Where possible I always get my children to wash their hands before eating. The bigger two have made up a song to encourage little H to wash hers properly, it goes something like this: Rub and ...
Biology for Kids
50 Kitchen Science Experiments
Today we have 50 fantastic kitchen science experiments for you.The kitchen is a great place to explore science with children. Even something as simple as melting chocolate is demonstrating ...
Worms, worms and more worms
A few months ago I applied for some funding with Actimel so we could do a growing project in our garden. I was delighted to find out we'd been granted our wish.My idea was to try to grow enough ...
Beetle Game – Introduction to insects
Did you know beetles make up about 40% of insect species?Beetles have a very hard exoskeleton ( outer skeleton ) and hard forewings, like all insects their bodies are made up of three parts: the ...
Make your own bird feeder
Did you know that this week is National Nest Box week?Winter can be a tough time for birds. Food is in shorter supply and if an icy frost creeps over, it can harden nuts and berries and make it ...
10 Egg Science Experiments
Easter is just around the corner, so I've put together a collection of eggy experiments perfect for this time of year. Eggs are great for experiments as they are inexpensive, easily available and very ...
Mint chocolate leaves – changes of state
Valentines day is coming up, so I thought we'd do some activities based around that, starting with some chocolate leaves.What you needMint leavesChocolate ( we used a lovely 70% dark kind ...
How tall is a tree?
We love trees in our house. My 5 and 4 year old children like to climb them and my 2 year old likes to collect leaves, pinecones and horse chestnuts. Last weekend we spent the morning at Alice Holt ...
Simple Science – Plants
Todays preschool plant activity is very simple and is especially aimed at younger children.We wandered around the garden looking at all the plants and flowers discussing which were big and which ...
Make a Mini Water Cycle
The water cycle is an amazing process and we touched on it when discussing evaporation a couple of weeks ago.Today we are going to have a go a creating our very own Mini water cycle.It shows ...
