science

50 Simple Halloween Ideas

Are you scrambling to pull some off some kid-friendly Halloween magic? Here are some simple Halloween ideas to help you move gracefully through the next few days. Simple Halloween Ideas: Science Experiments Dry Ice Experiment, Tinkerlab 5 Fun Science Experiements, Science Sparks Elephant Toothpaste, Preschool Powel Packets Erupting Pumpkin Experiment, Growing a Jeweled Rose 20 Best [...]

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How to…Invent a Recipe with Kids

My house smells like pancakes. Which really means that it smells like cooking oil and caramelized sugar. Sort of a happy, greasy smell that has lingered for days. Every afternoon, for the past three days, my 3 year old turns into a kitchen alchemist as she gathers ingredients and invents her own recipes. She is in [...]

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Magical Plastic Bag Experiment

Here’s a fun experiment that won’t take a lot of time, and it’s more than likely that you have all the “ingredients” around the house. I did this with my three and a half year old, and it would be relevant for preschoolers and elementary-age children. The idea that we’re testing here is what will [...]

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Yeast and Sugar Experiment

I’ve been baking bread just about every day for the past three weeks (nothing too crazy since it’s all done in the bread maker), but last week my 3.5 year old and I got into a discussion about the properties of yeast. We like to tinker and experiment – big surprise, I know — and decided [...]

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Play dough play with Cloud Dough

Cloud Dough! Have you heard of it? Me either, and I thought I’ve heard of most everything arts+little kids related. Karen at Flight of Whimsy introduced me to the recipe, and as soon as I learned about it I knew my 3 year old would love it. The consistency of the dough is lovely to feel [...]

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Pitched Roofs

Our neighbor’s house had a leaky roof and the handy man came for a visit. This peaked my daughter’s interest and she wanted to know why. If you’ve had a small child living in your home, I’m sure you’re familiar with this barrage of non-stop questions that keep coming even if you’ve already answered them…at [...]

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