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September 21, 2010

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By Pittsburgh Midwife
Free Draw - http://www.nickjr.com/games/nick-jr-free-draw.jhtml

Jackson Pollock - http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm

Wario Ware D.I.Y. (DS) - Level programming, design and creation

Drawing - free drawing pictures - pencil, marker and paper

Stick Friends - craft stick puppets

State flags: Oklahoma & Pennsylvania - state flag poster

Dancing - Freestyle dancing around the house

Dice
  • made up a game using number dice
  • added up all the sides of a standard 6-sided die and found that they equal 21
  • made a graph to chart correct guesses of which color a color dot die had landed on after each roll for 2 dozen rolls.

Tony-b Machine 3 - http://www.tony-b.org/ make your own music and record your finished tracks as well as programme your beats, patterns and melodies.

State Flag - State flag poster

The Celery Stalks At Midnight - book
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