Learning Activities For Children » *Upper Elementary http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com Learning Activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school aged children. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:40:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Keep Children Safe With Sparklers http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/keep-children-safe-with-sparklers/ http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/keep-children-safe-with-sparklers/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:28:13 +0000 Melissa http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/?p=261 One Third of all fire work related injuries on children are caused by sparklers. Following some basic safety measures will allow you and your children to enjoy sparklers and avoid burns.

  • Children must be carefully supervised by adults.
  • Make sure your child is not wearing any jewelry. Sparklers can even cause some gold jewelry melt against skin.
  • Have child hold the sparkler at an arms length away from their body.
  • Never hand a lighted sparkler to a child. Give them the unlit sparkler then light it has they hold it away from their body.
  • Wear closed toed shoes.
  • Drop sparklers into a bucket of cold water as soon as you or your child are finished with it. Sparklers are still very hot after it stops burning.
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If your child enjoys playing with play dough and clay they will love Glurch. It doesn’t keep a form but it can be cut, stretched and colored on with markers. Do not use with children under 3 as the Borax is not safe to ingest. Keep refrigerated as it can spoil quickly.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups white glue
  • 1 1/2 cups Water
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 3 teaspoons Borax

Directions:

  1. Pour 2 cups of white or clear (for a transparent effect) school glue in with 1 1/2 cups of water in a large bowl. Get the solution as smooth as you can.
  2. In a separate bowl mix 3 teaspoons of borax with 1/3 cup water. Stir for several seconds.
  3. Pour the Borax solution into the large bowl with the glue and water.
  4. Work with your hands until the solution is no longer liquidy. It should be smooth and rubbery.
  5. You may need to set aside the solid portion and add another Borax/water solution to the glurch that is still liquid.
  6. Store the Glurch in an airtight container.
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What you do is name a category such as things you eat for breakfast, things you wear in the winter or things you take camping. You and your child will take turns naming appropriate items without repeating anything. Let your child choose categories as well!

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I am taking a different approach to this with my four year old daughter who is doing very well with her reading lessons. When she can read (probably partly memorizing) the first four articles of faith and then I will take her out for ice cream. After the first four we will work on the next four.

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