Science Week Giveaway

We like to candyland with my niece and we like to decorate pinecones with her too.

We like to cuddle up with a big pile of books.

We like to bake and draw pictures.

The best ever indoor activity is building a geodesic dome/clubhouse out of only an old newspaper.
The project is fun for all ages, inexpensive, easy and the effect is quite dramatic!
Plus there is an ongoing play factor to the creation for weeks after!
Check out these and many other websites for ideas/instructions.

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/cutpaste/feature/famf39newspaper...

http://www.yesmag.ca/projects/geodesic.html

We love to do different arts & crafts projects. We always have something in the art box for a rainy day.

We make up scenarios like going into outerspace, running a restaurant, or teaching school. We'll pull out paper, scissors and crayons and get to work maybe drawing up a menu or a model of the solar system. And then we let our imagination fly.

Indoor basketball and soccer are fun around here!

We like to read books and do arts and crafts projects :)

Thank you for the giveaway!

I love that idea about making a geodesic dome! will have to check out those websites. We also do arts and crafts, baking, etc, but I always try to sneak in a let's-pretend-we're-in-a-cleanup-contest to tidy up.

We like to do cooking projects, play with play dough and do balance games and aerobics on the Wii Fit.

We like to crank up the music and have a dance party.

Last year my daughter's uncle bought her a really cool tunnel and tent set. Since we only use it once every few weeks it is always hours of fun!

My 3-year old daughter daughter likes to "build" and create with items around the apartment.. One recent "project included lining up all the dining chairs for a "choo choo train" and bellowing to Mommy "all aboard!". She pretended to be getting on and off the train and making stops at various places (Grandma and Grandpa's house (the couch), Auntie Jean's (her play table area), Cousin Kira's (another corner of the living room) etc).... We recently converted her to a twin bed but still have her toddler mattress stored under her bed. Yesterday, she asked "Mommy, can you help me" and when I went into her room, she had pulled her toddler mattress out and wanted me to help her lift/prop it up on the side of her twin bed so she could use it as a slide! We supported it with a stool underneath, surrounded it with floor pillows and she had a good hour of fun finding things to slide down with, includign sitting on a placemat to slide a bit faster, sliding her stuffed animals and then even doing some flips. i guess jsut letting our child use her imagination and make a mess is what we do :)

We pull out the sheets and blankets and make tents and castles and forts to hide out and play (and sometimes even nap) in.

It's so great to see these types of science kits making a come back. I wish Mr Wizard was still on the TV circuit...what a welcome change it would be!

That geodesic dome seems like a real fun indoor activity. I definitely will check out the activity suggestions on that link.

My 4.5 year old and I love to try out different things at a time when we're stuck indoors. We do painting, drawing, reading, crafts, board games, baking --decorating cookies or shaping pretzels, making chocolate coated pretzels. And sometimes, I let her use my digital camera to photograph her toys as well as the play doh sculptures she's made, and I download the photos onto her digital arts projects folder in our computer and set it up as a slideshow.

We pull out the craft boxes and come up with a craft idea...turning an old card board box into a puppet theater or a post office...making turkey's out of paper lunch bags...painting flower pots....making bird feeders out of recycled plastic food containers...making our own stories out of felt with no words...etc...there are no rules...just fun and creativity...mixed media is welcomed...and creativity is king

We like to open up a tent in our playroom, get out sleeping bags, pillows, boardgames and marshmallows and pretend we are camping out. The kids make up stories. It's great!!

We like to build ramps out of blocks for marbles and do origami.

My 16 month old daughter and I read books, "cook" meals in her toy kitchen and play "catch" and soccer.

We go to the library, do science experiments, or break open the craft box and make all kinds of fanciful things.

We haven't had much of a chance to play with the children in the house while it is snowing. My husband and I are originally from the north (Boston) and we moved to Florida about 4 years ago. We just moved here and the 3 youngest children haven't experienced snow yet. Our 6 year old was too little then to do too much. We are looking forward to making snowflake cutouts, playing games, and just experiencing watching the snow fall with our little ones.

A good fall activity is to collect some of the leaves that have fallen of the trees and make collages - my 3 yo son loves to use glue and scissors and this activity can combine both

We like to pull out the craft boxes and a pile of books

We definitely do tons of cooking and baking but we also like to hang out at the Liberty Science Center.

Making a Catesian Diver is a fun and easy way to teach young kids about density and bouyancy. Ask your child to explain how submarines and go up and down. Then play with this experiment to find out why.

Materials ( 2 liter plastic soda bottle, soy sauce or ketchup packet, water)

Remove label from soda bottle and fill to the brim with water, add soy sauce packet and cap.

Packet should float near top, then squeeze the plastic bottle with both hands and the packet begins to sink (why?).

Stop squeezing the the packet floats back to the top of the bottle (why?)

These Cartesian Divers are named after Decartes, and come in many
varieties.

Educational Innovations in Norwalk, CT has a number of cool diver kits and
a wonderful DVD (Cartesian Diversions) . Check: www.teachersource.com

My boys and I love to play checkers or chess. Of course they beat the pants off me but it 's so exciting seeing their faces light up when they see themselves ready for a challenge! I myself prefer connect four! :)

Me and my kids like to do arts and crafts, we draw pictures, we make window decals, we do painted glass, we bake cookies, we play board games, we pop popcorn and we watch movies.

We bring out all the toys we never seem to play with otherwise: marble runs, puzzles, dressup clothes... we also fill up the sink with warm soapy water abd play with all the bubbles!

Our apartment building has really long, carpeted hallways so on a rainy day we use a soft ball to play catch in the hallways. We see how far we can throw it with out hitting the ceiling. My 5 year old is over the moon about baseball, so he still feels like he has played some ball even though we have been inside all day.

A simple favorite for our two-year-old is filling the bathroom sink with a bit of shaving cream and then standing on her stool to "sculpt" in it. It is so easy, and yet a rich sensory experience for a little one. Plus, a quick rinse of hands and sink and everything is cleaned up!

On rainy days we usually go out for a bit, dance in the rain, splash in the puddles, come home and take a warm bath and drink warm drinks. Snuggle under blankets with pile of books. Then onto the games like Go Fish or a cooperative board game. Baking and preparing meals and usually snuggling / resting and talking about how much water the trees and plants can drink while staring out the window ...

We like to read books and do science!