Hello! So my Little One is obsessed with anything that has to do with the ocean. We love the Magic School Bus books, DVDs, and kits. LO asked me if he could make a sea urchin. Well, I have never made a sea urchin before but I thought this sounded like a doable quick project. I ended up just using Playdoh and toothpicks. We rolled the Playdoh into balls and inserted lots of toothpicks for the sea urchin spikes :) Soooo easy, yet so fun :) We read the Magic School Bus book called "On the Ocean Floor" and pulled out LO's ocean encyclopedia and read about sea urchins, specifically about the dangers of them. We learned a lot. :)
This summer we traveled up to Maine and went to the
Mount Desert Oceanarium. While at the oceanarium we had the opportunity to touch a real, live sea urchin! LO was so excited! :) During the presentation on the sea urchin, he told the staff volunteer about how HE had made a sea urchin. She looked a little perplexed until I explained that we made one out of Playdoh and toothpicks. :) He then proceeded to tell HER all about sea urchins. Everyone in our group was very impressed with his knowledge on sea urchins :) It was definitely a great homeschooling moment!
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