Monday, June 25, 2012

Painting: Outside the Box

We usually paint with paper and paint brushes, right? Well what if we didn't? What else could we paint with?
Here's some ideas...how about we paint some sticks...
artist ginette lapalme

or paint with leaves...
Leaves
Let's think outside the box! What else can YOU come up with?

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Perfect Summer Pina Colada Pops




Blend and freeze: 
  • 1 can pineapple chunks, in juice
  • banana
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
(Makes 6 servings)
(allrecipes.com)



Thursday, June 21, 2012

Fractured Fairy Tales





Turn familiar fairy tales upside down and inside out in your own Fractured Fairy Tale.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Spyglass Telescope

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Spyglass Telescope

Geocaching


Let's go geocaching! Geocaching is a real-world outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. Go to Geocaching.com to get started.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

KidsConnect


Connect with your local library to get going this summer. Listen to stories on Tumblebooks, play games at the Web Arcade, participate in the 2012 summer reading program, learn how to produce a movie, create a blog, and type at Camp Savvy, or stretch out under the maple tree with your favorite summer reads!

You can borrow books, videos, and music online and they will deliver it right to your door! Or schedule a library visit with Mom to peruse the shelves. What library programs or events do you want to attend? Let Mom know so we can go, go, go!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Let's travel...

If you could travel to any place and any time where would you go, when, and why? Leave me your top 5 choices in the comments.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Mrs. Milliron's Summer Book Club

Check out the 2012 Summer Book Club selection at Mrs. Milliron's Blog. Join in on the reading fun and discuss this FANTASTIC book with your friends.

myON Reader



Summer Reading Online at myON



Musee du Louvre

The Louvre is one of the largest and most visited art museums in the world! Located in Paris, France the museum resides in Palais du Louvre. The Palais du Louvre began as a fortress and was built under the reign of Philip II in the late 12th century. Currently, the Louvre houses nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century! Learn more about the Louvre and the history it holds by taking a virtual tour of Musee du Louvre.

Online Interactive Art

Visit the Art Zone at the National Gallery of Art for Kids to create interactive art!


Mystery Messages

Create a game using mystery messages. Write your messages on white paper using white crayons. Then use watercolor paint to reveal the secret notes.

En Plein Air...




En plein air is a French expression which means "in the open air", and is used to describe the act of painting outdoors. The famous artists Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir enjoyed painting en plein air.

Become Inspired

Visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam here  to learn more about the famous artist and view his works. Explore Claude Monet's virtual art gallery hereView some of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's works....


or learn more about Renoir here.

Create

Now take your paper, paints, and imagination outside to paint en plein air.

Welcome to the Theater...

Let's create our own puppet theater and put on a show!
katydiddys has a handy dandy tutorial on how to do so....




Let's go to the movies..Let's go see the stars...


Outdoor-home-movie

Outdoor home theater from wordplayhouse

Create a clock...


Create and customize your own clock, a simple activity using paper plates.

Mr. Nussbaum A Thousand Sites in One

Mr. Nussbaum A Thousand Sites in One has games, videos, articles, and more....all for YOU to explore!


Excellent Ecosystems

Create your own ecosystems! Click here and here for explicit direction and necessary supplies.
Make sure you come back here to blog all about it!

Science of Everyday Life

Explore the science all around you at Science of Everyday Life
Travel through time, experiment and learn in a virtual lab, or find science experiments for you to recreate at home!


Arcademic Skill Builders

 Arcademic Skill Builders has tons of games just for you. 
Be sure to login to find what challenge activity you've been asked to do!


Xtra Math

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Sharpen your math skills at Xtra Math! 


Voki



Equivalent Fractions


Fraction Lovers around the world can create and explore equivalent fractions at Illuminations.

Glossopedia


What are the benefits of hurricanes and how to they form? Was chocolate really used to treat fevers and infections? Which animal can smell a drop of blood in 94 liters of water? 

Find these answers and more at Glossopedia.

Cookie


You'll find games, stories, crafts and more at Cookie.com.

National Geographic Kids


Games, videos, photos and more. Learn all about your world at National Geographic Kids.

Storyline Online


Listen and watch your favorite stories come to life at Storyline Online.

Who Pooped @ the Farm


Explore the farm though animal scat or dung! 

Switcheroo Zoo





Play animal games and make new animals at this virtual zoo!