Try this simple experiment with materials you already have in your kitchen!
Five Minute Science: Dancing Popcorn
Sensory Play: Ice & Water
It’s 30° outside, but at least twice a week, my four-year-old is requesting that we go to the pool. These boys miss their summer water play! To substitute, we are using lots of indoor water activities, especially those involving temperature
Science Activity: Oil, Water, and Color Mixing
Here’s a quick and simple way to add a color-mixing element to a classic oil and water activity.
Stolen Moments: Nature Studies in Five Minutes or Less
Did you know Charlotte Mason said little kids should be outside for six hours a day in fair weather? That sounds awesome to me, Charlotte. Unfortunately, our schedule is a bit tight for that right now. Since making the daylight
Fall Leaves: Easy Preschool Art Project
While walking home from our neighborhood playground, my boys discovered some brilliantly colored maple leaves and could not resist collecting them. At first, I attempted to press them in wax paper to preserve them, but I encountered three issues: The
Oil and Water Science Activity: “Iceberg” Bottle
My son had so much fun with our oil and water science activity that he recently came up to me with the bottle of baby oil in his hand and asked if we could do another project with it. Always
Preschool Science: Magic Milk
All of our preschool science projects lately have to have a color-mixing element. My three-year-old is fascinated by this process and will plunge with delight into any project that involves food coloring. Here is one of my favorite science/art crossover
Oil and Water Science Activity
This simple oil and water science activity helps kids see how oil and water separate from each other. It also includes food coloring, which is always a big thrill for my little ones! This week, we dyed some water and
Homemade Finger Paint
We experimented with homemade finger paint this week using this simple recipe from Tinker Lab. Most of the recipes I came across used water and sugar. We don’t usually have white sugar in the house, so I tried this one
Test, Observe, Revise: Engineering with a Preschooler
The slow-motion video option on my phone has captured my preschooler’s attention lately, so we are using it to improve our marble track engineering. When we record a run in slow-motion and review it, he can more easily see where