tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86393991142831605822024-03-05T18:24:32.722+08:00my lovely motherhood"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
-- Lin YutangShahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-60347920136181031152020-06-02T14:07:00.001+08:002020-06-02T14:07:41.229+08:00Bird Nest Craft<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello! Today, Ivy and Ishaaq will be doing a bird nest for them to play. Recently, Ivy has been curious about where birds live. So we decided to do an activity about birds nest. Let's get crafting!!!</div>
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Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-51441813582447251692020-05-30T14:51:00.000+08:002020-06-02T09:07:38.398+08:00New Members of the Family <div style="text-align: justify;">
Let me introduce you to our newest member in the family. Meet our little princess and prince. This is Ivy, she's 2 plus. She's very cheeky and naughty but she is always cheerful and playful. This is Ishaaq, he is 6 months old. He likes to scream and eat anything in front of him [Today he ate our bird nest craft, luckily he didn't choke]. Hehehe. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Hi I am Ivy! Do I look pwetty?</b></td></tr>
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Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-27894641424401566212020-05-29T22:58:00.003+08:002020-05-29T22:58:30.121+08:00New Bloggers in the House!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hello! We are Iris and Iesha. Starting from now, we will be taking over Mummy's blog since sooooo~ long. We will be posting a lot about our family. We are really looking forward to positive reactions since we are young bloggers. Till then, enjoy!</div>
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<br />Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-42697863126925599752020-03-11T11:15:00.001+08:002020-03-11T11:15:34.885+08:00Hello everyone!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-88020783484033863562017-01-18T16:30:00.002+08:002017-01-18T16:30:50.296+08:00Iesha's First Day at School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My lovely Iesha, I wish you:</div>
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<li>Lots of success and lots of new friends.</li>
<li>I am so proud of my little princess. I wish you all the luck in the world!</li>
<li>Have lots of fun at school!</li>
<li>Congratulations on your enrollment!</li>
<li>Loveeeee you!</li>
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Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-28365603806202887782016-07-15T13:48:00.003+08:002016-07-15T14:04:49.242+08:00Magnificent Magnet!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We love magnet. There are lots of activities with magnet the kids can play and explore. It is such a simple iron bar yet so intriguing. Here are some of the information I've discussed with my girls about magnets and magnetism:<br />
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<li><b><i>The shape of magnets</i>:</b> Magnets come in variety of shapes such as U-shape magnet, horseshoe magnet, bar magnet, button magnets etc.</li>
<li><b><i>The poles of magnets</i>:</b> Magnet has two poles, the north and the south poles. The like poles attract to each other, while the unlike poles repel.</li>
<li><b><i>The magnetic and non-magnetic objects</i>:</b> The magnetic objects are the objects that attracted to the magnets such as nails, scissors and steel ruler. The non-magnetic objects are the objects that aren't attracted to the magnets such as plastics, woods and certain metals.</li>
<li><b><i>Application of magnets</i>: </b>We listed some uses of magnets such as compass, fridge magnets, floating train and scrap magnets.</li>
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We also got excited over some fun facts about magnets:<br />
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<li>If you cut the magnet half, it will still has two poles, no matter how many times you cut it. </li>
<li>The first magnets used were natural stones called lodestones. The word "lode" means lead and so the stone was used to magnetize compass needles and lead sailors home. <a href="http://www.tooter4kids.com/Magnets/fun_facts.htm" target="_blank">(Source)</a></li>
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And we jumped in excitement when we found this Quran verse about magnets!</div>
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"And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind..." (Quran, 57:25) </blockquote>
Oh Allah, we couldn't thank You much for the scientific information You give us in the miraculous Quran! We love You so much! (Refer to this <a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html" target="_blank">link</a> for further explanation on the ayah).<br />
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Here are some of the activities we did with magnets.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">No matter how hard Iesha tried to put the paper clips at the middle of the magnet bar, the clip stubbornly went to the end of the bar.</span></div>
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This shows how a compass work. Iris calibrated it with the iPhone compass, and she jumped in joy when she got the magnet bar points to the same direction as in the apps.<br />
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We're still learning on animal's life cycles. Last Sunday we learnt about our green hopper friend, Mr Froggy. We learnt that mother frog lays thousands of eggs in a pond. It will then turn into a tadpole, which Iyra would love to keep in her small insect house. She said "It's too cute! I cannot tahan!" We also learnt that the tadpole will then change to a froglet and finally to a charming prince after a good greeny kiss. </div>
