unprepared. I quickly ran to the grocery store to stock up the essentials. Every place had huge lines. Even when I got inside the stores, a lot of things were unavailable, like hand sanitizers, paper towels and bathroom tissues. Racks after racks of…

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If you can't Recycle, Up-cycle it!

If you can't Recycle, Up-cycle it!

Today after school , me & my son went to check our mailbox & then proceeded towards the recyclable bins to drop our recycling stash. And it was full to the brim! He exclaimed wow it is super full, now what do we do? I said let’s wait till tomorrow and come back? We headed back home & I enquired what he learnt in school? He replied, they didn’t do much today… so I suggested how about we dig…

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Pinewood Derby

My son is fascinated with cars. We travel a lot and he sits in his car seat & looks at the cars passing by. Most of our conversations are about what make, model & color of car is next to him. I have always loved looking at fast cars too, so I kinda know where he gets it from. Although I stopped updating myself with the makes and models, because life got busy; I have started keeping up again for…

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Food, science & love

Food, science & love

I have always loved to eat, but I never cooked. The cooking part started after I got married. I remember my mom always loved to cook & feed me. We rarely ate food from outside. I always wondered why was it so important to her to feed everyone? I understood that part after I had a household of my own. Food is how we represent our love. It is a cultural thing for us. We socialize over food, we cook…

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Morning Cuppa & diffusion

Morning Cuppa & diffusion

Our morning starts with me making two cups of Tea, and then drinking it with my husband along with one Cookie. Since it is getting colder, I was feeling lazy today to get up and make Tea. My son asked me, why aren’t you drinking Tea? He is so used to this ritual now! He knows nothing gets done in our house if we don’t have that Tea.

Also today is the 2nd day of creativity challenge from our…

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Nature Hike

These days we have been very conscious about our screen time. I love that we are spending more time as a family doing things. Yesterday we decided to take an early morning hike. My son is always so excited to go out! We got dressed & decided to head out to Ulistac Natural Area. I quickly decided to get things ready.

Things to take with you on a nature hike:

Water & snacks

Hats

Sunscreen

A…

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Seasons & Colors

Yesterday was a busy day for me. Had a bunch of things to finish. Even when my son came back from school I wasn’t done. My husband was not back from work, my son’s dinner was not ready, oh what a mess! I asked my son, would you like to watch some TV while I finish making your dinner? And he said no, can we do some activity instead? What? did I hear that right? Yes, I did. Okay, even today morning…

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I only want colored flowers

I only want colored flowers

After coming back from school & having snack, my son usually sits with me on the balcony . Then I get quizzed on the make and color of the cars that pass by. I also have a small garden which I tend to while answering to the pop quiz! Yesterday he decided to help. He dug the earth, played with the soil, sprayed water on me & the plants.

We have some Coleus plants, Pink Hibiscus & white…

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Rainbow Toothpaste Volcano

Today’s post is a continuation of the “No” topics of my son. The first thing in the morning he says no to is brushing his teeth. Yes, I know how yucky! It is a struggle every morning to get him to brush his teeth. We tried a number of work arounds, different toothpastes, favorite character toothbrushes, lollipops( yes you read that right!), nothing works :(.

So tonight before sleeping, I…

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