Play through cooking

Creative concoctions in the kitchen teach kids that play reaps rewards. How do you get kids interested in cooking? Start outside. Start in a garden or at an outdoor farmers market. The taste of a ripe strawberry, fresh from the garden, or lettuce picked at a local farm begins a conversation about seasonal offerings and how to use those items to produce creative meals.

Encourage kids to experiment. Allow for wonder and ah ha moments that only unique combinations can bring. What if a watermelon cube is combined with a chili pepper? Get playful in the kitchen and the efforts will fulfill all areas of STEAM, while kids measure, mix, create and build while playing and having fun!

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Check out Michael Turnbull Designs Watermelon and Serrano Chili Peppers Recipe

 

 

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National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day

Today May 21, 2016 marks the National Park Trust’s sixth annual Kids to Parks Day. Visit a park in your neighborhood or nationally today! Celebrate the outdoors and all that nature has to offer.

If you have a 4th grader see America’s natural wonders and historic sites for FREE! Visit every kid in a park for more information.

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Parks are amazing American project that we can be intensely proud of and need to share the importance of maintaining and celebrating them with future generations. The only way to do that is to take the kids out and play!

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While your visiting the National Park Trust’s site download some useful tools for exploring parks including these Activity Guides:

Activity 1: Exploring Federal Lands and Waters (PDF). This lesson teaches students why our country protects lands and waters.

Activity 2: Environmental Stewardship(PDF). This lesson shows students how to take care of lands and waters.

Activity 3: Our Nation’s Native Peoples(PDF). This lesson teaches students about the people who lived on this land before it was called the United States.

Activity 4: Citizen Science (PDF). This lesson helps kids learn about the difference between weather and climate.

 

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TED – Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Do schools kill creativity?

In this talk Sir Ken Robinson discusses the idea of a more nurturing environment for creativity in schools. As we abandon the idea of ‘No Child Left Behind’ knowing that failed policy left all children behind – we now look at how to remove the crushing impact of drill and kill testing and replace it with hands on experiential learning connected to creativity. We must promote creative problem solving and critical thinking into the next generations in order to produce that lives we desire or we stagnate and shrivel as a culture.

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