Kids' birthday parties can be a challenge to plan. What activities can you do that keep the kids busily entertained and don't repeat what they've done at all their friends' b-day parties?
My 12-year-old son told me about the coolest-ever party idea for tween boys today when I was driving him home from cross country practice:
"Guess what my friend J did for his birthday party this summer?"
"What?"
"They got to go to his mom's science classroom at the middle school…
…and they got to dissect frogs!
One of the kids even fainted!"
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Our kids really do love science! It’s too bad that our schools don’t consider it as important as some of the other subjects. Some schools have even eliminated it from their curriculum completely! Your post about using science as a birthday party theme is excellent, absolutely excellent. It reminds me of Steve Spangler’s post about after-school science lessons at a birthday party.
http://www.stevespangler.com/archives/2008/08/08/cup-cakes-for-science/
Boys will be boys. As a girl, I never enjoyed dissecting frogs, but the boys always enjoyed it. But, at least, it’s science.
I guess it’s better than pulling the girls’ hair or setting something on fire.
Lori
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