Category: Tools, Tech and Engineering

  • Play Dough

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fine motor skills and how to use tools

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play with play dough! You can use store-bought play dough or make your own (recipe attached).
    2. Show me how much fun it is to
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  • Building Fun

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use different materials to build a structure

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather building materials from around the house (cereal boxes, cans, plastic containers, straws, egg cartons, paper towel tubes, etc.).
    2. Place the materials on
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  • Fort Building

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use tools and materials to solve an engineering problem

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to think of what materials they would need to build a fort. Gather the materials from around the
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  • Let’s Make a Hanger Balance Scale!

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to measure weight with a simple balance scale

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Make your hanger scale. Use scissors or a hole punch to make two small holes on opposite sides of the top of a
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