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Get your preschoolers learning, and have a total blast, with 10 super simple hands-on science and math activities! These are perfect ways to inspire preschoolers and toddlers with science fun.
Remember that homemade bubble solution I shared?
Super simple, easy to do, and using supplies you already have at home. My kind of activity.
What are some science and math activities for preschoolers?
I got the opportunity to check out a copy of the Gryphon House book Hands-On Science and Math by Beth R. Davis, ES, NBCT.
This book is fantastic full of fascinating science experiments for young kids to explore hands-on science and math activities.
All these stem activities are right up my alley. They’re simple, easy setup, and use supplies I already have on hand.
These are ten of the hands-on science and math activities you can find in the book. There are over 40 activities in the book, each with full explanation and photos.
10 Hands-On Science and Math Activities to Plan Your Week
We loved these hands-on science and math activities, and wanted to share a sneak peek with you! If you want more stem activities and more info, make sure you grab a copy of Beth’s book!
In the book, you’ll find discussion points and explanations to help your children grasp the concept better. There are even extension ideas to keep the fun going!
I love it!
1. Classic Sink or Float Science Activity
A classic Sink or Float activity is a great way for kids to create a theory, and then test it!
Fill a tub with water and collect various items to test. You can see how we did a sink or float activity with the kids’ toys.
You can take this learning game a step further though and have empty bowls with “Sink” and “Float” written on them. Sort the objects after they’ve been tested and then graph them. A graph is found in the book.
2. Do Some Tree-Trunk Explorations! Math & Science Together!
I’ve seen blocks made out of tree trunks and branches but never knew really what to do with them.
Hands-On Science & Math gives plenty of activity ideas to do with preschoolers! Cut 10 or so tree “blocks” that are 1-2 inches across.
Try measuring, stacking, sorting and ordering by size, and exploring them with a magnifying glass. I’d love to take it a step further and count tree rings to see how old the trunk is!
3. Let the Color Changes Flow Science Experiment
There’s something magical about mixing colors together to create another color.
In 3 different dishes, make colored water in the primary colors: red, blue and yellow.
Using an eye dropper, have the kids suck up two of the colors of water and mix them together in an empty dish. Have them guess what color it’s going to make, and observe what color it does.
Take the magic to the next level with the Absorbing Color Combinations from the Hands-On Science & Math activities book. We shared a similar color activity on PBS Parents.
4. Make Fluffed Up Soap Science Experiment
You need to have Ivory Soap for this experiment. This is a great exploration of how a material can change, but still be the same.
Unwrap the soap and microwave it for a couple of minutes and watch the magic happen! Make sure you have your kids take part in that because that is the experiment!
Extend the learning by doing the sink or float activity with the bar of soap too.
5. A Bubbling Baking Soda Experiment
You’ll try to blow up a balloon without your own air or helium. Use baking soda and vinegar instead!
It’s so fun!
Put 2 ounces of vinegar in a water bottle and funnel in 1 tablespoon of baking soda in a balloon. Then tightly secure the balloon onto the top of the bottle, without letting the baking soda drop in yet.
When ready, gently shake the baking soda out of the balloon and into the bottle. Hold tight where the balloon is secured to the top of the bottle so it doesn’t fly off.
Extend this stem activity experience by playing with vinegar and baking soda on a tray or egg carton! They’ll love the fizzy reactions they get!
6. Watch a Volcano Erupting Science Activity
Add food coloring to 2 ounces of vinegar. I like red or orange (yellow + red), just like lava!
Set a paper cup inside a paper bowl, add 2 tablespoons of baking soda to the cup. Using a funnel, quickly add vinegar to the cup!
Repeat as many times as the kids want to see the volcano erupt!
the eruption results are so fun to watch!
7. Understanding Air and Blowing Bubbles
This is a super duper fun experiment that will keep the kids busy for quite a while!
We love this homemade bubble solution. Place the solution in a shallow dish and give the kids a straw to blow bubbles!
Show your kids how to blow gently, if needed. Try to fill up the dish with as many bubbles as you can!
8. The Estimation Guessing Game
A game is a fun way for kids to learn how to estimate!
Choose an object that’s somewhat small, and that you have a lot of. Buttons would work well for me, or you could do Lego or other small items.
Fill a container with the object. Put 10 of your item into another container.
Have the kids count the container of 10. Talk together about what 10 things look like, and how different it is from the totally full container.
Share your thinking about the containers and how many objects might be in the full one. Encourage your child to talk through their thoughts, too.
Once they’ve recorded their predictions, you can then count the actual number. Take it a step further and sort by size or color and estimate those as well!
9. Creative Printing with Sunlight Experiment
Making sun prints is something that’s been on my to-do list for a long, long time, but I keep forgetting about it.
This is a great lesson on the effects of the sun and the reason for sunscreen! Use dark blue construction paper, or get some sun-sensitive paper, and arrange small items on it.
Place the arrangements in a super sunny place and wait for the sun to make its prints. It’ll take 5-8 minutes.
Check the items carefully to see if a print has been made. If not, replace it in the same spot.
You should see a darker spot under the object, with lighter color around it where the sun has touched the paper. Once a nice print has been made, remove the items and take inside.
Dip the prints in a tub of water for 1-5 minutes. Take them out to dry.
Laminate your prints and use them in a matching game. We used the kids’ toys to their shape outlines.
10. Go, Car, Go! Simple Machines & Inclined Planes Math Activity
This fast experiment is one that every car lover will be doing over and over!
Use a piece of cardboard, or other hard, flat surface that you can manipulate. This will be the car track or inclined plane.
Place 2 books on the floor, and prop the car track on top of them. Start a car rolling at the top of the track and release the car.
Measure how far it went from the end of the track. Use a measuring tape or their own feet.
To get the most distance, you’ll want to do this on an uncarpeted surface.
Next, add two more books to the stack and roll the car again, measure again. And repeat as many times as you like!
More science activities for preschoolers. And some for toddlers too.
See? I told you those were super simple hands-on science and math activities to do with preschoolers and toddlers too!
Now, go have some fun with them!
What are your favorite simple hands-on science and math activities?
Get a sneak peek of the Hands-On Science & Math book here!
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Priyanka says
I will try and try
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Pratibha soni says
Very inspiring, great ideas Thanks for sharing this.
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Melanie Goodloe says
Our favorite activity is the bubbling baking soda experiment. We love experimenting with baking soda and vinegar and all the other crazy concoctions we come up with. Thanks for the additional hands-on science activities. Can’t wait to try them!
Megan says
I have 3 1/2 year old twin boys and we love experimenting with all kinds of things. Their favorites are anything that uses water and any baking soda and vinegar experiment.
DRichter says
My daughter and I Love Bubbling Baking Soda Experiment! We love putting different items in the bottle and seeing what items float and sink and what flies into the balloon! We have so much fun together! And that’s the most important thing of all!!
1. Having fun together with your children.
2. Learning different things with your children.
3. Seeing your children eyes light up when they do something they never have before.
Michelle Steininger says
For the month of August, my 2 1/2 year-old son and home preschool group look forward to watching lady bug larvae develop into adult lady bugs. The kids are VERY excited!!
Mary says
We love best the Color changes experiment. My daughter loves orange, so she got fascinated seeing orange when you combine red and yellow!!!!
Christine Noggle says
My kids and I do craft time and experiment time every other day. So coming up with new ideas is fantastic. Thank you for all the ideas and fun things to do!
Thank you!
Jennifer W says
I look forward to trying them all!
XOmom101 says
We just did a volcano with baking soda and vinegar and added some powdered fruit punch to make it reddish. My 5 yr. old thought it was awesome even though we just did it in a jar! It would be great to have more ideas for us to use!
toni says
My girls loved the baking soda with the balloons, they love everything with balloons really! And my 4 year old really got a kick out of the sink or float! We did the experiment outside and she kept running to grab more things to see if they would sink or float. Thank you for all your great ideas!
Tina says
My little one loves water! cant wait to try the sink or float activity.
A. McNair says
My favorite is using baking soda and vinegar by mixing the two up in a bottle producing gas to blow up a balloon.
Alyson says
My two little boys love when we make volcanoes but I’m excited to try the whole list!
Melissa Little says
I love doing sink/float experiments. They get so amazed when an item doesn’t do what that think it will.
Cathleen says
As a mom of 4, I think it is hard to execute my great ideas, especially in the area of science. This list/book would be a great resource. Thanks!
Stephanie Rasmussen says
As a mom of 17 month old twins, I am always looking for easy activities for my boys! They love being in the kitchen, and lately we have had fun experimenting with water…splashing, pouring, stirring, and playing with ice. They were fascinated with the coldness of ice and how it would melt when we held it.
Julie Lewis says
My favorite experiments are color mixing with water or paint!
Theresa C. says
We love anything to do with bubbles! Can’t wait to try some of these fun ideas! ;)
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Kaylin Bruce says
My favorite science or math activity which I’ve done with my boys would have to be introducing them to dry ice. They just could get enough of it and I wish I could post a picture here, of when they first saw it. We love science! :)
Swathi says
my 2 yr old would like the sink or float experiment, and also the color mixing.
Heather says
My son loves blowing bubbles! Hes only 18 months old and doesnt quite grasp the concept of gentle blowing, but I try to teach him anyway. Bubbles are such a great way to get outside, whether its hot or cool!
Ashleigh Swerdfeger says
That’s neat! I love them all! I really want to try the bubbles and the ivory soap experiment.
Jennifer says
My daughter loves erupting volcano experiments. I’m sure she’d love to try some new experiments though!
Jenna says
I really want to try the balloon experiment with baking soda and vinegar with my little scientists!
Beunette Lilje says
My little lady loves to make crystals :)
Narrah Gibbs says
My three year old and 16 month old love experimenting with colors. I love playing with colored water with them on a hot day bc not only is it a way to cool down, but also learn!
