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Did you know that the average American child spends 1,200 hours a year in front of a screen? And that outside play can boost children in every area of development? This book has everything you need to reset the balance and swap screen time for outdoor fun! Challenge your family to spend 1,000 hours outside this year with this collection of games, crafts, and activities, organized by season to help you find something you can do every day. Play leaf...
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"This go-to activity book for kids ages 4-8 includes 265 pages of games, crafts, recipes, experiments, projects, jokes, songs, guides, skills, tricks, hacks, challenges, and everything else in the canon of kid"--
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A unique reference for creating fine art with children through finding the student's own voice and style includes playful lessons that result in significant skill building.
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"Bring out your children's creativity and imagination with more than 60 kids' art activities from the creator of www.ArtfulParent.com. Art making is a wonderfully fun way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening their fine motor skills and developing self-confidence. The Artful Parent has all the tools and information you need to encourage your children's creativity...
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This book is full of ideas to make babysitting a smooth and fun experience. Crafts and activities for kids of all ages and for babysitting multiple children are included.
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This children's guide to birding includes an introduction to ornithology, a bird identification section, and how-to instructions.
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"The Boxcar Children have long been known for being creative and resourceful. This hardcover book is filled with fun how-to guides for everyday adventures. It includes tips and tricks for mystery solving (how to make invisible ink and create secret codes), travel (how to pack a suitcase; how to take great snapshots), and enjoying the great outdoors. Plus each of the four Boxcar Children has their own section--practical advice from Jessie, a "roughing...
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The kitchen pantry scientist's guide to chemistry features biographies of 25 leading chemists, past and present, accompanied by accessible, hands-on experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of chemistry alive.
Book cover for "Creating with chenille stems, bottles & tissue paper"
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"Kids will discover some of the many ways they can get creative with 3 primary materials, chenille stems, bottles, and tissue paper. They will be inspired by example projects featuring these materials then construct their own toys, gifts, and more."--
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The book opens with a do-it-yourself prop-making class, and provides enough homemade circus equipment to get you started on some fun circus basics. Rising circus stars will then move on to lessons in toss juggling, flower sticks, poi, human pyramids, and how to move on to even more tricks and skills ... Kids will see how to combine skills into an act, and acts into a show. DIY Circus Lab for Kids gives families everything they need to produce their...
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"The Kitchen Pantry Scientist : Ecology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading ecologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible and engaging experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of ecology alive"--
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"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to upcycle egg cartons into fun crafts. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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Offers instructions for interactive activities, crafts, and experiments designed to supplement what young readers learn in school, including creating marshmallow constellations, a lion mosaic, and fizzing balloons.
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"Gives kids step-by-step instructions about how to twist fun balloon animals and other shapes"--Provided by publisher.
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Aspiring young biologists will discover an amazing group of inspiring scientists and memorable experiments in Biology for Kids, the second book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series.
Play disease detective to learn how John Snow tracked down the source of a cholera epidemic. Learn about biologist Ernest Everett Just's discoveries and experiment with osmosis using eggs with dissolved shells. Make your own agar plates for growing...
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A guide to creating origami insects and spiders with step-by-step instructions, examples of each fold, and accompanying photographs.
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Outlines projects that children can make, cook, or grow outdoors, providing instructions for options ranging from decorating flowerpots and building a scarecrow to baking muffins and making paper from corn.
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Aspiring young physicists will discover a group of inspiring scientists and memorable experiments in Physics for Kids, the third book of The Kitchen Pantry Scientist series.
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"Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to upcycle plastic bottles into fun crafts. The text level and subject matter are intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--