You’ll need:
a wastebasket
paper from the recycle bin
and masking tape (optional)

Tape lines on the floor to mark
distances from the waste basket. Your child can "scrunch" up the paper for balls while you do this. It's now time to start shooting "hoops". Begin at the easiest tape line and work up. In our house this activity has been used as a fun math skill game. Make a graph of successful baskets from each line -and how many all together?

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Get a Charge
Static electricity at it's best!
You'll need:
An inflated balloon 
and your child.


Have your child rub the balloon vigorously against his hair or sweater. Experiment with different objects...where the balloon will stick? The Drapes, Wall, Refrigerator...Older kids can graph the static results: Where did it stick - how long?

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