One of my favourite children’s books about space for young children is Whatever Next. In the story Baby Bear builds a rocket, meets an owl and has a picnic on the moon. Whatever Next! Today’s activity is a super simple Rocket Mouse to help Baby Bear get to the moon. A Rocket Mouse is a…
Ice excavations are great fun for children of all ages. Younger children can pour warm water over the top or use a pipette and watch the ice melt, while older children can use syringes to measure how much water is needed to melt the ice or just use the scale to practice number recognition. It’s…
Welcome to the very first Science Sparks weekly STEM challenge!! Each Monday I’m going to post an new easy challenge for you to complete during the week and hopefully share your wonderful results with me on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook using #ScienceSparksChallenge. First up is this easy water drop maze. Click the image below…
Sensory trays are perfect for bringing a book to life as well as being great fine motor skill practice and for general imaginative play. Our Lorax sensory tray has two stages, the first shows a happy world with brightly coloured truffula trees and the second a much gloomier tray after the Once-ler has had his…
For many children, Noddy is their first introduction to the magical world of Enid Blyton. I remember happily reading the books and later watching the TV series with my younger brother. If you’re not familiar with Noddy he lives with his friends Big Ears, Tessie Bear and Bumpy Dog in the brightly coloured Toyland where…
If you’re using Aliens LOVE Underpants as activity inspiration, this science investigation is great fun. The idea is to dip cutouts of underpants made from different materials into water and then time how long each material drips. Children can be encouraged to think about the properties of materials that make them absorbent or waterproof and…
Here at Science Sparks we’re passionate about the importance of teaching children to code. When I learnt to code it meant hours of sitting at a desk reading books and creating not very exciting simple programs over and over again. Luckily for children today there are some great products available for learning in a more…
A few weeks ago we spent a very special weekend at Deerpark in Cornwall with Forest Holidays. The luxurious cabins at Deerpark are on the edge of an ancient millpond with the most amazing views and the surrounding woodland is home to an abundance of wildlife making it the perfect location for a range of…
The Titanic famously sank on the 14th of April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg. RMS Titanic was the biggest and most luxurious ship of the time and was thought to be unsinkable! This activity models how an iceberg sits in the ocean and explains one of the reasons why…
Father’s Day is fast approaching and I am not organised at all. I usually take my children shopping so they can choose a gift but this year we’re a little short on time, so have been scouring the web instead. This is what we’ve found. Sugru Rebel Kit Sugru is a mouldable glue that has…
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