#214: Count Thunder

You'll need a thunder storm for this one. Look out your window and watch for lightning. When you see it flash across the sky, begin counting until you hear the accompanying thunder. (Thunder is the sound caused by lightning.) Count slowly, one-one thousand, two-one thousand, three-one thousand, until the thunder comes. Take that number and divide it by 5. That is how many miles away the lightning is from you. Some people don't divide by 5, and since we're just having fun, you don't have to either--unless you want to. Have fun!




Safety First: During a thunder storm, stay out from trees, the water and other areas that attract lightning.


Make this a family activity: Have everyone on the lookout for lightning.

This activity promotes math skills and weather awareness.

#213: Blow the Fluff Off Dandelions

They made a wish and they huffed, and they puffed...and they blew dandelion seeds everywhere!



Make this a family activity: Everyone blows the seeds everywhere!

This activity promotes increasing your lung capacity.

#212: Make a Milkshake

Yum! An excellent way to cool down.

Mix ice cream or frozen yogurt in a blender along with a banana (for that milkshakey thickness) and a little bit of milk or soy milk. Add frozen or fresh fruit.



Ta-da! Time to slurp it up through a straw.


Make this a family activity: make enough for everyone.

This activity promotes food creation awareness.

#211: Pretend You Are an Animal

What kind of animal are you? Where do you live? What do you do during the day? How do you act? What do you eat?




Make this a family activity: someone can be the animal trainer, or you can all be animals together.

This activity promotes awareness of other species and their behaviour.

#210: Spin Until You're Dizzy

Spin around and around and around. Are you dizzy?

Try walking in a straight line? Can you? Whoa! Look out for that wall!



(If you get to dizzy, trying spinning a top, like above, instead.)


Make this a family activity: see how fast mom and dad get dizzy.

This activity promotes balance.