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Parking Lot Parade

Getting bikes all gussied up, then parading around on two (or three) wheels with friends is one way to get both fine and gross motor skills moving this summer. And while parents are growing increasingly wary of letting kids play

kidzmetjen July 16, 2011 Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Sensory Sensitivities

Visit different outdoor environments—e.g. the playground, a field, the woods, school, your backyard, a community garden, the zoo, the beach—or even just the same one at different times of day with your child and tune into your senses. What does

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Intrapersonal Intelligence, Naturistic Intelligence Read more

Musical Musings

Listen to a piece of music from a ballet, then have your child draw a picture or make a model of the scene they believe is occurring at that point in the ballet. Have your child describe the picture (or

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Musical Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Money Matters & Markers

In our current age of plastic money, it’s not just our government that no longer grasps the concept of money & budgets…it’s our families and kids, too. While it’s no secret that allowances can help kids to understand the value

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Make It Your Mission! Part 3

Plan a date, time and place to have a gathering to talk to other “like minded people” in your community about your personal mission. Use your visual/spatial, interpersonal and/or verbal smarts to create one or more of the following to

kidzmetjen August 7, 2011 Interpersonal Intelligence, Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Personal Mission Statement, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more

Alien Invasion

Adapted from a Chicago City Parks & Rec activity recommendation (used with permission) See a familiar outdoor setting with new eyes as you and your child pretend to be aliens on a mission to explore our planet and report back to

kidzmetjen June 30, 2011 Intrapersonal Intelligence, Linguistic (Verbal) Intelligence, Naturistic Intelligence Read more

Forces of Nature

Inspired by 200+ Active Learning Strategies by James A. Bellanca Play some nature-based music (we recommend trying some of George Winston’s Seasons based piano solos from the early 1980s on YouTube). Have your child pretend to be either the forces

kidzmetjen June 19, 2011 Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence, Naturistic Intelligence Read more

Environmental Experiments

Set up a summer-long experiment to see how small changes in environment affect plants. Begin by planting identical plant seeds or young plants in 5 different containers (you can use cut off milk cartons or plastic bottles as your pots)

kidzmetjen June 21, 2011 Logical/Mathematical Intelligence, Naturistic Intelligence Read more

Head Start for Back to School

Simple changes that will make life easier for everyone Going back to school is tough for most kids—it’s a sudden blast of social anxiety, new responsibilities, and unfamiliar territory that hit all at once, and can leave both parents and

kidzmetjen August 7, 2013May 11, 2017 Multiple Intelligences, Personality Type, VAK Learning Styles Read more

Nutrition Math

One of the most important things we can teach our kids during our current obesity epidemic is the basics of eating right. And *many* of those basics are grounded in math…from portion control to how much of what foods to

kidzmetjen July 22, 2011 Logical/Mathematical Intelligence, Visual/Spatial Intelligence Read more
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