children's museum Archives ⋆ R.E.A.L.-World Learners https://realworldlearners.com/tag/childrens-museum/ Engaging, authentic learning resources for students of all ages Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:51:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://realworldlearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-8516c9f3047b5127c72aba019d664e56-32x32.jpeg children's museum Archives ⋆ R.E.A.L.-World Learners https://realworldlearners.com/tag/childrens-museum/ 32 32 Crafts with Kids 101: My Aha! moment https://realworldlearners.com/crafts-with-kids-101-my-aha-moment/ https://realworldlearners.com/crafts-with-kids-101-my-aha-moment/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:56:48 +0000 https://realworldlearners.com/?p=303 While all the other kids were busy building forts and playing in water tables, J wandered over to this rock with a divot that had collected water. Someone (probably a staff member) had left out an old paintbrush and J picked it up and started dipping it in the puddle and "water painting" on another rock. Ha! Why had I never thought of that?! No prep work needed, almost no supplies, no mess to clean up, and endless directions to pursue -- use a paintbrush, sponges, roll toy cars through water, make water paint footprints and handprints, practice calligraphy, draw Anything you can think of, even do math on the sidewalk! ... etc. Here's an activity we could do at home any day for FREE (1 point!) that's clean (2 points!) and fun (3 points!). (Points are nonredeemable but fun to collect.)  Read more...

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