Category Archives: kindergarten

Resources for Learning About Ancient Greece

We are gearing up to learn about ancient Greece over the next several weeks. I’ll be posting about the activities that we do, but thought that first I’d share the books and resources that we will be using. First, we … Continue reading

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Easy Volcano Experiment

We made the easiest, fastest, most fun volcano experiment in our kitchen today. It was so easy, we made many volcanoes, again and again. Now by easy and fast, I am not referring to the volcano experiment we did earlier … Continue reading

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Kindergarten Science: Changing Solids to Liquids

We’ve been talking about states of matter around here, me and my 5 year old.  To help her begin to understand the difference between a liquid and a solid, we did a few fun experiments. First we used wax. It … Continue reading

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Creekside Astronomy: Satellites

We use human-made satellites in every day life, even though we may not think about it very much. How do satellites stay in orbit? How do they communicate information? Here are some ways we explored satellites recently. Satellite Experiments Satellites … Continue reading

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Learning With Literature: The Mitten

The Mitten , by Jan Brett, provided us with wonderful learning opportunities and fun. First, we printed out  big paper mittens and animals from Jan Brett’s website.  We colored the front and back of the mittens, then hole punched around … Continue reading

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Creekside Astronomy: The Spiral Galaxy Experiment

This experiment is from Janice VanCleave’s 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments. We used this in conjunction with The Usborne Book of Astronomy and Space, With Internet Links. And learning to use the hole puncher and picking up tiny … Continue reading

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Learning With Literature: The Snowy Day

 The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is a Caldecott winner and a Before-Five-In-a-Row selection.  And this year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of this wonderful book. Quite significant, is that it is the first children’s book to … Continue reading

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Science, Math & Reading All in One

We just did a great little activity that my kids, from ages three to seven, loved.  It involved math, science and reading and it only cost me $1. I filled a pie pan with water for each of them and … Continue reading

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Creekside Astronomy Unit: The Moon

We have had a great time learning  about the moon as we embarked on our Astronomy Unit recently.  We began with learning about the phases of the moon.  Using the diagram on the Moon Connection website, we learned about the … Continue reading

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Learning With Literature: Fancy Nancy

Welcome to our week with Fancy Nancy, one of my daughter’s favorite book characters. She loves to play dress-up, just like Nancy. The fancier, the better.  So naturally, we dressed up each day before delving into our Fancy Nancy books. … Continue reading

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