Stand Still Shadow is an action rhyme that your baby, toddler, preschooler, or Kindergartner will love! Great for language development and the exploration of shadows. Stand Still, Shadow “Stand still!” I tell my shadow. “I want to step on you.” But every time I lift my foot, My shadow lifts hers, too. This is …
Fizzing Fun! This is a fun, simple, and quick Science experiment that you could try today. Sprinkle baking soda onto a plate. Use a medicine dropper to drop vinegar onto the baking soda. Watch the fizzy reaction. B thought this was so cool! He didn’t ask me why it was happening which I’m happy about because I wasn’t …
I found this fabulous idea for Chemistry for Little Ones at The Science Mommy. Put about 1 cm of milk in a shallow pan and sprinkled food coloring around the outside. Dip a toothpick in dish soap and touch the milk with the toothpick. Watch the reaction that takes place! I’m not going to tell …
Place objects on construction paper and leave them in the sun to make sun prints. We had so much fun finding objects and letters to make these. We didn’t leave them out in the sun long enough though. Make sure to leave yours out most of the day! I told B that we were going to do …
We already use these shaped ice cube trays for making crayons, transferring ice cubes with kitchen utensils, and for Muffin Tin Monday, and now bathtub ice cubes. Just add food coloring (NOT TOO MUCH), freeze them, and you are ready to go. B had a great time “seeing what would happen”. He …
Today, I had B hunt for things in the playroom to see if they would sink or float. (He was so excited that he was collecting EVERYTHING so we had to stop and talk about things that could get wet and things that couldn’t.) After he put the object in the water, I had him …
You can play this describing objects game with any 5 objects you find around the house or in your playroom. Set out 5 objects (cars, animals, letters, books, blocks, etc.). Tell your child you are going to play a guessing game. Describe one of the objects and see if they can pick out the one …
Creating a nature collage was so much fun! Extend this activity for older kids by making a mosaic with leaves on the contact paper or making letters with stems and grass. Materials: Contact Paper, Nature Directions: Open and set your sheet of contact paper on the sidewalk, sticky side up. Collect different items in your …
I love an activity that you can throw together and experiment with what you have. For this experiment we used a wrapping paper tube, pom poms, and a bucket. We tucked it in the corner of the couch at an angle and experimented with sending pom poms down the tube. At first, B just enjoyed …
I made Ice Treasures by freezing a few of B’s toys in a bowl of water and letting him use his tools to get them out. The hammer and chisel method is what we were teaching and hoping he’d use, but in the end it was just the hammer that B had the most fun …
Recently I remembered a 4th grade teaching moment where we planted seeds in a clear plastic cup to grow and identify the parts of a plant. I decided it wasn’t too early for B to experience a little bit of Science and grow a plant. I went to Lowes to find a seed packet that …