Preschool Science: The Walking Rainbow

Preschool Science: The Walking Rainbow

To reinforce the color-mixing ideas we’d talked about previously, we tried another experiment with food-coloring and water.  This demonstration relies on the tendency of liquids to reach equilibrium.  When we connect the jars, the water will flow until it has

Preschool Science: Color Mixing with Ice

Preschool Science: Color Mixing with Ice

We have been talking about boiling, melting, freezing, and states of matter with our preschooler, so we tried this simple color-mixing activity. First, we made blue, red, and yellow ice cubes.  We needed five of each color for this activity,

Teeny Tiny Photographer on the Trail

Teeny Tiny Photographer on the Trail

As preparation for our trip to Olympic National Park this summer, we took our littles hiking.  For the past few months, we have been letting our older son, who is three, take photos around the house with our camera.  This

Montessori for Free

Montessori for Free

Today I just want to briefly share with you some beautiful Montessori resources I found for free at our local public library.  All four books feature textured pages — very similar to Montessori sandpaper cards for letters and numbers —