Enriching elementary minds and bodies during an at-home summer
Shoot for the moon with this recipe! Even if you miss, you’ll land a tasty treat! What You Need Rice cakes Peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese or other type of spread Sliced bananas Cheerios cereal or similar brand What To Do Spread your topping of choice on your “moon” rice cake. Place a few banana …
featuredCreate gorgeous galaxy slime in just minutes with liquid glue, water and contact solution. Midnight Galaxy Slime This glittery slime is as fun to look at as it is to play with! What You Need 6 oz. black glitter liquid glue ½ c. water ½ c. baking soda 1 tbsp. contact solution What To …
Create your own nature composition with materials found right in your own backyard! Artist Andy Goldsworthy creates elaborate works of art using sticks, rocks, leaves, and other treasures he can find outside. His artwork uses geometry and shapes inspired by nature, such as circles, spirals and domes. Some of his artwork has been compared to …
Attention Master Campers! Create a personalized campfire cone, unique to your own taste buds. This “tried and true” recipe is kid tested and kid approved. Thanks to BOCES Special Education teacher Elicia Spagnola for sharing the fun! What You Need: A package of wafer cones, waffle cones, sugar cones or any other cone of choice! …
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This recipe is fit for a Triwizard Tournament champion! We think Harry Potter would approve of this fun, mythical twist on hard-boiled eggs. What You Need Eggs (we made six) Water A pot Ziploc bags Food coloring (green or blue is preferable, but most dark colors will work) Strainer (not required) What To Do Start …
Show off your artistic side with these sidewalk chalk projects! What You Need Sidewalk chalk Paper or the sidewalk Dragon Start by drawing a large ‘S’ across your whole space Draw a large triangle with the flat side centered at one end of the ‘S’ and a smaller triangle with the flat side centered at the …
Add this to your dinner lineup, and you’ll be sure to strike gold! X marks the spot on this simple but delicious pizza made with pre-made pizza dough, a jar of sauce and a bag of shredded cheese. To decorate, add a trail of sliced black olives, make trees with green peppers and finish with …
What’s special and mysterious about blackout poems? It’s up to YOU to reveal a secret poem! Did you know that on every page of a book, newspaper or magazine there’s a hidden story waiting to be told? See what you can discover by creating a blackout poem out of recycled pages! What You Need A …
With only a few ingredients you probably already have, you and your child can make dreamy bubble prints. See this activity in action here: Mrs. R’s Art Room What You Need Paint or food coloring Dish soap White paper, card stock or index cards Plastic straws Small containers, one for each color of paint (make …
Use a variety of fresh and frozen fruits to make a nutritious, rainbow-inspired smoothie. A rainbow is one of water’s most magical tricks! Caused by water droplets, rainbows appear when light — most often sunlight — is reflected and refracted through those droplets. (“Refraction” means that when light passes through something, like water or a …
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