This is a great way for kids to talk to each other without anyone knowing what they are saying (caution to kids, many parents used this secret language when they were kids so they will be able to pick up on what you are saying pretty quickly – so ask them. “Hey mom and dad, did…
Keeping your own journal and writing down your adventures is really important. To do this you will need a sturdy hard-bound book so that all the pages stay in it. A journal is meant to be permanent so keep this in mind – what you are really doing is creating a book and the subject…
You will need: Two tin cans (or paper cups, or plastic cups) One piece of string or thin rope that is long enough to connect both the “phones” Poke holes in the bottom of the cups – the holes should be about the size of the string that you are planning to use.. Run the…
Every kid should know a little about Morse code. This language was devised so that messages could be sent using a Telegraph machine. You see, long before there were phones, people would send messages using a machine called a Telegraph which could make only two sounds: a short beep, which they called a dot, and…
Using the two tables below you can write in code so that only you and your friends know what you have written. This is very easy to do but is really difficult to figure out unless you have the “cheat sheet” below. (This was used by the Confederacy in the Civil War) You need to…
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