My little girls love to play doctor role-play games, leading to many fun learning experiences over the years. These are our favourite ideas for learning while playing doctors. Easy ideas for doctor role-play games Keep notes I bought a cheap little notebook for the girls to write their doctor’s notes in. Learn about the body…
Sensory bottles are fantastic fun for young children but might take a bit of practice to get right. They are inexpensive to make and can be themed to whatever your child happens to be interested in. We had great fun with these magnet sensory bottles made for pirate week at school. We just used an…
We’ve done a couple of simple activities based around forces recently, so when a sheet of bubble wrap arrived in a parcel, I knew just how to use it. We laid the bubble wrap sheet flat on the floor and talked about what we wanted to investigate and what we expected to happen. Bubble Wrap…
Plastic milk was one of the first experiments I posted on Science Sparks when the kids were little. It was a lovely sensory experience for them at the time, but they obviously couldn’t understand what was happening; with that in mind, we revisited the activity with the addition of some food colouring. I didn’t measure…
This mini science activity is great for learning about properties of materials, particularly how waterproof they are. It can be messy but works well as an outdoor or bathtime activity. The idea is to cover small soft toys in different materials to find out which have waterproof properties. Equipment Method Half-fill the container with water….
Today, we’ve been trying to learn about forces. Pushes and pulls are examples of forces. When we push or pull something, it moves. Can you push a toy car softly? What happens? Does it move further if you push harder? Can you think of things you push and things you pull? Are there things you…
Autumn is such a great time of year. I love the colourful leaves underfoot and the first hint of winter. To celebrate the changing seasons, I’ve pulled together a wonderful collection of Fall Science Experiments suitable for kids of all ages. Fall Science Experiments for Kids First up is this lovely fall sensory rice tray….
I love autumn, and my 5-year-old loves exploring and numbers, so today, we combined all three to make a fun estimating activity using estimating jars. We traipsed through the woods collecting leaves, pinecones and horse chestnuts as we travelled. Once back home, we laid all our ‘treasures’ out to dry and returned to them the next…
This super simple optical illusion lets you turn two pictures into one! Did you know your brain uses shortcuts in order to process all the millions of things we see at any one time? An optical illusion “tricks” your eyes and brain. When you spin the pencil, your brain sees one image first and then…
This baking soda powered boat is a great mini engineering challenge for kids. It involves lots of scientific thinking and is a fantastic hands-on science activity. Little scientists need to think about how the gas produced by the reaction between the baking soda and vinegar will escape and if this will be powerful enough to…
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