Paula says
Kids of all ages love the ivory soap experiment.
Erin B. says
Our favorite at activity is using our M&M activity book to count M&M’s, make shapes with them, grouping, and do adding and subtracting. Of course the best part is eating them when we are done!
Jess says
My three year old loves anything that has color or foam! I’m looking forward to giving her the food coloring/milk activity to see color blending.
Sarah P says
My boys love bubbles. Anything to do with bubbles is mesmerizing.
Teresa Boswell says
My toddler granddaughter loves the ivory soap in the microwave experiment followed by showing it still floats. Then we look at changing the shape (denaturing) of an egg when we scramble it. Physics rocks!
Nicoleta says
So much fun! We want to try them all eventually! Maybe we will start with the “Go, Car, Go” since my little guy is still a bit small :).
Tiffany White says
We are so excited to try the Let the Color Changes Flow activity together. The boys adore anything that involves things mixing, especially colors. We did an experiment similar to the sink/float one with an orange that wasn’t peeled and one that was to determine which would float and which would sink. That lead to our discussions on buoyancy and why sometimes heavier things will float and it’s not all about weight.
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Laura says
I have done many of these experiments with my pre-k class. The kids love science! They really loved when I put baking soda in the sensory table and they got to spray colored vinegar onto it. The bubbles were cool!
Lori Tyler says
My grandkids and I loved playing with bubbles!the tip about putting a hole in the straw was SO helpful. Ib2as afraid that they would drink it.and the 18 month old could do it with the 3 and 5 year old! Hard to find something that they all can do.Thanks for all the great tips and activities. Saved my sanity.
Sarah W says
This book looks fantastic!!! My littles love doing science experiments. We have done a sinking/floating experiment in the past and the one included in this book would be a fantastic addition!!
Katy M says
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Katy M says
We love anything messy, but our favorite is making flubber or ooblick. We love doing math with any animals – counting legs, heads, ears, etc..
Kathy says
Love it we keep looking for science experiment for our school fair my son 4 th grade
Kaylena Cecil says
Building paper rockets and then launching them from a pvc pipe/2liter bottle pad. This is great for developing problem solving skills since they modify the rocket if it is unsuccessful. And it was cheap!
Debbie says
I honestly have not done a lot of actual science stuff with the day care kids, so I don’t really have a favorite. But after seeing these, I definitely will be changing up things!
Melissa says
Would love to try these with my grandson
Chanda says
My son loves science experiments. We plan to do them all. Thanks for sharing!!
sheela mullen says
I do several balloon experiments but never the one with baking soda and vinegar – really looking forward to that one!
Heather G says
My favorite experiment we have done so far with my son (3 years) was really simple. I put some flour, sugar, and salt in three separate bowls and let him taste each of them, and went over the word for each of them together. Then I let him play and explained the difference in texture of each. He loved it!
Marie M. says
The kids and I love baking soda and vinegar experiments. My son (4) loves when I put a small layer of baking soda in a casserole dish and he squirts colored vinegar into the baking soda. Both kids are mesmerized by the colored bubbles!
Emily says
My preschooler has recently enjoyed figuring out “Things that float and things that don’t.” We checked out a book with the same title, and that has been fun in the bathtub, watertable and in the pool. Love your ideas.
elrika says
My kids really enjoyed to watch their Grass Heads grow!! And they also enjoyed ‘cutting’ the ‘hair’ after a few weeks!!! So much fun!!!
Carine says
Hi Jamie, I love your blog. My toddler would enjoy the car race with the neighbor kids. I bring crafts and experiments outside to share with other kids in our town house community. Next on my list is the color volcano experiment.
Moriah says
I love anything with baking soda and vinegar…my girls love watching it fizz!
Vanessa says
My preschool children I teach are interest in volancos at the moment so I would love to share the volcano eruption experiment with them.
Dao Nhu says
My kids love to play with bubbles. She often asks to wash together with me for that
Ande says
Using white carnation flowers and water that has food coloring in it to show how flowers drink water, it’s a great visual for young kids and they love drawing what happens at the beginning of the experiment and documenting as each day goes along, you could have five flowers in five different containers of water or switch out the carnations for lettuce stems and ask the kids what they can see.
Jessica says
We’re fans of adding food coloring to milk then making it spread out by touching it with a q-tip covered in dish soap.
Amy says
I like the sink or float experiment. Perfect for bathtime or playing in the pool.
rachelle lee says
My kids would love the estimation game and simple machines with inclined plane. Their favorite is mixing colors and anything that fizz.
Stephanie Henson says
We are excited to try the erupting volcano. We really enjoyed making borax crystals and anything with baking soda as it gets nice and fizzy…
Kaye says
We have tried variations of several of these, baking soda and vinegar was fun, but we didn’t try with balloons, but will now. We have also done a color absorption with lettuce leaves, and I want to try with roses and splitting the stalk for all colors into one. Thanks for some other great ideas to try!
Sue says
I can’t wait to try the puff up ivory soap experiment with my little. She will also love the balloon blow up with vinegar and baking soda. That one looks cool too.
Jenny Hall says
I love dropping water onto different sized coins and counting how many drops each can hold. We guess how many a quarter can hold vs. a dime, etc. My boys love it!
Amy says
My 3 year old twin boys just did the sink/float activity today and got so excited about their findings. I love your idea of sorting the objects into labeled bowls (much more age appropriate than the written chart I was attempting!). We follow your blog regularly and LOVE your wonderful ideas for active, busy boys. Thank you!
Kim says
I love to introduce my littles of to the of pulleys.
Lauren says
And we can’t wait to try out the ivory soap experiment!!! I’m a kindergarten teacher so I love getting ideas from you for school too! :)
Lauren says
We love the sink or float! It’s easy and ever-changing!
Rebekah Parsons says
One of the most memorable science experiments I have done with my preschoolers is “oobleck.” I would usually do this during my Dr. Seuss week to coordinate with the book “Bartholomew and the Oobleck.” The kids absolutely loved how the solution would go from solid to liquid. A truly simple and wonderful science experiment!
Leilani says
My favorite science/math activity I’ve done with kids is the Mentos and soda experiment. We went as far as taping yardsticks together to compare the heights of the eruptions.
ShRukAt says
My Son enjoyed volcano erupting experiment.
Leslie Edgell says
My daughter loves the sink & float game. I’m looking forward to experimenting with baking soda/vinegar and oil/water combinations with her in the future.
Amber says
This book looks great! My son loves anything involving baking soda and vinegar but I have never thought to pair a balloon with it!
Lisafp Fischenich says
My 3 year old loves blowing bubbles with a wand, but can’t always blow gently enough with the wand. Can’t wait to try the straw and bubble solution.
Gabrieala says
My daughters love any activities but their most favorite was “volcano” I think and yesterday they had a great time with “Float and Sink” too:)
Rosier says
My son LOVES the baking soda and vinegar experiment especially when we had colour to the foam! He loved it so much that we had to buy more food colouring and vinegar as he used it all up! My personal favourite is the milk and food colouring experiment, I think I was more fascinated that my son with that one!!
Valerie says
I love doing the vinegar and baking soda experiments, especially the ones that inflate balloons. The kids always seem to associate “science experiments” with something exploding, so this comes pretty close!
Virginia says
We love making homemade play dough!
anne says
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anne says
We love to put flowers in water and food dye and watch them change colors.
Lori says
With my kindergarteners, we love using our 5 senses as we explore the sounds, tastes and smells of the outdoors. I would love to get this book!
Francesca says
Can’t wait to try the Bubble baking soda experiment!
Alyson Nicole Cooper says
Baby B (8 months) love to explore with our nesting dolls hand-painted from Russia. She is fascinated by their bright colors and is able to fit them inside each other … though only 1 at a time right now! ;)
Thank you for this opportunity for giveaway!
Hannah says
My son is volcano mad so we love do the erupting volcano!! He loves it every time
Dena says
My kids probably enjoyed the naked egg experiment the most!
Tina says
We’ve done the sink or float experiment and are excited to do the fluffed up soap one. I bought the soap right after reading your description. My toddler is going to love it! We’re always looking for fun science projects and would LOVE to win this book!
Nicole says
My son is only 3 so his favorite is the sink or float experiment. He loves guessing if it will sink or float and dropping the toys in the water to see.
Diane Bode says
I like the bubbles with straws. I like to get the kids outside for breaks while the weather is good.
Kristen Bell says
Bubble Blowing is always fun with toddlers! My lil’ queenie will be trying this one soon!
Cathy says
We enjoy doing soda bottle science projects. Like baking soda blowing up a balloon.
Tara says
I have three girls under 5 so the sink or float is always fun, and we are making our own bubbles for bubble painting
Kathy McGill says
I like making what I call goop with cornstarch and water. The kids love that it goes from solid to liquid while in there hands.
Dawn says
Go, Car, Go looks fascinating and fun for my little boy.
Thanks for your wonderful blog and all the good ideas.
Monica Semien-Thomas says
I would like to try the balloon and the baking soda experiment.
Pam Smith says
I’ve tried a few of these activities but not the sunlight exposure one. That sounds fun and like it will lead to other topics.
Rhiannon says
My kids love the bubbling baking soda experiment. They love watching the balloon inflate.
Shannon says
My 2 yr old and I love collecting ‘treasures’ in our backyard and looking at bugs under the magnifying glass. Next on my list is to get an acrylic container to plant something in so she can see the plant’s roots as it grows! :)
Zain says
We go and explore the small garden that we have and try to understand the cycle of life… watching the ants, the lizard, the butterfly, the bird and the plant itself… where every living things need water…. Try to see underneath the dead tree or log… and the kids really enjoyed it…
Jkumar says
My son loves anything that “explodes”. Like the vinegar and baking soda in a sandwich bag.
