Rugby World Cup fever seems to have taken over our house in the last few weeks so we’ve developed some fun rugby themed science activity ideas to keep everyone busy in between matches. First up is this LEGO rugby pitch. It’s built as much to scale as we could manage. We also engineered a kicking…
These umbrellas for Incy Wincy ( Itsy bitsy ) Spider are a great Incy Wincy Spider Experiment, fantastic fun and a wonderful way to introduce the concept of materials having different properties to kids. If you’re in the middle of a materials topic I’ve got lots more fun ideas for learning about properties of materials,…
I’ve got another fun pirate themed activity today, this time demonstrating density. Density is quite a hard concept to grasp but this is a really nice introduction and full of little wow moments. Just the fact that the oil sits on the water is quite fun. We used blue water to make it look like…
These fizzy pirate coins 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 to make our shiny pirate coins. To do this, we simply placed them in…
This simple activity is a great way to demonstrate static electricity and very easy to adapt to different themes. We’ve put a little Valentine twist on it today, but have previously made jumping frogs and jumping ghosts in the same way. Equipment Balloon Paper, cut into shapes. Tissue paper works well, but you could try any…
Welcome to the first in a series of fun PIRATE themed science investigations. First up is a bit of code cracking. Code cracking is brilliant for helping to develop logical thinking and you can make it as easy or as hard as you want depending on the age of a child. Last year my little boy…
I think our garden zip line using teddies is one of my favourite activities we’ve ever done, just because it’s so adaptable to children of all ages and abilities. My 4-year-old uses it as a big imaginative game, talking to her teddies, telling them not to be scared and lining them up so everyone gets…
Right at the beginning of summer we designed and then constructed a cardboard kitchen. First we thought about the features we needed to include by looking at our own kitchen and considering what we thought were the most important features. An area for the hob Tall enough to stand at comfortably An area to rest…
Every Superhero needs a cape, but which material flies best in the wind? this super simple science activity allows kids to channel their inner superhero and make the perfect flowing cape! This activity is also part of my playful science series full of simple and playful science for kids! Superhero Cape Experiment Challenge – to make…
This post is all about adding a bit of science sparkle to role-play. The activities should hopefully add a stimulating and educational twist to an already fun game. My little boy is usually a bit reluctant to join in with role-play games, but if I add in a task or some props, he is much…
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