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<li>Paper plate</li>
<li>Green cardstock (Manila card)</li>
<li>Felt paper for the lilypad</li>
<li>Bubble wrap for the eggs</li>
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We found out some interesting facts about frog too. You can check them out here:<br />
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<li>Frogs are amphibians.</li>
<li>Frog drinks the water through the skin.</li>
<li>A group of frog is called an 'army'.</li>
<li>There are over 4,700 species of frogs. (<a href="http://www.earthrangers.com/wildwire/top-10/top-ten-awesome-facts-about-frogs/" target="_blank">Source</a>)</li>
<li>The study of amphibians and reptiles is called Herpetology, and those who study them are called Herpetologists.</li>
<li>Croaking is used by male frogs as a way to attract females.</li>
<li>A frog won't turn into a prince, no matter how many times you kiss him! (:P)</li>
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Videos on frogs:</div>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrXww4oZrsI" target="_blank">Video 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugJrj-cUJCE" target="_blank">Video </a>3</li>
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There are a lots of free worksheets on frogs you can retrieve from the internet. I think it's a good practice to have them do the worksheets to get to know their understanding after all the lessons. </div>
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<br />Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-83883775267162636592016-04-18T15:49:00.000+08:002016-04-18T15:49:13.554+08:00Easy Fish Aquarium Craft<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-85399449618274646212016-04-18T15:42:00.000+08:002016-04-18T15:42:14.554+08:00To Arr is Pirate<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-70942157970485797192016-04-06T14:48:00.000+08:002016-04-06T14:48:22.882+08:00Easy Tissue Paper Craft for Kids<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-6582856374700128752016-03-09T16:51:00.005+08:002016-03-09T16:51:56.515+08:00Paper Plate Magnet Maze<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Happy to Be Back on Earth" by Iris, in acknowledging a return of Scott Kelly. (We did watch a video on their return, haven't you? </div>
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"My proboscis needs sweet sugary flower." This is made by Iyra. We used words we learnt from our butterfly life cycle craft. "Butterflies taste with feet, drink with proboscis."</div>
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"Mummy, jom kita pi New Mexico nak? Kita naik hot air balloons?" Iesha suggested this nice vacation, inspired by a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGAMTlI6XxY" target="_blank">video</a> she watched in the YouTube. She'd love to fly high in the air in the basket with the help of a pilot who navigates the balloon. "To the right! To the left! We are high, up in the air!" </div>
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"The burner uses propane gas to heat up the air in the envelope to move the balloon off the ground and into the air. The pilot must keep firing the burner at regular intervals throughout the flight to ensure that the balloon continues to be stable. Naturally, the hot air will not escape from the hole at the very bottom of the envelope as firstly, hoe air rises and secondly, the buoyancy keeps it moving up." (Source: <a href="http://www.eballoon.org/balloon/how-it-works.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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It is extremely interesting to see how this big fat balloons fly up high in the air. Here are a few great videos to watch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzpaVbfyd8" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDuwNzdbtU" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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I think it's a good time to start talking about animal life cycles with Iesha (6y) and Iyra (5y). We started with a butterfly. They found it interesting to know that the butterfly was first a caterpillar. They also wondered why the caterpillar is in extreme hunger and eat its own egg shell and almost everything near them. So we watched a few videos and read some articles on butterflies. I also decided to make this craft to show them the life cycle of a butterfly.</div>
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Fun facts about butterflies: (thanks to <a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/butterfly.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/insects/butterfly" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/2015/03/15/19-fascinating-butterfly-facts/" target="_blank">here.</a>)</div>
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<li>Butterflies are insects.</li>
<li>A butterfly's life cycle is made up four parts, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult.</li>
<li>Butterflies attach their eggs to leaves with a special glue.</li>
<li>Most caterpillars are herbivores.</li>
<li>Fully grown caterpillars attach themselves to a suitable twig or leaf before shedding their outside layer of skin to reveal a hard skin underneath known as chrysalis.</li>
<li>An adult butterfly will eventually emerge from the chrysalis where it will wait a few hours for its wings to fill with blood and dry, before flying for the first time.</li>
<li>Butterflies can live in the adult stage from anywhere between a week and a year, depending on the species.</li>