Gail says
We love that if you oil a wooden skewer (kebab stick), you can poke it all the way through an inflated balloon without popping it! (Poke the skewer through from the base near the knot up to the very top, these two areas have thicker rubber so it works better.) Magic ! You can experiment with variations. If you use a plain wooden skewer, will it work? What about wetting it with water? Etc.
Katie says
My girls and I love to make “gooey” clay and play dough, like Kathy McGill mentioned. We like to alter them by adding a variety of colors and scents, then we see which ones last the longest. The girls were just asking me the other day about making an erupting volcano, so that is definitely next on our list.
Diane says
Children always love balloons. We had a fun time this summer with a class doing the balloon blow up experiment.
Natalie Gentry says
I did the sink and float but modified it using fruits and vegetables.
Judy says
My kids love making putty using white glue and liquid starch and watching how it changes when it warms up and how it firms up again after being in the refrigerator.
Melissa says
We love the baking soda experiments!
Emily W says
Am I the only one who doesn’t know what Ivory does in the microwave? I’m more excited for this experiment than the kids will be.
Unikka says
My boys love using magnifying glasses to look at insects and bugs outside.. We count the legs and see if they have wings.
Araceli Kimberlin says
During the colder months we explored which thing melted ice the fastest. Aiden loved it! We would love to try the baking/soda vinegar experiment.
Kelly S. says
We always like the volcano experiment!!
Kathleen says
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Second entry with twitter post.
Thank you again =)
I LOVE all your wonderful ideas for our children to have hands on learning =D
Teresa McKeithan says
My grandson is 3 and he has issues with textured things. I think the ivory soap experiment would be great to try with him.
Sara says
I like the baking soda volcano experiment!
Kathleen says
I love the water play with pouring into funnels and different sized test tubes excerpt from the “Pouring and More:Funnels and Test Tube” activity in the book.
My son LOVES to play in water! He is fascinated when pouring water from one sized container to another.
Thank you for the chance to win!
Susie L says
Go, Car, Go! Simple Machines & Inclined Planes. Little ones love this because it makes “the cars go FAST!!!!”
April Kirkland says
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April Kirkland says
One of our favorite experiments we’ve done was putting food coloring in our vase water for our flowers and watching them turn colors!
Liz says
We love to make flubber (white school glue, borax, water and food coloring).
Sarah says
Can’t wait to try Volcano erupting with my son. I remember doing it as a kid in school too :)
Meg says
Our favourite science experiment is making magic mud! It’s way more fun to explore solids and liquids with messy goo :-)
Jacklyn Ross says
My oldest child and like to do the ivory soap cloud experiment in the microwave. I love to watch it grow. And on the plus side, once it cools it can still be used like soap.
Jane says
The volcano experiment with baking soda and vinegar is a classic I can’t wait to do with my little one some day.
Sobia Qureshi says
The kids in my class love to make their own ice-cream. Always a favorite, and so easy to do! We take it a step further by flavoring the ice-cream with vanilla, chocolate or strawberry syrup.
Theresa says
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Sara B says
I love doing the color-changing flowers with my students. Last year we did white carnations – a couple of the colors changed immediately! The kids were so excited.
Theresa says
We love baking soda and vinegar experiments and have tried blowing up balloons, using molds and a few others. It is such a fantastic reaction (both chemically and on their faces)!
Dawnelle says
Oooo the sun printing one would be fun! Maybe do less nagging for them to keep Their hats on? !?!
they would love the cars on the inclined plain too!
Carrie J says
My favorite science experiment I did with my nephews was the volcano. They loved it. I should have thought to have more vinegar on hand!
Amy Barron-Gafford says
The color theory experiment looks great!!!
Michell says
I love the simple machines experiment, even my very little ones could do this. Great ideas and reminders!
Jessica Bradley says
My 3 year old son loves the volcano. We are trying the ivory soap next. Woot! Cant wait!
Elizabeth says
My kids loved the erupting volcano and want to do it again and again with different colours! Makes me want to do more activities like this as we all had so much fun.
katie says
“boo bubbles”…bubbles filled with dry ice. Great fun for all ages!
Joanna brady says
My son is into mixing colors right now and is learning about ramps with his cars…he’s not much into structured activities but hoping as he gets older he’ll get more into them
Courtney says
For my two year old, sink or float during bath time is a favorite. I’d love love to try all the other experiments in the book!!
Meredith says
Baking soda, dish soap and vinegar in a bottle. My girl LOVES the “explosions”!
Julie says
I did an astronaut experiment where you needed to put legos and large play nuts and bolts together using gloves that were too big. i.e. gardening gloves. While the kids were interested in being an astronaut, they also did not give up when they realized it was really hard and required focus.
Mike Wain says
My son and myself enjoy guessing which toy cars will roll the longest distance after going down a ramp.
Vanessa Flowers says
Exciting to see the children watch a bar of ivory soap expand to six times its original size. The children loved this experiment.
Geara says
I would love to try the Bubbling Baking Soda as it looks like fun for my special needs students.
Thanks a lot for all the ideas.
Mariette says
The soda-mentos fountain remains a firm favourite!
Tracy D says
Even at 2, float or sink activities were great! We usually did it while she was in the bathroom. Even now, she will ask to try different things to see which they will do. Lately, we’ve been using magnetic gears on a magnet board and then using one of the big ones to test what it can stick to in the house and outside.
She loves mixing paint colors on top of one on top of that on top of that, etc. Absorbing color with the experiment above would be another way for her to see and understand color mixing.
chris says
bubbling baking soda-can’t wait to try with my students who have severe special needs. I can just imagine the excitement they will feel watching the experiment happen right before their eyes coupled with their love for balloons! This book looks like a MUST HAVE for all teachers.
Susanne says
My students LOVE the baking soda balloons.
Karen O'Toole says
We love to make our own Silly Putty and Sparkly Slime!
Cynthia Trejo says
We love doing the experiment where you take milk, food coloring, and dish soap and watch what it creates. My kids just LOVE science.
Sara Stoker says
This summer we love to watch our garden grow and play with cornstarch and water!
Ginger Huffman says
We love to use shaving cream for each child and give them watercolors 3 different colors, use pipettes and make colorful volcano ‘s. They love it.
Maggie says
We’ve done quite a bit with floating and sinking, but we love to do homemade “volcano” eruptions and homemade concoctions of bubbles or play-doughs! We especially love to add scents to our doughs. But I have to say my personal favorite is always showing how plants absorb water by adding food coloring. We usually use celery because it’s such a great example!
Deb Penney says
Our favorite science activity so far has been planting seeds in pots and watching them grow into flowers and veggies. Our plants end up being gifts or some get replanted into the garden outside and enjoyed tasting by mid summer, especially our greenbeans and pumpkins. Our large sunflowers we enjoy standing under when they grow taller than us, all started from a tiny seed.
Angelique says
we have just started doing science activities but so far two of our favorites have been melting frozen baking soda mounds with vinegar and testing different candies into carbonated water to see the reactions. oh i just thought of a third that was a hit: magic milk!
Angelique says
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double entry :)
Tommie Sue Schindler says
We love float and sink + slime. We’ve done color change with white carnations and celery, too.
Elizabeth says
We have Solar Print paper but I never thought about using plain old construction paper for much cheaper? thanks.
Michelle says
Sink or float seems perfect for my little one now!
Elvina Hiatt says
I have my 4-year-old grandson one day a week for “Science Day”. One of his favorite things was playing with magnets to see what he could pick up and what he couldn’t.
Lisa Howie says
We love to make “volcanos” and make it “rain” from “clouds” inside a large clear container. Even the simple experiments are exciting!
Christina says
My preschoolers loved when we learned about artic animals and their habitats! We experimented with “blubber” by sticking our hand into a container with ice water. We decided it was too cold to stay in so we used our blubber glove (a Ziploc bag of crisco with another Ziploc bag inserted to put their hand in). They were amazed at how the “blubber” kept their hand from getting cold.
Megan says
Sink or float!!!!!
Nicole Brocker says
My almost 3 year old and I love to color vinegar with food coloring and add to baking soda to watch the chemical reaction and the changing of the colors
alison f says
We’ve been doing the sink and float lately as it was a demonstration at the children’s museum. Other than that we mostly just talk about science similar to Sid the Science Kid!
Lydia says
My three year old enjoys mixing colors in water or with paint. Making colored ice cubes and watching them melt together is also fun. I’m looking forward to doing a lot more science projects with my son as we begin preschool in the fall.
Jorina says
I want to try the walking water! We love bubbles and any water activity here. Great ideas that can be changed to fit what my boys are interested in.
Tricia Gerlach says
We do science everyday almost as I am a previous science teacher, but my kids favorites are clouds in a jar, baking soda/vinegar color explosions, and slime.
nina says
Love all the water experiments for the hot summer.Fun and cooling!
Angie says
I know the volcano experiment will be a hit with my 5, 3, and 1 yr old! Also blowing bubbles in the bowl is great since our kids anything outdoors and with water. My 3 yr old son would love the inclined cars & trucks race idea. He already makes inclined tracks with his hotwheels, but now we can measure how far the go!
Grace says
color mixing has been my favorite with my toddler girl!
Victoria says
Golly sorry the for spelling mistakes its 5am here!
Selina says
I love the classic sink or float experiment. My 2 year old enjoyed this very much.
Victoria says
My son is almost three somjustvgetting into this stuff now. I’m going to domthat balloon blow up today – he will get such a thrill!
Mona says
My kids love shaving cream and baking soda.
Becky says
We haven’t done any experiments yet but there is one I want to try. It was one my Mom did with me growing up. It involves corn starch and I think water? You mix them and then the mixture can be poured through your hands but when you press on it, you can’t push through. I have to try to find the experiment somewhere. If anyone knows what I am talking about, instructions would be great! Thanks!
Hana Craig says
We love “playing with air” – bubbles, balloons, and bread all provide opportunities to see how gases work, so I like your first experiment idea.
