Make Your Own Kinetic Sand

I do believe that kinetic sand was one of the big sellers this past holiday season. I know I bought a couple of boxes to pull out when my grandkids come to visit. Did your household get any? I also know that they can be a little spendy.

Teresa, from Living Ithica, felt the same way (about the price) so she did some experimenting with making her own kinetic sand and came up with her own version of this popular play sand. She took a trip to her local home improvement store and bought a bag of play sand and a large, plastic container with a lid. Once she got home, she gathered together some cornstarch, dish soap, and water and started experimenting until her – and her kids – were happy with the mixture…

This Kinetic sand recipe is one of the many different ones on the Internet, it is going to be up to you as to how you would like your kinetic sand to feel as to which DIY Kinetic sand recipe is going to suit.

Follow Teresa’s recipe and learn how to Make Your Own Kinetic Sand.

Leif Erikson Day is celebrated on Oct. 9, and it’s a great time to learn more about the Vikings and why we still remember Erikson all these years later.

If you don’t know about Leif Erikson (sometimes spelled Eriksson), he’s believed to have been born in Iceland, and is considered the first European to set foot on continental America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

123 Homeschool 4 Me has a printable mini book about Leif Erikson and the Vikings for kids to read and color. It talks about who the Vikings were, what kind of ships they used, how they got to America and more. It’s a good overview for younger kids to use.

A good unit study is available from Simple Living Creative Learning, which includes a page where kids can write what they know, what they want to learn and what they learned through the unit, as well as information on the Vikings, longships, helmets, clothing and more.

Get a printable Viking unit study with reading passages, comprehension questions and other activities aimed at grades 4-8 from Creative Classroom Core at Teachers Pay Teachers. (And see more Vikings content from TPT here.)

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus has some great unit study ideas, too, including suggested books and videos. The post includes information about the Viking voyages, society, mythology and ships, as well as some vocabulary and a list of famous Vikings. While you’re over there also check out her free printable lapbook, which includes mini books on ships, a timeline, a Viking women coloring page, draw your own Vikings, geography, ancient runes and more.

Piqolo Kids has a lesson on Viking women with (available for purchase) worksheets about a day in the life of Viking women. Even if you don’t grab the printables there’s some good resources on that page and a link to a video on Viking women.

Learn how to draw a Viking ship with instructions from Drawing How to Draw, or grab Vikings coloring and labeling worksheets from Kids Puzzles and Games.

There’s a Leif Erikson Festival annually in Norway, Michigan, which you can learn more about here.

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