One of the major threats to mother Earth is the plastic pollution. We did this simple experiment to see how the plastic bags affect the growth of the plants. Materials needed: 1. Fenugreek seeds ( We used fenugreek seeds as they grow fast. Any other seeds can also be used) 2. Two container to grow …
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We used Montessori at home with my seven year old till she was around five, when she was going to Montessori school. After she moved to traditional school for kindergarten, we moved to traditional method. We love Montessori and she still learns fast with materials rather than with concepts alone. We do not have any …
What could be a perfect project rather than a recycled one to create a wreath for Earth day? My daughter thoroughly enjoyed creating the milk jug flower wreath. This time when I was thinking to create a wreath for Earth day, she wanted one from milk jug. It is very simple to do and fun for …
I was thinking that my toddler might not enjoy watercolor like tempera paint. We needed blue and green color paint for this project (Obviously). We did not have liquid watercolor or food coloring in blue. I had to give her crayola watercolor which needs to mixed with water. But, to my surprise, she enjoyed the …
This egg is our first experience with store bought air dry clay. In the past, we had done some projects with homemade air dry clay which cracked a little bit when dried. So we wanted to try with commercial product which too cracked for us. But it was fun to work with the clay. Materials …
Once we were using crayon resist for passing secret messages. Then somehow it got stopped. Though watercolor is our favorite medium, we did not use watercolor for long time until recently. When my daughter created secrete birthday message for her father recently, she got hooked again. We took crayon resist to the next level by …
Kandinsky is a well known artist. Inspired by Kandinsky circles, I created this matching activity for my toddler. She is in a stage where she loves all types of matching activities. Affiliation links are used. Thank you for your support! Materials needed: 1.Felt in 10 colors 2. Circle templates in 3 sizes 3.Masking tape 4. …
My daughter wanted to do something very colorful to give to her school fuel. She decided to draw flowers but was not interested in regular drawing. We chose to do using aluminium foil. This is the first time we tried and the painting came out beautiful. Affiliation links are used for easy reference. See the …
My seven year old recently learnt her multiplication tables and needed a lot of practice. She loves to play games. I usually use that opportunity to teach her facts through math games. She learnt addition, subtraction facts from games itself. This time we concentrated on all three facts – addition, subtraction and multiplication. Affiliation link …
The beauty of crayon batik is it can be done with simple and easily available materials. Batik has been done in clothes for centuries and it is basically resisting wax with dye. We got the inspiration for crayon batik from makeitawonderfullife. After we discussed and saw few of the images, we started our crayon batik. Materials …