Dana says
We love experimenting with baking soda and vinegar! We also love cornstarch and water mixed to make a solid AND a liquid. We’d have so much fun with this book!
Julie V. says
We’re big into bubbles right now. So, being able to make our own solution is wonderful.
Candis says
We like putting 1/2 bar of Ivory soap in the microwave and watch it fluff and expand. Then take it in the bath to play with :-)
Jamie says
I would love to try the volcano experiment! We would have so much fun with that! :-)
Frances says
So far, “science” with a toddler has been pretty limited. We’ve had a lot of fun with water activities, including color mixing in water and are planning a salt-and-ice activity very soon.
Kim Hefele says
I can’t wait to make an erupting volcano with my 3year old and 1’year old. We’ve played with matchbox cars but love the inclined idea! Thanks for sharing!
Rachel says
I think the go, cart, go or sink/float activity are ones my 19 month will love….even if he doesn’t totally get the science concepts yet!! :)
Tawndee says
My favorite science experiement to do with my own children and the ones at church is the color changing rainbow with water and food color in different cups and papertowels between. I use red, yellow, blue, and red again with cups in between so the water and colors can transfer. It’s always fun seeing the kids reactions.
Kristin Folkerts says
We love making car tracks and seeing how different elevations on the ramps effect the cars. We also love the Alka-Seltzer lava lamps – vegetable oil, water, Alka-Seltzer, and food coloring. Bubbles, colors, and fizzing – what more does a toddler need to have fun!
Maura says
Gak is one of my favorites. The kids actively play with it for a long time. One of their favorite things to do is “bury” plastic critters in the gak and then dig them out.
Dara says
We love chemistry experiments at our house! We often use cooking as a chemistry lesson, observing mixtures vs solutions, discussing the various states of matter and how they change by applying heat or cold.
odalis says
Hi, My eldest loves everything to do with rocks and minerals, so anything to do with creating rocks, he loves :) And lets not forget VOLCANOS, lol
Shana says
We are going to do the Ivory soap experiment tomorrow!!
megan says
We do a lot of sun printing. Also anything with baking soda and vinegar.
Lindsey Wensil says
I can’t wait to try the Bubbling Baking Soda experiment! Thank you for the emails!
Vickie Linville says
I’ve done the homemade ice cream experiment before, as well as the air and bubbles. Now that I am a grandmother, I would love to learn some new ones to use with my two grandsons and my granddaughter.
Bess says
I’ve always wanted to do that color flow experiment!!
Jennifer says
I remember as a kid that I loved to use salt to get a string to stick to an ice cube. I need to try that one with my kids!
Ariel says
The kids are getting restless. Time for some fresh ideas! Love these simple but creative and educational projects.
Alexis DeJianne says
Anything with water and bubbles would be a hit with my son!
Nicole says
My 3 year old daughter was loving to put toilet paper in the toilet to “watch it soak up”, which was a frustrating experiment for me! We decided to do a more controlled absorbtion experiment and gathered various materials (paper, plastic, and metal items) to see what absorbed water and what didn’t.
Danielle Blumer says
My daughter loves experimenting with food coloring and water with an eyedropper to make designs on paper . We haven’t done that in a while, I’m thinking it’s about time to do it again!
marion says
so glad to hear about the 10 book giveaway really need ideas for my 3 yr old grandaughter.
Nikki says
I can’t wait to try out the blowing up a balloon with candy and pop!
Peggy Crawford says
Doing the volcanco with vinegar. Love doing projects with my grandkids.
Jessica Barrier says
I love the baking soda and vinegar experiment. The kids love it.
Jessica Barrier says
I love doing the baking soda and vinegar balloon experiment. The kids love it.
Irina says
We tried the Ivory soap experiment (blew my son’s mind!) and then used it for a sink-or-float activity, with a bunch of other items. That was a wonderful activity to do on a hot day and my toddler was just as much entertained as my preschooler. Thanks!!
Michelle H says
We made a sand volcano at the beach and then used vinegar and baking soda to make it erupt. The kids loved it!
Lorna Kotz says
I love trying different things with my grandaughter. I also use some of them with my 4-H cloverbuds
Joy says
We use the old baking soda and vinegar stand by to make a volcano explode and sometimes add food coloring, but that’s about as fancy as we get. I need ideas!
Lisa luevano says
My 4 year old loves doing the baking soda and vinegar experiments. She loves watching them “explode”. Also she likes watching the color flow experiments. She gets excited When the colors come together.
Pam McConnell says
We loved microwaving Ivory soap. We experimented by adding food coloring and tried to keep a consistacy that we could play with like play dough. The most fun though was when the 4 year old discovered when he put it in front if the air conditioner fan, that he just made snow! What a mess, but what fun we had!!!
Patricia Taylor says
Hello! :)
My kids are ages 2, 3, and 7 the youngest two are boys and the oldest is a girl. Although they range in age there is one thing that they ALL have in common… They LOVE super heroes! And I came across a page full of super hero science experiments on pinterest. I can’t wait to try these and get all of these kiddos involved and excited!
Caroline says
Looking forward to trying go car go. Especially since Go Dog Go is a big hit at our house.
Martina says
So interesting! Thank you for sharing! <3 My kids love exploring!
Ruth Blue says
The bubbles were a Big hit with my special needs students! We need very simple activities and these are perfect. Thank you for sharing them.
Ruth
Sarah A. says
We made ooblek last week and my pre-schooler and toddler loved exploring the mess.
gauri says
Hi , my five year daughter love bubbling baking soda experiment and color changing one . Thanks for great ideas.
SHELLY says
MY GRANDKIDS LOVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SAND, WATER AND BUBBLES. WE HAVE MADE TONS OF BUBBLES. WE HAVE ALSO DONE FLOATING/SINKING ACTIVITIES IN THE SMALL POOL.
Stephanie Knowles says
I am wanting to do the milk, food coloring, and dish soap activity. You put milk in a bowl add a few drops of food coloring (not touching each other) then drop a drop of dish soap on them. The colors will make really cool designs.
Jennifer Meyers says
We love the copper penny in vinegar experiment!
Nicole N says
We loved the walking water experiment! Thank you for all of the great ideas!
Christy says
I really like the “if it can float” experiement, it was fun to do with my 3 year old to teach her about the weight of objects and what it means and takes to float, and helped her understand why she doesnt float (automatically anyways) in water.
Denise says
I really like the twist on the classic sink and float activity. I have been teaching k for 24 years and I am really looking forward to trying this one out in my class this year! Thanks!
Jill Sorensen says
I tried the “Sink and Float” structured activity with my 19 – mth old grand daughter. I’m raising her due to the loss of my daughter last Summer. I mention structured, as she’s previous thrown random items into her bath water as it’s filling up in the tub, so we’ve previously experimented with sink and float in our own way. I’m always looking for new ideas and activities to help me entertain my granddaughter, they’re very much appreciated. Your websites been very informative! :)
Meaghan Beasley says
Our favorites are volcanoes, tornados in a bottle and making ooblek.
Britney Trone says
The volcano! My daughter is going to love this! Thanks.
Dana says
I love teaching the kids about the states of matter by doing a deep freeze of dinosaurs, seashells, and rocks. Providing them with a variety of equipment, eye droppers, salt, etc, really helped them see with precise fine motor planning.!
Michelle Flatt says
I teach 18 month olds at a church daycare. We recently did a vinegar and baking soda experiment!! They loved it!!! I will try some others as well!! Love your ideas!!
Amy says
I can’t wait to try the color theory experiment! Color theory is one thing we haven’t spent much time on and I’m an artist with a BFA, so I should be ashamed of myself! LOL
Patty says
My kids are 5 and 4 and their favorite science activity is still anything teargas todo with vinegar and baking soda. Add color and they are in heaven!
Karen says
Can’t wait to try ooblec with my 2 year old
Adedapo Okeowo says
Thanks for these wonderful experiments
Helen Howes says
We are going to try the Creative Printing with Sunlight. This is a perfect opportunity to share with the children in our holiday club the effects the sun can have on both paper and our skin. This will clearly explain in a visual way how the damaging rays can harm our delicate bodies. Thank you so much it’s a fabulous idea.
Jamie Williams says
Sink or Float seems cool
Debbie says
My 2 yr old granddaughter loves bubbles and we make lots of this homemade solution! She’s also crazy about trucks and enjoyed helping me build inclines with blocks and other toys to see what worked best! Keep ideas coming….she learns so fast its great for me to be able to find such great, easy activities for her!
Karen Schiller says
I have tried an ice melting experiment in the winter time seeing if it will thaw faster in the living room or outside. It was an all day affair!
Sharon says
We loved making bouncy balls with borax, glue and cornstarch.
Erika Montgomery says
We are looking forward to hatching chicks this school year!
Shayne says
I love the walking water experiment. Looking forward to trying the erupting volcanoes this year!
jennifer says
Hi,
My 2 and 5 yr old kids love the volcano experiment. Our next one is to try the “go car go” experiment. Love this site. Thank you.
Caroline says
We just did the erupting volcano at our house. It was a big hit with my 3 yr old!
TawnyaD says
We love volcanoes, and are excited to try the balloon filling experiment!
Kristine says
The Understanding Air and Blowing Bubbles makes my little 1-year-old boy squeal for more. This is a great one for babies and 1-year-olds to see. Another I’ve never heard of and am excited to try is the Creative Printing with Sunlight. This is a new one I’ve never heard of. Maybe try using different basic shaped objects such as a triangle and or a star and then have your little ones match the shapes to the prints. Excellent experiment and a fun way to learn shapes too! Thank you!
Diana says
Rolling cars down inclines!
Rosie Gonzalez says
We did the simple sink n float. Since my classroom consist of 18, three yr.olds. They loved it and learned alot from it. Thanks for sharing your ideas. They are awesome!