<li>Butterflies have four wings.</li>
<li>Butterflies taste with their feet (they laughed on this).</li>
<li>Butterflies often have bright colored wings with unique patterns made up of tiny scales.</li>
<li>The fastest butterflies are the skippers, which can fly at 37 miles per hour, but most butterflies travel at 5 to 12 miles per hour.</li>
<li>Their eyes are made of 6000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light.</li>
<li>Many adult butterflies never excrete waste - they use up all they eat for energy.</li>
<li>In some areas, the number of feeding caterpillars on plants is so great that you can actually hear them munching. Thus, manners are not important in butterfly society.</li>
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Watch videos on butterflies: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUybrJmFv0c" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5RSpMQQOpw" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocWgSgMGxOc" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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1. Cut out 2 inches x 4 inches of tissue paper.</div>
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4. Twist the other end of the chrysalis and glue it to the twig.</div>
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I believe that every kid wants to be an astronaut. When clouds and rainbow aren't enough for them, they quest for something bigger, something over the clouds. So did my three little princesses. They asked too many questions about the stars, the sun, the planets, even the black holes. Reading books and watching videos about space couldn't fill their long and arduous search for that matter. They aim to be one of those selected people to space. </div>
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In order to delight their NASAish dreams, I decided to make this simple straw rocket craft. We also watched and read fascinating facts about rockets and stuff. They couldn't comprehend why initially human sent flies, dog and monkeys to the space, "How can they tell us what they saw?" asked Iris. And the moment they saw the rocket detaching its booster and cried in unison "Look!" was priceless. And of course the 'Whys' and 'Hows' would naturally comes from these little creatures. </div>
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So, here is our kick start for our first NASA project. Hopefully there will be more to come. I'd like to share some interesting facts and videos that I've watched with my future astronauts.</div>
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Fun facts about rockets - read <a href="http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-space-travel/" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.spacekids.co.uk/spacehistory/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-rocket-k4.html" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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On 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift off! Bye everyone!</div>
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1. Draw a rocket on a white card stock paper. </div>
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Glue the rocket on the straw. Glue the rocket and the star on the black paper.</div>
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By Astronaut Iris (She couldn't be happier once she knew NASA used her name in 2015. IRIS is abbreviated for Image Reversal in Space.)</div>
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We investigated how different materials absorb or not absorb (repel) water. As we tested different materials, we know that they react differently towards water. Some materials absorb, while some repel water. First, I had them to make prediction. It was easy for them to guess which one absorbs and which doesn't. But of course they didn't have any scientific reasoning for that. It is good to tell them that scientist starts by making prediction before they run the experiment. The purpose of the experiment is to find out whether we've made a wrong or right prediction. I need to retell this every time we did new experiments, as Iesha hates to make wrong guesses. </div>
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<li>What thing do you use daily that absorb water?</li>
<li>Why is it important for that thing to absorb water?</li>
<li>What thing do you use daily that does not absorb water?</li>
<li>Why it is important for that thing to not absorb water?</li>
<li>What happens if our house is made of paper?</li>
<li>What happens if the umbrella is made of cloth?</li>
<li>Do you think the bird's feather absorb/ not absorb water?</li>
<li>What happens to the birds when they're flying in the rain?</li>
<li>What happens if the spoon is made of paper?</li>
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It was no surprise that they responded with funny answers. Some of the answers were written in the experiment report. You can download the report for free. The reasons why some materials absorb/ repel water lie on the porosity level of the material. I told them the smooth paper look differently under the microscope. They aren't smooth as what they say with their naked eyes. The paper has lots of very tiny holes to enable water to go through it. The larger the holes, the easier the water goes through.</div>
