Why Does Salt Help with Snow and Ice?

Ready for a really simple, really cool experiment?

• Take an ice cube from your freezer and place it on a plate.
  
• Sprinkle a pinch of salt over one half of the ice cube.
  
• Put the plate with the ice cube in the refrigerator.
• After about 10 minutes, take the ice cube out and observe what has happened.
  

My 8 yo son and 11 yo niece did this today and they made their observations, now, what do you notice about the salted side of the ice cube?

Thank you to Wonderopolis! Wonderopolis.org is a great site that introduces a new idea to your kids everyday!

Free Printable Certificates and Rewards

Children love to receive stickers, bookmarks and certificates as recognition of a job well done or progress made within the classroom or home.

Reading Certificates, Special Award Certificates, Diplomas, Certificates, Sticker Charts, Reward Charts Certificates that you can color yourself and MORE!
The link is at Activity Village. co.uk

Understanding Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia (dys=difficulty, ill, impaired, bad, abnormal; graph=write; ia=state of, act) is the state of having poor writing ability.

If you have a child with sensory issues or who has this disorder, then you will be interested in reading the following article found at "Homeschool Montgomery"

Dysgraphia comes in three forms. One is poor handwriting beyond what would be within a normal range; the next is the inability to transfer thoughts from the brain onto paper, and the third form is a combination of both. There are numerous causes or reasons for this condition. The good news is that in most cases, this is not a permanent state. Rather it is frequently developmental and a child can often actually ‘outgrow’ dysgraphia.

Read the rest of this great article here: Understanding Dysgraphia

Teach With Games

Teach With Games Website has FREE Printable game samples, to see if learning with games is right for your child.
and TODAY, CurrClick is having a GIVE-AWAY of Multiplication Games, Level One for FREE!
Just sign in and add it to your cart to download.

By the way, if you don't know about Curr Click, it is a great website that has curriculum resources, a lot of them for FREE, just click the FREE STUFF LINK on the left-hand side of the page.

Human Body Movie

The Human Body Movie -
an interactive, learning movie by the
KidsKnowIt Network
Learn about your body and what makes it tick!

Their Free Educational Movies bring your student on a fun and interactive journey through the world around us. Each movie begins by introducing students to the topics that they will be learning about, and ends with an online quiz. In order to successfully complete each online video, your student must watch, and then successfully answer the quiz questions with 80% or higher accuracy.

Students who do not obtain 80% comprehension will be instructed to watch the movie a second time, and then again try to answer the quiz questions.

Logic and Reasoning Games

SuperKidsGames of Logic and Reasoning

• Scrabble
• Battleship
• Checkers
• Chess
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Sorter
• Text Twist

Progressive Phonics

Progressive Phonics - Progressive Phonics

www.progressivephonics.com

Progressive Phonics all-in-one reading program with free phonics books and free alphabet books.