Michelle says
I’d love to do go car go with my 18 month old. He’s not quite old enough for some of the others though they sounds so fun! The balloon one sounds so cool.
Elaine says
So far our science activities are – how do we break dog food bowls… so we’d love ideas!
Heidi Gauerke says
The Fluffed Up Soap sounds interesting to me! Plus, my kids love looking at stuff when it comes out of the microwave!!
Elizabeth Scott says
Looking forward to the color theory flow activity!
kathy foor says
I, too, love to do color mixing with the “K Kids”. They are fascinated watching stalks of celery split into two different colors that soak up and change the top of the celery to one.
Janice says
Love to make home made silly putty – liquid starch and glue. So fun to play with!
Nicole says
We are trying the creative printing with sunlight today. But we have loved the ivory soap experiment and making a volcano!
Ashley says
I’m definitely thinking the incline and cars will happen this weekend! And the straw and bubbles….why didn’t I think of that?! Flora LOVES bubbles!
Robin Brannigan says
We’ve tried the colored oil and water floating bottles. The color flow looks awesome!!
Charnaie says
How can you choose just one activity? All of these look fantastic! Bubbling Baking Soda and Let the Color Changes Flow activities would be first on my list though. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Joey says
Woohoo!! Science is my FAVORITE actitives to do with the children. This is hard to pick just one but we LOVE to mix anything with vinegar/baking soda to watch the chemical reaction. One fav:
Popcorn Dance
Fill small a glass jar 3/4 full of water. Mix in 2 tablespoons of baking soda and mix well. Add a drop or two of food coloring and 10 to 15 popcorn kernels. Then add a few drops of vinegar. The kernels will start to move in one or two minutes.
Love!!
Sally says
Love to do science projects with my granddaughters. Home made bubbles are always a hit.
Mindy says
We love the bubble and air one. We call it bubble mountain and then use the straw out of the solution after making a big mountain to blow the bubbles “down” and then make another mountain over and over again. It’s actually a fav birthday party activity we do every year that helps the kids calm down when all rev’d (i.e., taking deep breaths idea). Everyone always looks forward to it!
Jan says
The erupting volcano is ALWAYS a hit with my preschoolers!
Katie says
I think my little guy would love the sink or float activity. Anything with water catches his attention!
Elizabeth says
I have tried blowing up the balloons. The kids’ face expressions were priceless. They really enjoyed it and I’m sure we’ll be doing it again just for fun. :)
Amanda says
I’ve been meaning to do the homemade bubbles with the boys since one of them LOVES bubbles. I’ve done the milk/food coloring/soap thing with them. My bowl wasn’t shallow enough though so I want to try again. Thanks for the chance to win!
Maiesha says
Sink or Float is always a favorite with my kids!
Lynn says
My kids love to do volcanoes. Also I love to make my own dish bubbles.
Colleen Schiermeyer says
Go Car Go! – it’s all about anything with wheels with my 2 little boys!
Nicola says
My children and I love making volcanoes, never gets boring :)
Sarah says
We love experimenting with food coloring. We’ve made the rainbow in water bottles with glitter glue, glitter and beads, we like adding color to their baths, and we can’t wait to try the “Let the color changes flow” activity! Thank you!!
Teresa Collett says
I wan to try the let the color changes flow activity next with my kiddos after school starts. Thanks for sharing this giveaway!
Angela Gamez says
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Jen says
Looking forward to trying the incline& cars. My 2 year old loves playing with cars/trucks.
Tara Dubiel says
I am excited to try the sun printing activity with fun boy objects like cars and trains!
colleen says
Love doing baking soda and coloured vinegar. Building the volcano that could go with it from home made play dough is fun too. Can’t wait for milk food colouring and the rainbow effect dishdetgent has on it.
Lisa says
I can’t wait to do the sun printing activity this year. My students always enjoy this activity!
Michele Thorne says
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Yaa says
My son loves building ramps to watch his cars roll down! This book would be great for teaching hands on math and science to my children.
Angela Gamez says
My son who is 2, loves anything that is instant gratification, so he gets excited about explosive experiments like baking soda and vinegar!
Ashley says
Making volcanoes is always fun! Sometimes we mix in colors too! I love doing science experiments that let kids get messy!!
Emily says
I liked doing the baking soda and vinegar volcanoes. That was fun!
Meaghan says
My kids love making baking soda volcanoes
Deb says
So far playing with baking soda and vinegar has been great. Add some colors… I am looking forward to doing the car “races” with them-but I’m going to wait a couple months for winter because we need lots of inside activities then!
Michele Thorne says
I would have to say that baking soda and vinegar volcanoes have always been my favorite experiment to do with my kids. I did it as an entry to a science fair when I was in 6th grade, so it has a special place in my heart =)
Jean says
The children love the Ivory soap experiment…especially when they get a baggie of fluff to smash and then use the powder to wash their hands!
Michele says
As my boys are old now (19 & 24) I am excited to try some of the ideas with the children I volunteer with! :) Thanks for the fun!
Jean says
The children love the Ivory soap experiment….especially when they get a baggie of the fluff and can smush it and then use the powder to was their hands!
Jayme Anderson says
For sure sink or float!!! I have twin boys that are 3 and they love pushing things under water and seeing what happens. Great experiment!
Tara says
We just recently did the vinegar and baking soda balloon experiment with my 3 1/2 year old. She loved it!
Abby says
I love doing sun prints with my son because we get to hunt for interesting shapes in nature first! In the future, I would love to do the vinegar and baking soda volcano.
Lisa Larsen says
I really want to try the blowing up the balloon experiment with my 6 and 8 year olds. We have done some experiments seeing the effects of different acidic liquids on various items, like pennies. I like the visual reaction they can see as the balloon inflates and I can tie that back to how foods react together like in baking.
Pamela Evans says
We love the sink or float experiments. Also the leave a pan of water out in the sun and then discover that the water goes away – where does it go ?
Tammy S. says
I love making homemade bubbles. The kids love it and it something great to do as a family! My husband even enjoys it:)
Rick says
Our favorite lately (with a 4 and 5 year old) is something we replicated at a nearby aviation museum. We point a carpet drying fan vertically and suspend a beach ball above it literally in midair! I frankly have no idea how it works…something to do with low pressure but it is amazing.
Erin K. says
I’ve done the sink and float activity with my two year old son. He really enjoys it and I think he’s grasped that concept pretty good.
Wendy says
We love color mixing with water and food coloring. I think my daughter enjoys using the pipette most of all! We are going to try bubbling baking soda this week. Thank you for all the wonderful science activities!
Jill says
I taught physics years back and I remember how much my students enjoyed the balloon launch experiment so I set one up in our living room and my boys loved it!
Tehila says
I would love to win the book as I’m starting to teach ECE and Preschool this year and I just LOVE hands on experiments. Last year the teachers did the inflation exercise and I love to do guessing games, color blending, water play and bubbles. I love science play and can’t wait to have a science activity for every week! Most of these look like they could be done with items we have around the house so I’ll be playing with my kids for practice!
Kelly Stroess says
Ivory soap in the microwave.
Rick says
We have done the sink float and it is a blast! Then it turns into soap exploration as they “wash the dishes”.
Andrea Ross says
My son is a little young for most science experiments yet, hes not quite 2. But the sensory items we have done with him along with the some of the simple gravity type activitues have been awesome! I can’t wait to watch him grow into some of the activities you have losted above!
Saundra Lee says
Our favorite science experiment is vinegar and water. We add food coloring/dye to the mix to experiment with color mixing too. Children loves this fun experiment, but, I might like it even more.
Cheryl says
My kids had a great time this summer building sand volcanos. They filled them with baking soda and poured vinegar in the volcanos for chained eruptions!
Alisha Parsons says
I can’t wait to try the sink or float experiment with my little boy!
Tammy Westbye says
I love to create hands on, experiments with my class. When youask them open ended questions that peeks their curiousity into exploring , figure out how it works or better yet if it doesn’t quite work out their interest in the Why.
Krista says
My girls loved the walking water experiment.
Cheryl Pease says
We love to make a volcano during letter “V” week. We made a volcano out of clay, painted it and use it every year for our experiment. Baking soda, vinegar and food coloring. The kids absolutely love the reaction with the “lava flowing from the top of the volcano.
Martha Papke says
I can’t wait to try all of these with my 22 month old twin boys. They love cars, so I think we’ll start with the Go, Car, Go! They will just love seeing the cars race down the incline. I would absolutely love this book to help my boys learn, have fun, and stay busy. Thanks!
Ashley Stallings-Small says
I love to do any science experiment that involves matter changing.
Beth says
Our favorite science experiment is taking 4 containers, each with a different color liquid and placing a part of the stem of a flower in each container and watching the petals change colors.
Angie Toledo says
My four year old son and i had a great time experimenting with the ballon blown my baking soda. He was excited (me too) and so much fun! We will definitely try again. :)
Kay says
My daughter Jenny loved the Erupting Volcano experiment! When it erupted, she grinned from ear to ear then belted out a huge laugh! She could not contain her excitement! We now have adopted Science Tuesday into our weekly fun activities!
Rachel says
Such great ideas! My little one will love Go, Car, Go.
Rowena says
We loved blowing up the balloons with vinegar and baking soda!
Angie Toledo says
My four son and old had a great time experimenting with the ballon blown my baking soda. He was excited (me too) and so much fun! We will definitely try again. :)
Amy says
I have a 2 year old and we are looking forward to creating the homemade bubble solution. The fact that he loves straws will probably make doing the experiment on air blowing just hilarious and a lot of fun.
Jeana says
We’ve tried the cornstarch and water goop and really enjoyed it. We want to try the color change flow!! We love the fun ideas.
Nicole Mendez says
My boys love science we have tried a lot of these already. Their favorite was the bubbling baking soda! They wanted to do it again and again!
