October
October
Detective/Mystery Day for educators and homeschoolers in the month of October.
Art
Magnifying Glass
Need: cardboard, popsicle stick, cellophane, tape and glue.
Cut the inside out of 2 cardboard circles of the same size. Tape or glue cellophane to one of the circle. Then tape or glue on a popsicle stick for a handle. Finally, glue together the edges of the circles.
Special Trick Lens
Use red cellophane as the lens inside your magnifying glass. Then write messages or answers to riddles with a light green marker. Scribble over it with other colors so the green writing doesn't show. When you look through your Red magnifying glass, only you will be able to "uncover" the messages and answers!
Bulletin Board Contest
Who am I?
Ask parents to send in a picture of their school-age child as a infant or toddler. Place the pictures on the bulletin board with numbers under them. The children write on a piece of paper who they think the pictures are. Place all guess papers in a box. Remind children to put their own name on the paper so you know whose it is. At the end of the week whomever has the most correct answers wins a prize. The children spend a lot of time at this bulletin board trying to figure out who each picture is. Be sure to return all pictures to the parents.
Games
Spy the Object
Designate a large area on the floor as home base. Then select an object and show it to the children. Ask the children to cover their eyes while you hide the object. Then encourage the children to open their eyes and search for the object. As each child spies the object he/she quietly returns to the home base area without telling. The other children continue searching until all have found the object. After all the children are seated, they may share where the object is placed.
Science
Fingerprints
Use talcum powder and a paint brush to dust for fingerprints. No two fingerprints are alike
How to Do a Kids’ Forensics Fingerprint Activity at Cub Scout Ideas
Invisible Ink
