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Activity of the day: Make pictures, cards and wrappings with leaf and flower hammer art
We really like this activity because it's another one that's really flexible and can be modified to suit everyone (unless they're really...
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Kate
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Make your own needle compass
Make your own simple compass with a needle and magnet to go exploring
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Kate
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Kitchen plants update!
How are everyone's plants doing? Here's our tray from a couple of days ago. We think the cardamom seeds and maybe the caraway are trying...
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Kate
Apr 2, 20204 min read
Activity of the day: Rag rug method 2
As promised, here's a second way to make a rag rug. This method is easier to set up and makes a tighter weave rug than a peg loom. It's...
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Kate
Apr 1, 20206 min read
Activity of the day: Rag rug doormat, bath mat, bedside toe warmer, medieval tapestry... method 1!
Make your own rag rugs using worn out fabric from around the house
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Katy
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Try making a tippy tap!
We're spending lots of time in the garden at the moment, so we made a tippy tap for hand washing on the go! It's really simple and very...
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Kate
Mar 31, 20203 min read
Activity of the day: Handling Seedlings, or, What to Do Once Stuff Starts Growing (or you buy some)!
Some of the seeds we planted a couple of weeks ago have started growing really well- so now it's time to give them some more space to...
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Kate
Mar 30, 20204 min read
Activity of the day: Crops from the kitchen
Grow your own gorgeous plants from all sorts of things you'll find in your kitchen
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Kate
Mar 29, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Sunflower seeds and recycled pots
Hi to all the students from St Peter’s- here’s a post to help you with planting your sunflower seeds if you haven’t yet done it. The...
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Kate
Mar 29, 20201 min read
More sock critters...
They wanted to make more sock critters today! These owls - from the link in the last post- are great as they only need one sock plus...
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Kate
Mar 28, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Upcycled sock teddies
In this house we have a whole bag full of lost socks hoping to be reunited with their partner. The idea was that if all the lost socks...
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Kate
Mar 27, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Slug ID and capture!
Find and identify a whole lot of lovely slug species before the ground gets too dry and the all hide away!
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Kate
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Fruit lollies and granita
Make delicious fruit granita or lollies using just fruit, sugar, a dish and a freezer
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Kate
Mar 25, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Crystal colour mixing
Use food colours and water to make beautiful mixtures
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Kate
Mar 25, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Make a simple carrot and leek (or any vegetable, really) soup
Make a simple vegetable soup with instructions from our YouTube channel
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Kate
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Bottletop badges!
A fun way to use any bottle tops you might have about. Some paints will also work on the bottle tops- check any paints you have to see if...
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Kate
Mar 24, 20203 min read
So now you're ill but want to feel like you're still Doing Education?
Ideas for home education when some people in the house are poorly
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Kate
Mar 23, 20205 min read
Home education time!
Get some ideas about approaching home education with some of the Crow Wood CIC families
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Katy
Mar 22, 20201 min read
Hard graft- day 2!
More barrowing...and levelling! The fantastic Richard has been levelling the base and managing the troops. Volunteer Sam has been...
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Katy
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Hard graft on the allotment!
There were a fair few other allotmenteers about, and there’s was quite a bit of interest in the hole that we were digging! It’s the...
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