Heather Irwin says
I love using cooking to teach math. My seven year old loves to be in the kitchen and I use recipes to teach him how to add, subtract, and even multiply. He now can multiply 4 and 2. It’s a fun way that he can learn without knowing that he is doing math.
Jessica R says
My daughter loves racecars (vroom vroom she says!) and do the “Go Car Go!” activity all over the house!
Ruth Ruley says
My granddaughter is 4 and I would love to start out her love of science with the Ivory soap in the microwave. I think that would instill a love of science for her
Carrie Marshall says
My group of kids love how plants grow and also the whole vinager and baking soda experiment.
Ruth Ruley says
My granddaughter is 4 and I would love to start out her love of science with the Ivory soap in the microwave. I think she would love it, and it would give her a great start on her love of science.
Jodie Hilburn says
The guesstimation or estimation counting activity is one of my all time favorites! It is so amazing to hear the different responses and see how the response matches the developmental level of the child.
Justina says
I did color mixing with my boys this week and loved it. We put two primary color paints in a ziploc bag then squished them together to see what color it created. Then we used our results for finger painting!
Judi says
My favorite science experiment relates to how plants/flowers get nutrients.
To complete the experiment you put WHITE carnations in vases of different color food coloring mixed with water.
As the carnation “drinks” the liquid, the flower changes colors to match the color of the liquid absorbed.
Jeanette Keath says
I don’t really have a favorite because I’m terrible at science! Ugh! Every year on my self -evaluation, I write, ” need improvement in Science. ” These projects look fun and easy for preschoolers! Yea!
Katie Biebighauser says
I love to do sink or float work with my toddler. He loves anything to do with water or transportation! That’s also why I’m excited about doing the race car activity with him too :)
Gladys says
Volcano eruption looks fun!
Santel says
My 3 year old son love to make his own magnet, with a paperclip, play dough and another magnet. Super awesome!
Elizabeth says
For the book giveaway… My favorite science units to do with my young students are a water unit, looking at water flow. Looking at your selections from above, I find the color mixing one unique and would definitely want to try that along with the sun block printing experiment.
Abby says
I can’t wait to try Fluffed Up Soap. My 5yo will love watching that.
Christina says
I haven’t tried any experiments with my kids yet! But after seeing some of them listed here, I’m excited to try. The first on the list will be “sink or float”. My guys are still little, but would very much enjoy the water play. It’s also a great opportunity to expand vocabulary. Taking turns is always a tough one, but another opportunity for learning :)
Annick Ranger says
While walking the neighbourhood with my 3 year old, playing a game of recognizing numbers on the doors as we were waking by and learning the order in which to read them.
Hearing his exclamation upon seeing the first 3 digit number : “wow, that’s a big number!”
Kristen says
My son is almost 2 and very curious. Ive always loved science and cant wait to share it with him! As a kid I loved the cornstarch and water liquid/solid experiment. Would love this book. Thanks for the giveaway!
Christina says
The baking-soda experiment looks very cool. Can’t wait to try it with my 3 yr old.
Julie McGuire says
We love making lava lamps!
jasmin blake says
plan on doing the bubbling baking soda this weekend.. looks like funs
Dana says
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Rachel says
The vinegar and baking soda to blow up the balloon.
Meg says
Our favorite experiments so far have been mixing baking soda and vinegar on the (cold) oven door (and cleaning it in the process) and the Ice and Oil experiment from Familylicious (http://familylicious.com/ice-and-oil-fun-preschool-science/). A lot of these look like fun, especially the color mixing and the sun-sensitive paper and are on our science bucket list!
Swati says
We are experimenting with blowing air and making bubbles in water with my 2 yr old. He thoroughly enjoys the forming and bursting of the bubbles.
sarah says
Floats vs. Doesn’t float in the sink
Jessica says
As an expansion of a sink or float experiment, we added salt to a tall glass and found things that would float in the salt water and not the fresh water. My three year old loved it because we related it to the ocean and sharks!
Megan says
I think my son would love the baking soda/vinegar blow up balloon one! Neat idea. We may have to try that one soon. :)
Rachel says
Magic milk and the bubbling baking soda!! Actually I can’t wait to try them all-my girls LOVE science experiments!!
Cindy Higgins says
my kiddos love the baking soda & vinegar experiment – sometimes we’ll add dishwashing soap to the mix to make the foam last longer!
Susan B says
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Kelly says
My 5 year old LOVES Sink or Float. She loves to try out different objects and see if her predictions are right or not.
cheryl Frankowski says
We do whole science (and math, and literacy) unit on the life cycle of monarch butterflies. I generally goes on for about 6-8 weeks. Fascinating study with tons of learning opportunities!
Dana says
We are going to try the sun prints! Living in sunny Florida, this would be perfect! I like the idea of laminating the prints for other activities (matching, puzzles).
Vanessa L says
Would love to do the color change flow with my boys
Susan B says
My preschool class has “adopted” a huge old tree outside our window. The tree blocks experiment sounds like a great one to add to our tree activities!
Amit says
I like the content and photos put up here. Sounds interesting.
Eli says
Some one gave me some sun-senstive paper so we are going to try out making sun prints. I love projects where I can mix science and art.
Roxie S says
We still love baking soda and vinegar here, especially when my guy integrates hotwheels into the mix!
Renee says
I’ve done a bunch of these science experiments! I’m always looking for new fun ways for my girls to learn about science (since it was my worst subject in school)! I can’t wait to try the bubbling baking soda and the creative printing with sunlight.
Thanks so much for another awesome post!
Annalisse says
We loved watching the seed grow. My little girl loves coming back throughout the day and week to gasp periodically, even if nothing noticeable had changed (I think she genuinely enjoys gasping, haha). It also helped show what was going on under the soil in the garden in a way that she could actually see.
Brianna says
I can’t wait to try the balloon with vinegar & baking soda. My son loves balloons (we have only done water balloons) and this will be both fun and educational!
Krista says
My 4 year old really enjoyed the classic sink or float game. We played it outside, and he kept looking for more things to test.
Andrés Cañas says
Did the baking soda balloons- did it for the science fair. It was fun to let the ballon go after it inflated, plus it was another opportunity to talk about physics.
Wil do the colour mixing next.
thanks!
Dora says
My son is still young but he loves banging different objects in the floor so i have a few homemade shakers filled with different materials to produce different sounds. We also like sink and float objects in the bath tub!
Trish says
We love making Oobleck & volcanos at our house!
Maggie says
My favorite science project with my daughter is “planting” a bean seed in a ziplock bag, taping it to our sliding glass door and watching it grow! She loves learning the different stages of a seed to a plant!
Molly says
I love doing a Sink and Float Unit. I can’t wait to try the traveling color experiment!
Lori says
Homemade slime is the big favorite here.
Tiffany H. says
Inflating a balloon with baking soda and vinegar is one of my favorites. My 4 year old loves it!
Christine says
We love the make your own bubbles experiment in our house. However, we add two different colors of food coloring to our water and guess what color the water will turn for added fun!! My daughters favorite is red and blue since she LOVES purple!! Can’t wait to see the other activities in the book!
Sandy Elmore says
The bubble play is awesome and the kids just love it!
Kassady says
My little ones love any experiment involving water, bubbles or sand. They love when we make our own kinetic sand, that’s definitely one of our favorites. I can’t wait to try Bubbling Baking Soda and making our own homemade bubble solution, I know they’ll get a kick out of those.
Just from the experiments listed above, this looks like a fun book. If we don’t win a copy, I will certainly be buying one.
Shoshie says
My kids could not get over how cool the shake and Freeze Homemade Ice cream was.
Judy Potwora says
These excerpts look amazing. I have 3 grandkids who pretty much watch TV, play video games, and play outside. I like to do interesting things with them. I saved my son’s electricity experiment to show them. My grandson (4) loves balloons so the experiment to blow balloons up with the reaction of vinegar and baking soda would be a great one for him. I would love to get a book to find out other interesting things to do with the kids.
Jen says
We LOVE bubbles here!
Laura Rollins says
I’m homeschooling my four kiddos and any hands on activities are always a hit!
Laura R says
I would love to make those giant bubbles that you can put over kids. I think my kids would get such a kick out of it.
Audrey says
The balloons and baking soda! My kids would love it.
Katie K says
The GO Car Go Ramp activity. My son loves cars so it was fun to add some learning to his imaginative play.
Casey Haywood says
I work for an after school program for at-risk youth called After-School All-Stars. Each year we try to incorporate more and more STEM activities. Last year we had a whole 8 week session called Wacky Science for our 3rd graders. They LOVE anything with baking soda and vinegar : )
Bee says
I love to make play dough with my son. We also like to combine oil and blue-colored water to make an “ocean” and show that oil and water do not mix (creates a wave when you tip the bottle).
Tabitha says
Our favorite ome we have done lately is the baking soda and vinager in bottles!
Ibet Allan says
My boys like playing with magnets – they like to test what objects would “stick” to it and which won’t. We have now collected a container with various magnets and sometimes we take it out to explore.
Balloon rockets on a string most certainly appeals to the testosterone filled little boys too – fast and furious!
Jennifer Alvarado says
We have done the incline with cars before and they just loved it (ages 4 and 2). I want to try the color change flow one soon with them.
Mellisa Blankenship says
I am a big supporter of using familiar items found around the house for science exploration! Simple things like cardboard, twinkle lights and an old plastic bin can make for a day full of fun! I let my preschooler take a large cardboard box (big enough for him to sit in) and draw out where he’d like his constellations to be. Then I punch holes in the cardboard following his pattern. He helps me push the twinkle lights through the holes, once we’re finished we have our very own twinkle light fort. We can gaze up at the starlit sky above! Twinkle lights are also great inside a clear plastic container, the kind you would use for under the bed storage. Pile the lights in the bin and snap on the lid. Just drill a hole in one side to allow the cord to poke through so that you can plug it in. Now you have a very cool light box that you can play with at home!
