Life At The Zoo http://lifeatthezoo.com Stories from Family Life Wed, 15 May 2013 13:16:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Making Sugar Crystals – Science at Home http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/making-sugar-crystals-science-at-home/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/making-sugar-crystals-science-at-home/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 09:26:26 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=2022 Welcome back to another Science at Home post… this post was encouraged by Trisha from Inspiration Laboratory – she challenged me to get sciency in the kitchen! The obvious and most fun craft for kids in the science are Bicarbonate … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/making-sugar-crystals-science-at-home/feed/ 1 Science At Home: Acoustics – Vibrations make Sound http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/science-at-home-acoustics/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/science-at-home-acoustics/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 08:45:14 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=2005 Well.. you may have seen that we have been busy playing the homemade guitar over on Red Ted Art. It was lots of fun to make and the kids loved decorating it. But there was another “motif” for making the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/05/science-at-home-acoustics/feed/ 3 Little Poppet’s Board Books http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/little-poppets-board-books/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/little-poppets-board-books/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:54:45 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1999 Well.. you know how I LOVE picture books, don’t you? Our house is literally overflowing with kids’ books and I can’t wait for mine to be able to read for themselves too. So when this adorable little book – Little … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/little-poppets-board-books/feed/ 0 Getting Active – Jumping Bean Bag http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/getting-active-jumping-bean-bag/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/getting-active-jumping-bean-bag/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:31:14 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1989 The team behind the Jumping Bean Bag send us one of Bean Bag CLub kids a couple of weeks ago. I was keen to try it out, as anything that gets my kids active is a good thing (we do … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/getting-active-jumping-bean-bag/feed/ 0 Science at Home: Toad Life Cycle – Day 1 – 8 Feeding http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle-day-1-8-feeding/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle-day-1-8-feeding/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:28:14 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1970 Well.. it has been an exciting week! The have seen the eggs develop before our eyes and the tadpoles hatch and grow. We have started feeding them and have to move them to a bigger bowl!! Check out Part 1 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle-day-1-8-feeding/feed/ 6 10 Science Activities – Growing Things http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/10-science-activities-growing-things/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/10-science-activities-growing-things/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:57:18 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1949 Welcome back to another Science “Hangout” – a video where sciency parents and teachers come together to share fun and easy science experiments to do in the home. Today’s hangout is all about GROWING things. Remember, science isn’t always about … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/10-science-activities-growing-things/feed/ 1 100 Days of Play – Get Active with Music http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/100-days-of-play-get-active-with-music/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/100-days-of-play-get-active-with-music/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:55:17 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1934 Well, so excited that it is our turn to share our play activity with you today. You can find all the info about the 100 days of play in my earlier post.  Since then we have had 16 great play … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/100-days-of-play-get-active-with-music/feed/ 2 Science at Home: How old is a Tree? http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-how-old-is-a-tree/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-how-old-is-a-tree/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:51:27 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1929 Suddenly we have a “Science” explosion in our house. It goes to show that “the more you do, the more you do”. I guess it brings things front of mind and reminds you that there are simple learning opportunities around … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-how-old-is-a-tree/feed/ 1 Science at Home: Toad Life Cycle http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:00:32 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1921 Today we were inspired by the fantastic Rainy Day Mum to go out and find some frog spawn in our local pond. If you are interested in exploring and observing the development of frogs or toads, PLEASE read her how … Continue reading →

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]]> http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/science-at-home-toad-life-cycle/feed/ 5 Colour Changing Flower (Science at Home) http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/colour-changing-flower-science-at-home/ http://lifeatthezoo.com/2013/04/colour-changing-flower-science-at-home/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:23:11 +0000 lifeatthezoo http://lifeatthezoo.com/?p=1914 This is a super simple and fun experiment to do at home – traditionally people do this experiment with white carnations – as the contrast and result is so striking and really obvious. But we were in middle of our … Continue reading →

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