Is your arm span equal to your height?
Did you know arm span ( or reach ) is approximately equal to height? We tested this out against a wall using chalk to mark reach and then standing next to the wall to see if it matched height. You sh...
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50 Summer Science Ideas
Summer is a wonderful time to explore science outdoors with children. You don’t have to set up fancy experiments outside, even just looking at properties of plants and leaves or doing a bit of ...
How to make a water balloon sink
Today’s activity was unplanned, just something we observed whilst playing with water balloons. We were playing with water balloons, filling them up getting ready to soak each other and I asked ...
Fun Sparks – May
Thanks so much to everyone for linking last month, I love seeing what everyone has making and experimenting with. Our new Challenge and Discover theme is Kitchen Chemistry, so the girls and I set u...
Challenge and Discover – Kitchen Chemistry
Thank you very much to everyone who joined in our bridge building challenge last month, we loved reading through the posts. This month we’d like you to explore some chemistry in the kitchen. If...