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Clearly this is not the result from our microscope. This is however kitchen sponges under SEM. This has made Iris shouted "Told you, Horton is right!" (Source: <a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-02-kitchen-sponge-supercapacitor-porous-benefits.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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We still used bubble wrap for this craft and other recycled things we found in the house. This time we made cutey crocodiles inspired by <a href="http://www.positivelysplendid.com/2010/05/fun-craft-for-kids-using-bubble-wrap.html" target="_blank">positivelysplendid</a>. I also shared some fun facts on crocodiles and we watched few videos on this snappy long-tailed reptile. We browsed for differences between alligator and crocodile too. Iesha preferred to say alligator while Iris preferred crocodile. Never did I know that there are big differences between those two words. </div>
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<b><u>Fun facts on crocodiles (Source: <a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/crocodile.html" target="_blank">sciencekids</a>)</u></b></div>
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1) Roll the bubble wrap. 2) Secure the end with the tape. 3) Insert the pipe cleaners into the rolled bubble wrap. 4) Paint it. </div>
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5) Draw the eyes. 6) Cut out the legs. 7) Paint the legs. 8) Cut out a spiky hair for the crocs. Finally, glue all legs, eyes and spiky hair onto the roll.</div>
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Meet Miss Melina Crocky crafted by Iesha.</div>
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Liza by Iyra</div>
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Mr Croc by Iris</div>
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Oh, look how adorable they are!</div>
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Smile on the croc-o-dile!</div>
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Draw some carrots on orange art papers.</div>
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Cut out the carrots and glue them on the paper.</div>
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Dip the rolling pin onto the paint. Then roll it back and forth on the carrots. Roll harder till you heard the pop sounds.</div>
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Let dry.</div>
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Hang them proudly on the wall.</div>
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Inspired by <a href="http://mamapapabubba.com/2015/05/08/lego-minifigure-mini-bath-station/" target="_blank">mamapapabubba</a>, we made our own mini spa for our Lego people. We gathered all the materials commonly found around the house. The girls splendidly spent four hours pampering the minifigures. Yes, four hours!!</div>
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I eavesdropped their making-up conversation with teeny-weeny Lego people.</div>
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<i>Iyra</i>: Oh my, so cute. Jangan takut, Mia tak lemas. (The bath tub was clearly too big for her Mia.)</div>
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<i>Iesha</i>: Cutey cutey little Melinda. Let me help you wash your wig. Whoops, I'm sorry. Iesha pasang kepala balik okay. (She accidentally pulled off Melinda's head.)</div>
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<i>Iris</i>: This spa opens for all. To people and animal. (I spotted a big grizzly bear joined the crowd too.)</div>
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Bowls of foamy water</div>
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Squeeze bottles of water (I used travelling shampoo bottles)</div>
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Waiting to be pampered. <i>Gosh</i>, the girls charging for this?</div>
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What a great day for us Lego people! Thanks big people!<br />
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This activity is such a great and simple way to entertain the children. All you need is Lego and marble. I let the girls created their own maze. We used 64 x 64 bumps Lego base plate. It was a bit harder for Iyra to control the base plate because it's too big. So I'd suggest to use the smaller base plate which is 32 x 32 bumps. We added up Lego people to cheer the marble up "Go Mr Marble go!". To play, we need to hold the base plate and gently tilt it back and forth so that the marble rolls.</div>
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We also browsed through some interesting stories on real life mazes. So here are some ah-MAZE-ing facts on real mazes (thanks to <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/70964/15-intricate-facts-about-mazes" target="_blank">mentalfloss</a>). </div>
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I let my kids created the maze.</div>
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So much fun.</div>
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So easy to make, so fun to play!</div>
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Iris said this is too easy. She planned of adding up some arched exit.</div>
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There is a big real corn maze somewhere in California. They searched for California on the map. </div>
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They found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila,_New_Mexico" target="_blank">Gila</a> instead.<br />
