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Did you realize that Valentine’s Day is only two weeks away?  

This is part 2 of my interview with Annette Yen from www.PartyByMom.com and she shares some really simple Valentine craft ideas that would be perfect for a classroom Valentine’s party or a scout meeting.

The beauty of these projects is their simplicity. Most of the supplies are things we have stuffed into our cabinets anyway, such as construction paper, glue, tape, or string. If you do these projects at home and have a 4th or 5th grader who thinks they are too easy, let them make their own creations or have them help their younger siblings. Or let them be the storyteller by reading a Valentine’s book from the library.

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My guest this week is Lisa Braverman from www.EducationalToyFactory.com and this former teacher shares with us some ways to make learning fun as well as how to make even simple outings into learning experiences.

Sitting for six hours a day in a traditional classroom is tough, even for the best of students, but parents can still “teach” by doing simple activities (or experiments!) that Lisa has featured on her site. This way you can spend quality time with your child talking and getting him/her curious about the world.

We also chatted about science fair projects since winter seems to be the common time of year for this. Lisa’s advice is to let the child choose a topic of interest to him/her and make sure there is a question to be answered by doing the experiment. Also, be sure your student understands the project and can explain it. If it’s too difficult, the parents will do too much of the work and it may discourage your student from tying again in the future.

Here are some useful links that Lisa recommends for science fair help:

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/steps.html

http://www.cyberbee.com/science/scitips.html

http://www.cyberbee.com/science/prep.html

http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/gettingstarted.html

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