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Bringing Nature Home: Part 13

Exploring animals through movement is a great way to keep kids active while exposing them to science terms and information. Learning about animals through moving their whole bodies will help kids retain the information better and have fun while doing it so they want to learn more. This week find some space inside or outside to create an Animal Obstacle Course. You can print out our ideas for animals and their movements but we encourage you to brainstorm with your kids and get creative. Our list is only a starting point. Use everyday objects like chairs and tables or benches...

Swan craft picture

Bring Nature Home: Part 12

Have you ever noticed the birds flying overhead or hopping along the ground? I mean really stopped to observe what they were doing and how different they all were? The great thing about birds is that they are everywhere, so many are easy to find, and your children are a lot more familiar with them than you realize which makes this activity accessible for them. This week as we bring nature home we focus on birds. The activity, which you can download and print here, aims to make the idea of animal adaptations easy to understand and accessible to even...

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