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Aug 14, 2020

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August 4" class="gs-feed-list-title ">Recommended Reads - August 4</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1596296781837" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1596296781837"><p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Aug 07, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/news/adult-home-based-activities/"> <span></span> Adult Home Based Activities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/news/posts/tween-club-backyard-camping-adventure/" title="Click to open Tween Club - Backyard Camping Adventure!" class="gs-feed-list-title ">Tween Club - Backyard Camping Adventure!</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1596118029261" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1596118029261"><p class="BodyA">Summer 2020 will likely go down as one of the more quieter breaks you’ve had from school. Remember school? Well, here we are a month into summer and a whole lot hasn’t changed.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jul 31, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/news/childrens-home-based-activities/"> <span></span> Children's Home Based Activities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/news/posts/upcycling/" title="Click to open Upcycling" class="gs-feed-list-title ">Upcycling</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1595696584809" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1595696584809"><p>Being more at home during these past few months has made us look at the things around us differently. We have had to <a href="https://www.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jul 28, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/news/childrens-home-based-activities/"> <span></span> Children's Home Based Activities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/news/posts/steam-challenge-pendulum-painting/" title="Click to open STEAM Challenge - Pendulum Painting" class="gs-feed-list-title ">STEAM Challenge - Pendulum Painting</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1595619994892" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1595619994892"><p>Janet’s back with this weeks’ STEAM Challenge as she shows us how to make a pendulum and how to create some fantastic art with it.</p> <p> </p> <p><iframe src="https://www.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jul 28, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/news/childrens-home-based-activities/"> <span></span> Children's Home Based Activities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/news/posts/tween-code-club-focus-on-arduino/" title="Click to open Tween Code Club - Focus on Arduino" class="gs-feed-list-title ">Tween Code Club - Focus on Arduino</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1595690758480" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1595690758480"><p class="normal">This week we’ll focus on Arduino, a versatile tool with a variety of accessories and ready to try projects.  It makes it easy for budding coders to get started and leaves.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jul 27, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/news/childrens-home-based-activities/"> <span></span> Children's Home Based Activities </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/news/posts/saturday-share-july-25/" title="Click to open Saturday Share - July 25" class="gs-feed-list-title ">Saturday Share - July 25</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1595613850623" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1595613850623"><p>Welcome to the Saturday Share! 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