September 2018 Kawaii Box

Stephanie
September's Kawaii Box is so cute!!! I love the little plush toy this month. It is a Sumikko Gurashi plushie in a little outfit. My box had Ebifurai no Shippo in an Ebifurai no Shippo costume. She is a baby shrimp tail. I'm not sure why the outfit and the…
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Pusheen Box – Summer 2018

Stephanie
This month's box has some great items for summer and some that are just really fun! The box always has a vinyl figure and this month's Pusheen is surfing. I hope she doesn't wipe out since cats hate the water! If you are going to be relaxing by a pool,…
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Living and Nonliving Things

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Introduction I've looked at a lot of ways that people teach kids about living and nonliving things. The problem is that there isn't really a standard definition of life. In fact there is an ongoing debate about which category to put viruses in. For the very youngest kids it may…
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Classification of Mammals

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  Mammals When considering the Animal Kingdom the first major spit is between animals with backbones and those without. Those with backbones include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The next major split is between the amniotes and nonamniotes. This is an important split because amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals)…
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Vacation Food

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This last week I was in Florida visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. It was quite a whirlwind of activity. It was hot, hot, hot and I am pretty familiar with all the locations where ice cream is sold! I had a great time and I decided to share…
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June 2018 Kawaii Box

Stephanie
This post contains an affiliate link. Sorry about the lull in blog posts lately. I am on vacation right now! I'll discuss that in a later post, but I just want to finish this one up from before I left. This month's box had 2 sushi related items. The first…
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How Life Has Changed Earth and Life

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Life Has Changed Earth Oxygen Releasing Microorganisms Earth looks like it does today due, in part, to the plants and animals that live here. The first major change life made to Earth was the Great Oxygenation Event. Blue Green Algae developed the ability to photosynthesize. This released massive amounts of…
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Water Cycle

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The Water Cycle The Sun heats the Earth with the electromagnetic radiation it emits. This radiation travels through space and when it gets to Earth it moves the molecules on Earth causing them to heat up. When water is heated it turns to water vapor and rises into the sky…
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