Snowflake.com Snowflakes are more than just a pretty face! Check out snowflakes using a dark mitten or scarf. Read the book, The Snowflake Man: A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley. For more information on “The Snowflake Man” Wilson A. Bentley, check out this website. Snowflake activity.
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Headless snowman gets everyone involved from Family Fun. This snowman is missing its head – but never fear. The head is happily supplied by the kids in the neighborhood – temporarily. Let your child make a snowmen with everything except a head. Your child and all the neighbor kids will enjoy taking turns placing their...
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Picture taken from Google. Materials: bowl of ice and cold water vegetable shortening plastic bag a bowl with ice and  some cold water. Steps: You can ask your child to imagine he was a polar bear swimming in the Arctic (the bowl of cold water), ask, “How would you stay warm?” Let them put ...
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Picture from Wikipedia. Your child will love being able to take two snowballs in the house for this experiment. Materials: 2 snowballs kitchen sink cold water Steps: One snowball needs to be packed very hard and the other fairly soft. Inside put them in the sink filled with cold water. What happens? Just like...
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Materials: Your child’s endless imagination assorted clothes – hats, gloves, scarf… for the snowman Sandbox pails to form shapes Assorted items to make interesting mouths, eyes, hair, ears – like mushrooms for the nose, red pepper for the lips, spaghetti for hair Steps: Make snow people in groups having fun. Your child can give...
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My son made these candle holders many years ago and the still look great!  They are easy for even the youngest children. Materials: clean glass container, empty jar or vase white glue and water mixed equally paint brush tissue paper wax paper Mod Podge (optional – but it gives a nice shine to the...
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This is a classic all-American bread recipe. Materials: 4 x 8 loaf pan, grease and flour the pan 1/2 t. baking soda 1/2 c. rye flour 1 t. baking powder 1/2 c. cornmeal 1/2 t. salt 1 c. all-purpose white flour 1 c. buttermilk 1/3 c. molasses 3 T. melted butter 2 eggs Steps...
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Our students enjoyed listening to Linnea in Monet’s Garden and seeing the artist and his gardens from a child’s point of view. Then they had the opportunity to use watercolors and large pieces of paper to create a landscape picture.  The results were wonderful.  It can’t hurt that they got to see some of...
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I have a fondness for Impressionist painting.  I can’t say why, is it the fact the artist all expressed themselves in new and unique ways or the fact all the work (okay for the most part) is bright and lively.  I love the bright colors and that two people can look at a piece...
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The first time my son came home with a sock elf, it was so funny, we made one for the whole family that Christmas!  Sock elves are very easy to make and only require a few items. Materials: a sock in any color – if you use a child’s sock, it will be a...
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