Connect with Books

08/07/2018

Try It Tuesday: Read this book with your elementary school children and then let them experiment with building using craft sticks, clips, and clothespins. See the comments section for the link to this fun activity. Also, if you try it out, please post photos of the both the process and the end results.

08/03/2018

Fun Fact(s) Friday:

Watermelons have been cultivated in Egypt for more than 5,000 years. Egyptians depicted watermelon in drawings on the walls of tombs and even left watermelon with their dead to nourish them as they journeyed through the underworld.

Watermelons spread from Africa to China in the 10th century. Today, China grows more watermelon than any other country. In China, guests offer watermelons as gifts to a hostess.

- Gardening Channel

07/31/2018

Try It Tuesday: I don't know about the weather in your neck of the woods, but it's been overly hot here in the Northwest. After reading a book about the weather yesterday, my son and I enjoyed a fun experiment about what melts in the sun. I'll attach the link in the comments. We enjoyed it, and I hope you do too! If you try it out, please share which objects you chose and what the kids in your life thought of the activity. Thanks.

07/29/2018

Spontaneous Sunday: In addition to praising the effort (not the achievements) of those in your life, encouraging others to make mistakes and participate in positive self-talk will help their development of a growth mindset.

There are two types of mindsets we can cultivate. One that embraces problems as opportunities to learn, and one that avoids them, often out of fear to fail. ...

07/27/2018

Fun Fact Friday: At birth, the newborn has approximately 100 billion cells and 253 million connections. By the age of twelve, the same child has about 354 million connections...per speck of brain tissue. - Ronald Kotulak, Inside the Brain

07/27/2018

07/27/2018

Thankful Thursday:
1. Time with my son playing, reading, innovating, dancing, pretending, giggling, creating, and talking
2. Apricot walnut bread
3. Play date fun
4. Mama time to read
5. Texts and messages with friends and family
6. Air conditioning
7. Good customer service
8. Opportunities to start anew

What are you thankful for today?

07/25/2018

Wacky Word Wednesday: Borborygmus - a rumbling or gurgling noise in the intestines

Literally just a fun way to say “I’m hungry and my stomach is letting you know. Feed me or I may eat you.”

07/25/2018

LOL

07/24/2018

Try it Tuesday - Shark Week Edition: In addition to reading one of these great Usborne books about sharks, try building a shark’s home in a jar. With this experiment (see the comment section for the link) you can see all the different layers that comprise the ocean. Humans typically experience the sunlight layer. Now you can see what lies underneath. Do you know which zone sharks live in? Of course, my son and I will try to this activity, but we also plan on eating a watermelon shark and dancing to Baby Shark!

07/22/2018

It’s the 30th anniversary of Shark Week! Let’s celebrate with a bit of trivia! How many of these do you know? I’ll post the answers tomorrow.