The children collected some leaves in their wagon while playing outdoors. When play time was over, I had them pull the wagon to their table, which was prepped with scissors ✂️, magnifying glasses, 🕵️♀️ and hole punchers. What ensued was pure magic. 🌟 We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon outdoors ☀️ 🍃 while doing something educational. We’ll definitely be repeating this activity in the future…
MATERIALS:• 1 cup baking soda• 1/2 cup sugar• 1/2 cup corn starch• 1 tbs cream of tartar• 4 tbsp of water• Whisk• Mixing bowl PROCEDURE:• Pour the baking soda, sugar, corn starch, and cream of tartar into a bowl. Mix well.• Add 2 tbsp of water and mix well.• If needed, add 2 more tbsp of water until the texture is fluffy.• Place in refrigerator until cool. ❄️ Confession…
I first learned about #magicnoodles in my 20s while teaching preschool, thanks to one of my favorite teacher friends, Cheryl Pinckney. Until just recently, I had forgotten about them but wow 😮 have I been missing out. What’s so special about them? You dab them with a damp cloth and they stick together, like magic, making any structure possible. In this case, we used the noodles to represent the brain…