Every kid loves to play with baking soda and vinegar. The bubbly reaction is timeless and a fun way to introduce kitchen chemistry. Turn classic baking soda and vinegar play into a cool summer science activity with frozen vinegar! Frozen Vinegar – Cool Summer Science Activity Aiden loved the frozen vinegar hearts we made for [...]
Learn about weather with some activities that make science at home fun. Clouds are interesting and mysterious to kids. What are they made of? How do they form? Make a cloud in a jar to show the process. Make a Cloud in a Jar Materials: glass jar lid to the glass jar or small bowl/plate [...]
Leo Lionni is our featured author for the Virtual Book Club for Kids this month. We were partial to three of his stories (read more about them through my Amazon affiliate links): Inch by Inch, A Color of His Own, and Little Blue and Little Yellow. Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Inch by Inch is a fun [...]
Welcome to the The Sunday Showcase - WHERE YOUR CHILD CENTERED IDEAS are the STARS of the show! The Sunday Showcase is hosted on the following blogs: Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Here Come the Girls Inspiration Laboratories The Iowa Farmer’s Wife Train Up a Child We each feature different posts that have linked up, so be sure to check [...]
I feel like we’ve had an extra long winter this year. Spring is finally here – flowers are all around us and the weather is warm. What better time to head outside and explore? We brought some flowers inside and created some flower print art. Flower Print Art Materials: flowers white paper hammer/mallet {we used [...]
Recycled container gardening is a fun a way to get kids involved and is a great way to reuse and upcycle containers you would otherwise be recycling. Here are several ideas for reusing different containers from around the house. Recycled Container Gardening with Kids Chris from Thinly Spread is over at Red Ted Art talking [...]
Rather than buy garden containers for our small plants, we chose to make a milk jug planter. I’ve been collecting milk jugs {and milk caps} for a while now knowing we would eventually find a use for them. The milk jug planters were perfect for our strawberry and pepper plants. Make a Milk Jug Planter Making [...]
Welcome to the The Sunday Showcase - WHERE YOUR CHILD CENTERED IDEAS are the STARS of the show! The Sunday Showcase is hosted on the following blogs: Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Here Come the Girls Inspiration Laboratories The Iowa Farmer’s Wife Train Up a Child We each feature different posts that have linked up, so be sure to check [...]
Welcome back to Challenge and Discover – our monthly science challenge link up co-hosted with with Science Sparks and The Imagination Tree. Thanks so much to everyone that linked up to last month’s bridge building challenge. This month’s challenge is kitchen chemistry. We are challenging you to get in the kitchen and do some science with your kids. We will give [...]
I am really enjoying our Science at Home video series. I hope you are, too. This week, we’re focusing on kitchen chemistry – simple science ideas you can do with ingredients from your kitchen. Science at Home: Kitchen Chemistry Watch the video and see our examples of science in the kitchen. 1) I talked [...]
