Susiej

So…. tomorrow is yet another snow day. Frankly, I’m running out of ideas to keep these kids busy. Difficult, and I repeat, difficult, to keep so many boys in so many different ages busy. How many times can you play a decent game of checkers when one truly believes that checkers are for building skyscrapers, the other believes it’s our duty to let him win, and… enough.

Thankfully, I remembered the NASA website’s kid page, full of rocket experiments. If we can find a film canister, we’re headed outside to make a rocket with an Alka Seltzer Tablet. If we could score a box, we could wrap it in bubble wrap to make this cool space station. If we can find some balloons (I am NOT going to the store in this weather… in that van) I can use this experiment to be really constructive and teach the kids all about ions.

Using a snow day to get kids thinking about rockets and science isn’t a bad thing. Now that our schools are stuck with standardized tests, there’s little time left in school to focus on experiments and figuring out how our universe works.

The Parent Bloggers Network is hosting a blog blast Friday about a new PBS show, The Zula Patrol and Zula Intergalactic Inquirer specifically designed to teach the 4-8-year old set about science. PBS always has the right solutions for this country. If you click there, you’ll find the Zula Patrol recipe for a snow snack. Until then, you’ll find us at NASA, listening to sounds we’ve never heard before. I’m open to ideas today… I figure that rocket will take exactly 30 seconds… and I’ll soon hear “I’m bored.”

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