Being at the lake where internet access comes and goes is not the best place to write a blog.  It is a good place, however, to read newspapers and find ideas.  An article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune lead me to kitchenpantryscientist, which is an excellent blog written by a woman who is both a [...]

I have creativity on the mind so I googled art appreciation for kids, which linked me to an excellent website.  The Incredible Art Department is sponsored by Princeton and moderated by Ken Rohrer, an elementary school art teacher from Indianapolis.  It would take me way too long to describe everything on this site, so I’ll [...]

As soon as I published my last post, I remembered another summer activity that I always thought was cool – making ice cream in a bag or coffee can.  What flavor are you going to try?  Yum!

The hot summer weather has made me think about activities that might be fun for kids relating to temperature and heat.  How about making a thermometer or figuring out whether you can really fry an egg on the sidewalk?  Haven’t you always wanted to try that?  And don’t you love the web for actually helping [...]

One of my all-time favorite projects is the earthquake cake from the Special Effects Cookbook.  Basically you bake a large cake and cut it in half.  You attach a balloon to the end of plastic tubing.  The nozzle of an aerosol whipped cream can must fit into the other end of the tubing.  You put [...]

   
The OCEAN, THE SOUTH POLE, A DESERT, A ROAD - You can probably guess that I lean toward costumes that cannot be bought at a Halloween store.  I start with something from my basement, get out my glue gun and go from there!  I like the costume ideas at Family Education because they are very creative [...]