Jennifer Nixon says
I remember doing sink and float science when I was a little girl! Those were some of my favorite science lessons in school. I love doing sink and float experiments with my kiddos. Especially when my girls ( 2 and 3 & 1/2 ) want to do it while taking their bubble baths. The bubbles just add to their excitement! I have bookmarked this article for future reference and I’m SO glad I get your emails now!!
Krystal h says
The kids and I love making baking soda and vinegar volcanoes!
Tricia says
Can’t wait to try the creative prints with sunlight!!!
Isabel de la Riva says
My 3 year old twin boys love playing “sink or swim” with different objects on a simple water table. We have a chart that they keep circling which items may sink and which will float and they end up giggling each time they are right. :)
Theresa says
My son loves the Go Cars, Go, with inclined planes. He’s a car nut, so anything with them gets immediate buy-in. Good news for me!
Jessie says
We like melting ice with slat, making play-dough and doing the milk , food coloring and soap experiment.
Matt says
My son loves the sink/float activity, though I think most of it may have to do with tossing stuff in the water moreso than what they actually do :)
Annie says
My boys are 6, 3.5, and 2, with a newborn since three weeks ago! They’re on the young side so I haven’t explored too many science projects with them yet, but they all liked blowing up balloons and letting them fly.
Sheila Jerzak says
My kids love doing experiments and our nanny is constantly looking for new ideas. I am going to plan on doing the Bubbling Baking Soda this weekend.
Jessica says
My boys would love making a volcano!
Adrienne says
My toddlers really enjoyed the sink and float, we used the activity during our science /discovery theme. I’m incorporating your Hands On in my Lesson Plan Themes.
Ramona says
Yesterday my kids discovered film canister rockets, so those are currently the favorite. My oldest assigned jobs to his little sibs, so one fills the canisters with water, one opens the alka seltzer packets, one wraps the toilet paper, and they must have set off 20 yesterday! I think we need to do the balloons next. THanks for the chance to win!
Echryss says
I have a 2year old boy and anything to do with cars is his favorite activity. Or anything messy. I have been wanting to try the balloon experiment with baking soda and vinegar. I keep forgetting where I hid the leftover balloons from his birthday party! Love this site! There are so many fun activities to do. Thanks for all of our fun!!!
Jolene says
We are all about the volcanic activity!
Loree Smith says
I love sink or float with kinders and the color change experiments.
Reyna says
I have two toddlers and their favorite thing to do is mix colors. We often mix paint while finger painting or use different colors in ziploc bags.
Amanda Berg says
I love doing the balloon on the water bottle experiment- so fun to see the kids’ reaction to the balloon inflating.
Always love making the 2 liter bottle tornado as well. Students love to make the tornado go.
Once it’s made, they can have fun with it any time!
Carissa says
Instead of vinegar, we mix Koolaid with baking soda, then drip water in to make fizzy eruptions. Smells better, many colors, and turns into oobleck for a second experiment if you get the soda to water ratio right.
Sandi says
My K’s love to stack the tree trunk slices but were wowed by using magnifying glasses and doing rubbings. So much to do and so natural too.
Rose Willard says
My boys always ask for the baking soda & vinegar experiments, and blowing bubbles with a straw in a bowl of water & dish soap!
Danene says
We loved the color change experiment!
Chelsea says
My boys love the sink or float. I’m always finding random items and toys in the pool.
Denise says
I have used magnets with my kids to do science experiments – a fun activity for children and adults!
Marg says
I luv making bubbles with my twin grandsons & would like to learn more science experiments with them?
Aissa Mitton says
We love the volcano exploding experiment. We do it all the time when I’m out of cleaning spray because I recycle the vinegar baking soda residue and make my own cleaning spray. Just because I’m cheap like that. Lol. But I am excited to try out the ivory soap experiment. I’m sure my kids would enjoy that too.
MAGGIE says
We are doing sun prints today and I can’t wait to do the color flow experiment!!
Brooke T says
I liked one where we mixed baking soda and carbonated beverage to make it explode. My son loved it.
Rhea says
We love rolling different types of balls on different surfaces. (Friction)
Monica Benger says
My daughter is still pretty young but we love to play with bubbles and count different objects, like beads and toys.
Patty says
My grandson and I LOVE the sink or float experiment and the Go, Car, Go!! We look all over the house preparing for the fun we will have when play scientist!
kerrie says
Our fav experiments are colour changing flowers or celery, expanding foam, colour coffee filters to name a few x
Amanda says
And here is my tweet. https://twitter.com/AmandaJones0310/status/626414518302683137
Jennifer Alexander says
Scientific thinking enables children to gain an understanding of the world in which they
live. Encourage them to ask questions and use simple tools as they make comparisons.
As we respond to youngsters, answer their questions, and show examples, we can help
develop their ability to draw conclusions from observations.
I love that this book/author recognizes the importance of sciences in our daily lives. It is crucial for children to be exposed to science and math. It helps them to grow and learn on many different levels.
Thanks!!
Tami says
My boys love putting together rockets to see how they work! They love the science behind the fact you can make something go shooting up in the air :)
Jessica hoover says
My almost 4 yr old loves playing with ninegar,baking soda,and colored water. I set up serving platter with the ingredients and small bowls and let her have at it. Lots of fun!
Amanda says
We love doing baking soda paint at our house. My toddler LOVES to watch it fizz.
Danielle Royalegacy says
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Danielle Royalegacy says
Our favorite experiment was watching a seed grow in a glass jar.
Kathy Hoffer says
I can still remember making homemade ice cream with my mom in our kitchen as a kid! This will always be one of my favorite science experiments and desserts! ;)
sandra says
I like the Shake and Freeze: Homemade Ice Cream activity
janetfaye says
Shake and Freeze: Homemade Ice Cream is my favorite experiment.
Tammy H says
My grandkids love making play dough right now
Nikki Burken says
Right now we are learning about air and bubbles.. going to have to try the filling the bowl with bubbles trick!!
Ian Bunker says
The Disappearing Color Wheel is fun from start to finish.
Koa says
For my son’s 5th grade science fair project we did a project based on bloodstain patterns. We analyzed how the fake blood splattered on different surfaces, in motion and not, and from differing heights. His teacher loved it and kept it for future classes to see. My degree is in forensics and the lab manufactured blood was left over from labs I had I school so reacts exactly as real blood would. He had fun and learned a lot.
Maureen says
I home educate my three children ages 7, 8 and 10. Our favorite science experiment so far was powering a toy car using baking soda and vinegar and making homemade “slime”. Thanks for the review post….I love to discover new resources for our upcoming year.
Amber House says
This is entering for the book giveaway.
Before I knew about STEM, we (kids and I) made our own bubble solution. They loved it and could wait to blow gazillions of bubbles in the bathtub each nite.
We have also repurposed crayons. We peeled the labels off the old crayons that were small and rarely used. We put the in a mold that was sprayed with Pam. Then as we watched them melt into new shapes and colors in the oven it gave us a great opportunity to talk about different types of matter (solids, liquids and solids) that the crayons we’re going through even as they cooked. Now, we have new crayons that are multi colored and even taught the kids about mixing colors each time they use them. ?
Leela says
Go, Car, Go! Simple Machines and Inclined Planes.
Lynda says
I enjoy doing the Sink and Float activity with my two year olds. I incorporate this into different themes throughout the year and use different materials.
Lynne says
I love doing the ivory soap experiment.
Mollie says
We LOVE the volcano explosion :)
Lauren says
Baking soda and vinegar volacno!
Sonya Tebo says
Our family did the bubbling baking soda together. It doesn’t matter how old you are. These experiments are so much fun. The learning just happens. We have a 9 and 12 year old. They are still fascinated by this stuff. We are too :) Then we made all kinds of shapes out of the balloons while they were still attached to the top of the bottles. And then we tried making noises when taking the balloons off the bottles. The fun kept going. Of course, we did talk about solids, liquids and gases and how it worked while we were doing it. The boys tied it back into what they had learned it school and added some of their own thoughts.
brittani adams says
I tweeted my response!
https://twitter.com/britkarma/status/625068518841651200
brittani adams says
We once did an experiment with food coloring and salt, it was fun!
eguiver yol says
The volcano eruption experiment is the favorite
Maja says
My daughter loves blowing up balloons with baking soda and vinegar. We’d love to explore some more experiments.
Kate Walker says
My 3 year old daughter loves adding and subtracting cheese fishes. So do I , Yummy! Our favorite one so far though is filling colored vinegar in suringes and squirting baking soda on a baking sheet. We also love blowing colored bubbles! Great ideas! Thank you
Katherine says
It’s hard to pick a favorite science activity. We’ve done lots with baking soda and vinegar, sink and float, how fresh are the eggs… My kids call them “experience” instead of experiments. “We would like to do an experience today, Mom.”
Andrea Colbeth says
Im going to try the blow up balloon and erupting volcano with the kids! Would love to have the book for more inspiration!
Liza Vladyka says
i loved making a volcano and seeing it really erupt
Daniell G says
Blowing up balloons with vinegar and baking soda was great fun!
Shay Vogg says
My toddler loved the ivory soap in the microwave and we painted on black construction paper afterwards! I am going to make the bubble solution, mixing colors, and blow up the balloons this week! Thanks I needed some new activities to do. My little girl, almost 4, loves science and I struggle to find things she can do and understand. Thanks!
Gina Sandoval says
My son loves all science projects and activities!
Bonnie says
We love to do science activities, especially anything that involves water! Our all-time favorite is making baking soda/vinegar volcanoes.
Jenn H says
Im a fiber artist and my kids are around my dyes a lot so the color change activity appeals to me and i bet they’d love it too! i cant wait to get my hands on that book! it would be a great homeschooling resource!
Michelle says
We love the bubble experiments! They love trying to see who can get the biggest bubbles. Our favorite math activity is playing with a deck of cards, we play math match for my older son and memory match with matching numbers for my younger son.
