This colourful, messy summer art project is perfect for summer science in the garden. As well as generally having fun we decided to investigate whether the paint would travel further if we filled the ...
Sensory and Messy Play
Easy Flower Sensory Tray
This super simple flower sensory tray is a brilliant way to introduce even very small children to the basic parts of a flower, and also a brilliant fine motor control activity as the petals are quite ...
Science activity ideas for improving fine motor skills
Hand and finger strength is very important for holding a pencil correctly, fastening clothes and other fine motor skills. Did you know there are over 30 muscles in the hand and forearm? Muscles in the ...
Science for Early Years – FREE eBook
Science for Early Years eBook - click HERE to download I focussed a lot on Early Years Science last year, mostly because my youngest daughter was Reception age and I had the opportunity to try out ...
Christmas Play Dough
Play dough is a fantastic sensory material, with endless play opportunities. You can set up beautiful small word settings, make a play dough ice cream shop, chocolate shop or even use it to start to ...
Jumping Leaves
This easy Autumn themed static electricity experiment is great for kids of all ages and super simple to set up!Jumping leaves static electricity experiment EquipmentBalloonPaper, cut into leaf ...
Firework Spin Art and Filter Paper Pictures
I'm a bit last minute posting these as today is Bonfire Night in the UK, but they came out so well I didn't want to wait for New Year.Firework Spin Art PicturesThese came out brilliantly on ...
Fizzy baking soda stars
One of the activities my children ask for over and over again is a bowl of cornflour gloop. It's so easy to make and keeps everyone happy for hours, although it is a little on the messy side, so I'd ...
Fizzy Hidden Coin Pirate Rocks
These are super simple to make and lots of fizzy fun. We used food colouring to make the baking soda look like rocks and added shiny coins for the children to find.First we cleaned up some pennies ...
Which material makes the best dress up pirate sword?
This is a great themed activity for starting to learn about properties of materials and good experimental design.First we made 3 different pirate swords. You could use any materials you want, but ...