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Blooming paper flowers is one of my daughters' favorite activities (besides oobleck). This magic flowers would surely mesmerize both children and adults! We already did this activity twice. But this time, we furnished with a little bit of scientific approach. We would like to find out which paper flower blooms the quickest once we popped them into the water. I made five different flower designs, one with small petals with big center, another with long petals and small center, and other designs (you may refer to the template). I then asked my daughters their guesses on which flower will bloom the quickest. They came with different hypotheses and reasoning. When asking them their hypotheses, I also demand their justifications. I didn't simply stop at "Which?", I then continued with "Why?" and "How?".</div>
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Do this today. It surely put the widest grin into your children's face. </div>
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Here are a few websites and YouTube videos that you can discuss while waiting for the flowers to bloom. Enjoy!</div>
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<b>Read about flowers:</b></div>
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<li>What? We got male and female flowers? Yes, read <a href="http://www.sacsplash.org/post/flower-facts" target="_blank">here.</a></li>
<li>Facts on plants <a href="http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/plants.html" target="_blank">here.</a></li>
<li>More kids-friendly info about flowers <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/didyouknow_flowers.shtml" target="_blank">here.</a></li>
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<li>Starts with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJjNh2pMSB8" target="_blank">this </a>simple explanation. (I bet your kids will love this video with "Up" soundtrack at the back. One of my favorite tunes.)</li>
<li>Then explain each function of flower parts with the help of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuKa57OJ_iA" target="_blank">this</a> video. </li>
<li>More video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6TLFZUC9gI" target="_blank">here.</a></li>
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<b>Fun facts about flowers (credits to <a href="http://www.avasflowers.net/facts-about-flowers-for-kids" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.gardeningchannel.com/flower-facts-for-kids/" target="_blank">here</a>):</b></div>
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<li>Several centuries ago in Holland, tulips were more valuable than gold.</li>
<li>Some plants such as orchids do not need soil to grow-they get all of their nutrients from the air.</li>
<li>Some plants produce toxic substances that kill other plants around them, for e.g., the sunflower.</li>
<li>The Bird of Paradise is a beautiful, oddly shaped plant that resembles a colorful tropical bird.</li>
<li>Some flowers smell like rotting flesh. The titan arum is also called the corpse flower because of its foul smell. The blossoms of Bradford Pear trees are equally offensive.</li>
<li>During Victorian times, flowers were used to communicate feelings or thoughts. For example, a pink carnation meant, "I'll never forget you," while a stripped carnation sent the message, "No, I can't be with you.". A purple hyacinth meant, "I'm sorry," while a yellow one meant, "I'm jealous."</li>
<li>Many orchids don't need soil to grow-they can get all the nutrition they need from the air instead!</li>
<li>Moonflowers bloom only at night. Their cousins, morning glories, bloom in the morning.</li>
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4. Pop the paper flower onto the water and watch them open up, just like a real flower blossoming!</div>
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5. Time the blossoming flowers once you put onto the water and stop the stopwatch when they petals fully untangled.</div>
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No, we didn't use any butterflies as our equipment. </div>
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So we found out that flower with the smallest center blooms the quickest. </div>
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Learning about flowers.</div>
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Cut and paste activity for Iyra.</div>
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Simple fill in the blank worksheet for Iesha.</div>
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A more challenging worksheet for Iris.</div>
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Iris fervidly explain about flowers to her sisters. She started the class with "Did you know flowers also got male and female?". She successfully got Iesha jaw dropping, "Really?".</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The science behind this experiment (thank you so much to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/magic.flower.htm" target="_blank">surfing scientist</a>):</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The paper flower is powered by a groovy scientific phenomenon called 'capillary action'. Thanks to capillary action, paper absorbs water very rapidly. When paper gets wet, it swells which causes the folded petals of your Magic Flower to open up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">When paper comes into contact with water, the amazing power of capillary action rapidly draws water into all these tiny spaces. It’s because the water is slightly more attracted to the wood fibres than to itself. This helps trees and plants to lift water from their roots up to their leaves. The Sun provides the extra bit of lift required by evaporating water from tiny holes in the leaves called stomata. This process is called transpiration and we wouldn’t be here without it.</span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">But back to your paper flower. When the paper absorbs water (which it does so well thanks to capillary action) it swells. That’s why paper goes wrinkly when it gets wet but it also causes any folds to open back up again. If you folded each neighbouring petal over sequentially, your flower will open very differently than if you folded each opposite pair. Try experimenting with the order and you’ll see what I mean.</span></span></div>
