vinegar&baking soda...rockets

Baking Soda and Vinegar Rockets

...it happens so quickly I couldn't get a picture

What you need:

Film Canister...we used a sprinkle jar with a push on top

Baking Soda

Vinegar

...Put the baking soda in the lid, pour vinegar into the canister, quickly put the lid on, sit on ground and watch it explode!

...You will have to experiment with how much baking soda and vinegar you need.  This is part of the fun!

Afterwards we had freeplay...with the vinegar and baking soda!  I let the kiddos just have at it...they had a blast.

vinegar&baking soda...blowing up balloons

Blowing up Ballons

What You Need:

vinegar

baking soda

water

ballons

a funnel(we improvised)

a bottle(we used test tubes)

Ok.  First you need to get the baking soda into the balloon...just a spoonful or so.  This is where a funnel would be nice. We do not have one soo...

We spooned the baking soda into the funnel neck bottles.

Then dumped it into the balloon.

Next pour vinegar into the bottle or test tube...about half way.  Add water to make the bottle about 3/4 full.

Quickly put the balloon onto the bottle...shake...and watch it blow up.

WARNING...Your kids will LOVE this!  You will have to repeat the activity several times.

ADVICE...Put a baking pan under the activity for each child...it will catch the spills!

A little deflated but you get the idea:)

Family Hike...Shelby Forest

Chris and I both love to run the trails at Shelby Farms and Shelby Forest.  It is really important to us that the boys love being outside...especially being in the woods...going on hikes!  We are hoping lots of camping trips filled with hiking, s'mores and canoe rides are in our future!

(fuzzy iphone photos)

Forest Friendly Sensory Bin...SCC

Summer Smart Challenge Week 4

Forest Friendly Sensory Bin

We filled our backyard water table with dirt and mulch...the boys helped scoop and shovel.

  We added some branches for trees, a blue boat for a swamp with a crocodile and some insects.  Of course, the boys needed the off road jeep and the hovercraft. 

 Next I added binoculars and magnifying glasses for optimal exploring.

The set up,

exploring,

he did lots of digging,

and Tanner found some seeds that he planted!

Boys LOVE, LOVE dirt...so this activity was a hit!

CMOM..water day

Saturday morning we ran into our neighors at the doughnut shop...we love to ride our bikes there.  She said the Children's Museum was having a WATER DAY!  Of course, once the boys heard this, I knew we'd be going.  I was a little nervous...taking them by myself to a crazy activity with water but I put my big girl panties on and did it!  I'm sooo glad we went...it was a blast and FREE for members!

Climbing walls,

Four huge water slide things,

moon sand a.k.a. "a little boys dream mess",

bungee jumping and

games!

I think I see a little crack...excuse us!

Sam only ran off one time...luckily I wore my tennis shoes and chased him down.  Tanner did great coming back to the meeting spot after each slide...it was about 10 steps away but I'm so proud of him for listening. 

shaKe your taiLfeaTHer

Playing with ICE

When I used to teach, I always did an ICE sensory bin as part of our "water unit".  This afternoon, we had been playing outside for a little while. The boys needed a new "game"...fighting and whining had begun and we still had an hour to kill until dinner time! 

ICE SENSORY BIN

Dump your magazine bucket

Fill up with ice

Find fun things around your house:

scoops, chopsticks, blocks and spoons(catapults), tongs

Do you see the ice being catapulted?  Look hard!

Some was eaten!

We did a little writing...Sam has learned to recognize his name and that it starts with "S"!

A lot of TIC-TAC-TOE!

Tanner, of course, had some experiment going on.  He loaded up the ice and took it to different parts of the yard to see where it would melt the quickest.

The catapults were the biggest hit!!