Materials needed:
- Glue mixture. (mix 1 cup of flour with 2 cups of water)
- strips of parchment paper. You can use anything you like here, but I decided to use parchment paper to make it more realistic
- Aluminium foil
- kitchen towel
- rolling pin
Last year, I was able to purchase the Cambrian and Prehistoric Life Toobs from Amazon because it was on sale. I’ve always wanted to have them so we can use the figures in our Geological Time lesson. Remember the first time Mavi and I had the lesson at home? It was a hit! He love it so much! His interest came to light when he started reading the Universe Trilogy:
After which he started to do his own “timeline” by connecting the dots in the stories (based on the books). Because we didn’t have the appropriate figures, our representation of the timeline is incomplete. And finally, these toobs were on sale and we just have to finish what we started!
So here are the additional toobs that we used (aside from the dinosaur toobs)":
The Cambrian Toob. Loooove them! They are so colourful and the details! OMG!
The Prehistoric Life Miniatures. Love this well! Too bad it doesn’t have enough animal figures on it though. But we love it anyway.
So here are my boys, Mavi putting things in action. I made the paper mat. I simply added the label on the side.
And Vito, taking away the items from the mat and destroying everything that Mavi has created LOL.
Ahhh… here it is! I finally got the chance to snap a photo of Mavi’s work while the little one is napping.
Pictures below how Mavi would research each of the figures. Yes I’m beginning to teach him to do research using the web. He’s getting there, he loves reading out loud his discoveries (soon I’ll teach him how to take down notes!). I told him we can do research in books and in the internet nowadays. I also made labels for each figures. They are actually etched on each but it so difficult to read.
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Follow Pinay's board General Science on Pinterest.The highlights of our stay at my parents house were the New Year's celebration and our island beach escapade.
It is a tradition in our family to gather and celebrate all together on New Year’s eve. It was Mavi’s first time to party with his grandparents, uncles and aunties.. and cousins! (Sorry can’t post family pictures for privacy :D)
Seeing a whole roasted pig for the first time.
I was teaching him how to light a sparkler!
And the little boy so interested with this horn.
After the New Year, we headed out to an island beach resort which is 4 hrs drive from home. I really wanted Mavi to experience how we enjoy the beach in the Philippines. It’s not just about swimming in the water but doing lots of play and island adventure as well.
Making sandcastle :)
Island hopping with cousin
Beach
Starfish!
Cave!
Riding in front of the fishing boat is so much compared to being inside. Mavi with my not so little brother.
Early morning walk at the beach, finding dead corals, shells and hermit crabs!
Oh we are missing all of these already!!
My son suffered separation anxiety for awhile. But I comforted him that we’ll have lots of family adventures here as well once it is springtime. I know its different with other families and relatives around, but we can’t do anything about it since they’re millions miles away from us. I love it that Mavi appreciated the trip, that he was able to appreciate the presence of other family members and felt the love that they have for him (and his brother).
Now I can’t wait to go back! LOL