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Iyra was still struggling with the basic strokes needed to form numbers and letters. I came with this squishy bag ideas to help her mastering it. It is a fun way to teach young children to write without using pens or pencils. The children can also use the squishy bag to draw pictures and shapes or just to squeeze it.</div>
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I used different books for the writing activity. I used 'Building Spelling Skill' published by Evan Moor for Iris, 'I am a Book' for Iesha as she recently reading this book and 'Read Easy' obviously for Iyra.</div>
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She obviously seemed happy with her 'a'.</div>
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But not for Iris. She was getting bored once she knew the purpose of the squishy bag. She stroked her Chinese pinyin instead. She practiced her new learnt strokes for 'Days in Chinese'.</div>
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Writing up her name over and over again.</div>
Shahida Shalahimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06562823869757346695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639399114283160582.post-69128846057522266002016-01-20T10:34:00.000+08:002016-01-20T10:46:05.284+08:00How Strong is a Piece of Paper?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
We made a simple experiment using papers and books. This is a great way to explain to my children whenever they asked me "Why the tree trunk is circle in shape?"or "Why aren't they square?". I also prepared them with science report sheet. (Should <i>you </i>interested, you may e-mail me for free Word version.)</div>
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In this experiment, we tested the strength of the paper based on it's shape, by piling books on top. They were agitated while piling the books, hoping that the paper can hold more. Once the paper collapsed, they were so thrilled they laughed their brains out. </div>
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Try this easy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activity today!Have fun collapsing the paper columns!</div>
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Regular copy paper (not card stock)</div>
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1. Fold the paper into four shapes: triangle, square, pentagon and circle. Secure with tape.</div>
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Don't forget to treat each child with different method. I taught Iyra to draw the shapes. She's 4 years and 2 months.</div>
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"The peper fol." I like it. What a genuine scientist!</div>
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Obviously circle paper column is the strongest!</div>
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And they asked why circle paper column is the strongest? These are the best and age appropriate explanation to the girls (thank you <a href="http://creeksidelearning.com/stem-activities-for-kids-how-strong-is-a-piece-of-paper/" target="_blank">creeksidelearning</a>):</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">The circle (the right word is cylinder) can support most books because it's walls don't have any edges.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The force of the books cannot become concentrated in a particular area. I explained it in more animated version like "You know these books have weight and force. The weight and the force then transferred into the paper when we pile it on top. Since they were put on the circle, they happily holding hands and running down together to the base (which was the table). Both the weight and the force happily saying to each other 'There are no edges for us to play and gather! This circle is so smooth we can slide easily! Yay!'." Pardon me if this is not right, well, my audiences were so young they aren't ready for velocity and acceleration vectors.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The square, triangle and pentagon deform more easily. They shift the weight of the books to their edges and corners, which deforms their walls and leads to a quick collapse. My animated explanation for other shapes was "The weight and the force of this book now going down the pentagon. They were happily holding hands and running together to the base and said to each other, 'Look! They are edges! Five of them! Let's play and gather here!' They were only interested with the edges they forget the faces! Now they were so many of them gathered and concentrated on one place, making them collapsed. (But please be ever ready with the question of "Oh my! What are those weight and force? Do they have eyes like us?")</li>
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Applications in real life:</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Electric poles. What happens if they are square? The strong wind will easily make them collapse.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Building structures, like Nek Ma's neighbor. He used cylindrical pillars to hold his super big garage! </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Earth. (Iris came with this application. She then said "The world is gonna end real real real real soon if Allah created a square (cubic) Earth. <i>We </i>are the books!")</li>
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