Ashley Erikson says
We love making soda explosion! We have learned that regular coca cola makes the highest soda stream compared to diet soda and sprite. We constructed a plastic tube with a pull out bottom so we pour in the mentos, pull the string and run! So much fun!
Laurie Montang says
I am going to make the “prints with sunlight” using the dinosaur “models” we have been studying. This summer we have been practicing being scientists, studying dinosaurs (a favorite of the kids), stars, rocks and water to name a few.
jenna tomaszewski says
I want to try the fluffed up soap activity.
Jen says
My son absolutely LOVES doing hands-on science and math experiments! We have done quite a few on this list together, however; he can never seem to get enough of the Erupting Volcano! Its so fun! The last time we did it, we build the volcano at the beach and added lava red food coloring too! Needless to say, our sandcastle with an Erupting Volcano was a hit with ALL the children on the beach that day…we definitely drew a crowd over :)
Molly says
Our favorite science experiment this summer is making a baking soda, vinegar, & water volcano in the sandbox! My three year old never tires of this!
Ibet Allan says
When my boys were young they loved playing the “float/sink” game – they even tried to make items sink by placing heavy items on top of lighter ones. Now that they are older the volcano experiment is their favorite!
Brigitte Vercoutere says
My favorite science activity to do with preschoolers is liquid, solid, gas. You take an aquarium 5 or 10 gallon and fill it about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way. Add a little bit of Dawn dish soap. Then, using tongs, place a small block of dry ice into the tank. The children can see the dry ice turning into gas which in turn makes the dish soap in the aquarium bubble! :)
Elizabeth says
Our favorite recent experiment was using pH paper to test every liquid we could find in the house. :) We also love playing with Oobleck!
Stephenia Bowman says
Just tweeted – @Steph112255
Stephenia Bowman says
I don’t have a favorite yet, but will be trying out the Go, Car, Go! Simple Machines & Inclined Planes today with my Grandkids. They love science projects and are very disappointed on the days that I don’t have something planned. I am happy to have found you guys through Hands on as we grow.
Beth C says
Does observation count as an activity? We had an amazing time watching ants carry off sprinkles (it looked like the dinosaur-shaped sprinkles were walking away on their own and disappearing into the crack on our porch!) and clean up an ice cream spill. We play “What do you see?” on our walks and in the car, which is often the best way to divert a gathering tantrum. My son (2 1/2) often initiates this game. We also observe what we hear and sometimes what we smell. He loves learning the special names for different flowers, animals, and all manner of things, and I love sharing them with him!
Jo says
We loved the car ramp experiment and we are going to sort branches today!
Ann says
We like making parachutes out of coffee filters and manipulating what types of things are on the bottom of the parachute to make the parachute either drop more quickly (over the stair railing) or rise more quickly (in a wind tunnel at the Children’s Museum).
Shan says
I really enjoy the bubbles and so do the kids! I’ve got a 4, a excitable 2, and a 6month old. The books seems to have a lot of different ideas that would work great for my age ranges! Too cool!
Karen Schiller says
My kids love to stir, so their favorite “game” is to play, “does it dissolve?”from all of our pantry goods.
Lori Tyler says
We loved making crystals. Very easy and fun .
teagirl says
My 2yo loves cars, so I made her a giant parking lot with coloured spaces and we sort her (many!) cars by colour, then count them and figure out which colours have the most cars. It’s also fun for cars with multiple colours, to decide which colour covers “most” of the car, and realizing some cars fit equally into two categories. She would love the ramp / distance activity so we’ll try that someday soon!
Stephanie says
My kids love anything that involves mixing baking soda and vinegar! A new favorite is whipping a squirt of dish soap with a cup of water in my mixer and watching the bubbly foam form. Then they MUST play in it!
Barnold says
My son loved the baking soda and vinegar volcano.
Jamie says
To prepare for garden work and learning colors we experimented with celery in a variety of colored waters. My little one loved mixing the colors and she was so patient waiting to see what the results were. Also, at 2.5 she loves saying hypothesis! I am excited to do more bubble activities as blowing is one of the skills she has been working on to prepare for our swim lessons this summer. Since I will be teaching her to swim we can also incorporate the sink or float into our lesson days. Learning through play is really the only way! She is floating in the tub all on her own and it will be fun for her to compare and guess what will float better or worse than her and why. Thanks for this chance to win a great tool! -jamie
Antenniell says
My 2 year old daughter’s favorite experiment is making “Princess Jewels” (what everyone else calls rock candy). She loves checking on it everyday and thinks the “jewels” are the “booteafullyest” things she’s ever seen.
Stacie says
We love doing the experiments with baking soda and vinegar like the balloon one. I haven’t tried doing it as a volcano with her yet, so I can’t wait to try it!
Ashley says
My son loved to make volcanoes! We went through a lot of vinegar that day!
Brooklyn says
Our favorite science experiment is kool aid, baking soda, and water. Can’t wait to try some of these activities though!
Dana says
I’m still on summer break so I haven’t tried any of the activities yet. However, I think my students would especially love the activities in Chapter 3! I love that these are hands-on activities for younger children.
Sarah Robinson says
My kids are young so we did sink and float, which was basically an excuse to play in the water.
zj cai says
I always like sink and float experience, do it for every season… It is always fun.
Dora says
We like to make our own percussion instruments with glasses filled with different levels of water, different materials of boxes and containers, as well as empty tin cans etc.
Definitely looking forward to making s volcano with my little one when he’s a bit older.
Heather says
My kids love anything that involves goo and explosions.
Volcanos are my favorite.
Grace says
My boys love water balloons so to make the sensory play a bit more educational, I wrote the alphabet out with sidewalk chalk and then they had to find a certain letter to pop their balloon on (it also gave me a bit more time for filling balloons; BONUS!) I’m looking forward to trying the volcano with them soon. Thanks for all the great ideas!!
Stormy says
We love to do sink or float activities in the water table, but my three year old’s favorite activity is “will it stick” with magnets around the house!
Latoya says
I love doing sink and float activities with my daughter- it never gets old. She can almost guess the right answer for every object. I say that’s a win/win experiment. Thank you for all the brilliant and fun ideas!
Rowena says
We loved the blowing up a balloon!
What a great giveaway! Thanks
Debbie says
We have done the color mixing, and will be trying the car ramp next!
Nancy says
We do sink and float activities in her water table.
Nicole says
We like to make slime.
Christine says
We did “sink or float” with everything from Pom poms to pennies. Even my 2 1/2 yr old had a blast and wants to repeat it at least once a week! This book sounds cool. Thanks
Sara says
Our kids love making volcanoes!
Summer says
Blowing bubbles in the bubble solution is fun! Just don’t sip! These are great by the way. I’m going to share with my sons preschool teacher. :)
Shel says
My favorite science demo is probably bottles filled with oil and water with food coloring. This post reminded me to get out the vinegar and baking soda and all the activities that can go with those ingredients!
stephenie says
The volcano is definitely my favorite idea. I can’t wair to try it out and hear my little girls excited “ooh”.
David says
My daughter and I grow strawberries and tomatoes in the back garden, and each season we have three different tubs for each, all with different levels of sunlight, water, fertiliser and regular hands-on attention. We keep a journal to track which set of conditions work best, and then tweak them next season. It makes gardening even more fun and the resulting food taste even better!
Shareen Mioskowski says
My daughter and I have done the Rainbow milk explosion, long story short the milk fat content reacts with food coloring and Dish soap creating a explosion of color.
Allie says
I like making volcanos
Joni says
We just did the ramp/car experiment this week (and measured the distance with my older kiddo.) Our all time favorite science experiment is liquid and solid play with Oobleck!
Tarah says
https://twitter.com/Thall421/status/622404146843398145
Tarah says
We made oobleck at the end of a Dr. Seuss author study and explored different states of matter in my kindergarten class!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Oobleck/
odessa frey says
https://twitter.com/bocomomma/status/622296662807973889
odessa frey says
We grew crystals, the kids loved it!
Mari Hubert says
My class always LOVE the baking soda and vinegar exploding volcanoes (or in pumpkins in the fall). Their second favorite is the bubble solution~did you know you can drive a matchbox car right through a bubble if the car is wet?!
Tarah says
That is awesome! I’ll need to give it a try!
Amanda says
Make cornstarch goo. Is it a solid or liquid with water mixed with cornstarch
Lori says
Sink or Float is one of our all-time favorites!
Emma says
I love the sink or float experiments – simple to do but endless things to test!
Marilyn Nawara says
For the 4th of July we built some simple rockets and had a lot of fun blasting them off.
Kim says
These are so fun!!!
I sprousde by the science ideas a couple of times but thought ‘neah he’s to young he won’t like it’. Now that I have read them and I see that we had done the recommended sink and float on our own. And he loved it he played for hours and I made a chart with drawing of the items so he could stripe them sinker or floater and he loved that too, I think it made him feel like a grown up.
So I will try the others.
Great site you have going here!
PS. A shame I can’t get the book since I live outside the USA, would of loved it.
No tweet but did share on my FB.
Simona says
We love the lava lamps
Jonnie says
We had lots of fun building boats from household products and seeing how much weight they would hold
Kristin Gideon says
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/smurfy29/status/621490337173798913
Kristin Gideon says
My boys definitely love anything involving baking soda and vinegar! Some favorites have been exploding ornaments at Christmas time and fizzy drops with droppers. This book looks wonderful, thanks for the opportunity!
janetfaye says
Shake and Freeze: Homemade Ice Cream is my favorite.
Natalie says
We raised butterflies
Audra w says
I love making slime with glue water and borax
Melissa B. says
I liked making baking soda volcanoes with my kids.
Danielle Buckley says
We love baking soda and vinegar eruptions! https://twitter.com/MomInspiredLife/status/621394514456895488
Kaila says
I love simple fingerplays for math!