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Backyard Science Activities, Crafts, and Books
Children are natural scientists and the backyard is the perfect laboratory. Whether you are digging in the garden with kids, chasing butterflies and other bugs with your children, or studying animals with junior naturalists, you are sure to find plenty of ways to explore nature.
I really dug the ideas in the Backyard Science Linky (get it? digging? for backyard science?) of the Smart Summer Challenge*!
Some of the ones from our participants (and other hostesses) that caught my eye were:
Dried Gourd Bird Houses/Feeders from Life in the Unknown
Backyard Rock Classification at Deceptively Educational
Nature’s Paintbox at A New Bohemia
“Hank” at McCrenshaw’s
Pretend Camping at Make Early Learning Fun!
Garden Stepping Stone at My Little Brood
Is There a Fairy in Your Garden at Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Leaf People at Surviving a Teacher’s Salary
Park Explorer Kits on Teach Mama
Marshmallow Shooters at Pink and Green Mama
I’ve shared my own family’s Smart Summer activities this week for our Backyard Science Week:
* Recently I co-hosted the “Smart Summer Challenge” with MaryLea of Pink and Green Mama and Amy of TeachMama.
I’m moving my weekly themed “round-ups” of submissions to new posts to make them easier to find.
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Written by Candace
Candace Lindemann, Yale, BA, Harvard Graduate School of Education, EdM, is an educational consultant and published writer. She enjoys new learning experiences with her children, ages 6 and 4 and 1.5.
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Candace Lindemann is a published children’s writer and educational consultant. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Working with school districts around the country and some of the most well-known companies in the education industry, Candace creates custom strategies, textbooks, and lesson plans. Her articles have appeared in print and online.
While Candace’s degrees prepared her for a career in education, she’s found that the best preparation for parenting is on the job training.
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