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Science Experiments, Process Art, Circus Fun and More!

5/31/2018

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Making potions is one of our favorite activities to inspire children in hands-on science activities and start to develop scientific inquiry.  Here's a great selection of items for your potion table at home:
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After the fun of mixing together a lot of different elements we began to break down the potion making experience into simple (and fun!) science experiments:
Which One Will Dissolve?
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Liquid Density
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Mixing Oil and Water
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(we transferred our test tubes to larger ones to enjoy the reactions more!)
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Reaction
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To further explore the chemical reaction we trapped the carbon dioxide released from the baking soda and vinegar and blew up balloons with the gas!
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Process Art
In art class we have been enjoying a lot of process art based activities!  To learn more about Raising Creative Thinkers with Process Art check out our previous blog.
Simple Shapes to Complex Shapes
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Straw Painting!
Use a straw to blow watered down tempera paint to create unique colors and shapes.
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Have a lot of paint on your paper? Make a print!
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Rice Painting!
Use rice with watercolors to create interesting patterns and textures.
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Chalk Painting!
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Shaving Foam Painting!
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Body Painting!
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We Love the Circus!
We made face masks of our favorite circus animals!
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Circus Animal Yoga!
Dancing Gorillas!
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Stretching Giraffes!
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Roaring Lions!
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Juggling with Scarves!
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Circus Tent!
Ms Hannah led us in some fun parachute 'circus tent' games!
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Ms Hannah also taught us some hula hoop moves!
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Walking the Tight Rope!
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Popcorn Party!
We designed our own popcorn bags and made fresh popcorn!
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It's amazing how much kids love to watch popcorn popping! But maybe not as much as they love to EAT the popcorn :)

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Circus Party!
Ms Symone and Mr Noah gave us an amazing juggling and acroyoga performance for our Circus Party! Thank y'all SO MUCH!!
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Even some of the parents joined in!
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In the Garden
We have been planting butternuts, watermelons, sweet potatoes, and lots of sweet basil.
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We spotted a Monarch Caterpillar feasting on the dill!
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2 Awesome Pestos!
While we make at least a dozen different recipes here are 2 of our favorite garden pestos:

​Basil Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Blend together 2 cups basil, 1/2 cup garlic olive oil, 1/2 cup sprouted pumpkin seeds, and a few shakes of Himalayan salt.  Yum!
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We LOVE this Roasted Garlic Olive Oil by Texas Olive Ranch we get at Wheatsville!
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Parsley Walnut Pesto
Blend together 2 cups fresh parsley, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup walnuts, and several pinches celtic sea salt. Yum again!
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See you next time!
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