The Habit of Having your kids Create and Think!

Spend time and find resources so that it’s easier to maintain the habit of having your kids…………..

CREATE

and

THINK!!

The benefits of having your kids Create and Think are endless. I hope you will find something useful in my list of links to some great blogs for ideas, tips, motivation and encouragement and also many links to crafts, projects, challenges, etc. that are great for kids of all ages.

The weekly Handicraft/ Life skills Spotlight and Challenge @ The One Thing 

Delightful Learning’s Weekly “Up for a Challenge”

http://delightfullearning.com/2009/11/01/up-for-a-challenge/

The Home Depot Kids Building Projects

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?catalogId&langId=-1&pn=Kids_Workshops&storeId=10051

Lowes Build To Grow Projects

https://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/

The Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival (Ideas, tips, etc)

http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_2378.html

Hands On Home Schooling Blog Carnival (Ideas, Tips, etc)

http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_6064.html:

Daily Feed the Brain Links (Awesome links):

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2009/08/how-to-feed-brain-everyday-daily-links.html

Answers in Genesis (Also check out their KidsAnswers section)

 http://www.answersingenesis.org/get-answers/features/good-for-goodness-sake

Adventures in Odyssey:

http://www.whitsend.org/

Weekly Memory Cross Challenge (I have not checked out the whole site but what I did see looks good):

 http://memorycrosskidschallenge.com/this-weeks-memory-cross-kids-challenge-pay-attention

Science Projects (Here are just a few)
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/WxExperiments.htm
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments
http://www.sciencenerddepot.com/Easy_Science_Projects.html

Unplugged Blog Challenge: Examples of Weekly Themes: 1.Orange 2.Square 3.Balance

 http://unplugyourkids.com/2008/12/07/pom-poms-for-peace/

Think: Kids Who Think Blog Challenge

http://kidswhothink.blogspot.com/

Sketch Tuesday: Weekly Sketch assignment

http://harmonyartmom.blogspot.com/2009/12/sketch-tuesday-sharp-as-tack.html

Elementary Math Challenge Games:

http://www.elementarymathgames.net/elementary-math-games/elementary-math-challenge.html

Test your knowledge of Georgraphy

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/

Craft and Art Ideas @ The Crafty Crow
http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/

Sewing Projects for Kids @ The Kid’s Sewing Blog
http://www.kids-sewing-projects.com/kids-sewing-projects-blog.html

FUN with and IN God’s Creation

 http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/

 
Art and Nature Kits, Lapbooks and more @ Hearts and Trees Blog
http://heartsandtrees.blogspot.com/

Learn how to play Chess

 http://www.chessdryad.com/education/magictheater/

Have Fun at the ChildFUN Site

http://childfun.com/index.php

Learn to Read @ StarFall
http://www.starfall.com/

Learn about Dinosaurs @ The Great Dinosaur Mystery Site
http://christiananswers.net/dinosaurs/home.html

Check Out Bembo’s Zoo…….it is an Animal Letter Book that comes to life =o)
http://www.bemboszoo.com/

Here is one to get your kids moving: The Physical Fitness Challenge http://www.presidentschallenge.org/educators/program_details/physical_fitness_test.aspx

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This post was taken from my own Blog: The One Thing but I did add new links and made sure all the older links were still good!!