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Toddler Science: It’s Never too Early to Start Exploring!
It could be argued that toddlers are almost always doing science…listening to sounds as they bang two blocks together, playing in the sink as they “wash their hands,” exploring the textures of food...
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Wrapping Paper Tubes Make Great Ramps!
With the holiday season upon us, it is the perfect time to collect empty gift wrapping tubes to use at home or in the classroom. Have you ever put your ear up to one? The tubes are great for exploring...
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Building with Gum Drops
Want to try an unconventional building material for play? Gum drops, marshmallows, thin pretzel sticks, spaghetti and straws are all great building materials that challenge children to try making...
View ArticleEasy Homemade Play Dough
What you need: •1 cup flour •½ cup salt •1 cup water •1 tablespoon cooking oil •food coloring or tempera Optional: 1 tablespoon cream of tartar or alum (Cream of tartar gives the play dough a silky...
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Ice Explorations
Ice explorations are wonderful science experiments for children. Watching something change through freezing and thawing, adding salt to alter the way it melts, and dripping colored water on it to see...
View ArticleFrost Paint
Want to add a little science to your art? Try making Frost Paint! The recipe is simple –water and Epsom salt- but the result is amazing. Crystals will form right before your eyes! Add ½ cup Epsom Salt...
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Ready…Set…Science!!!
Check out this newsletter from The Louisville Science Center on fun science activities to do together! Early Childhood Newsletter 3
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Water Drops on Wax Paper
As with most quality science experiences, the materials are simple (water, wax paper, toothpicks and food coloring), but the science learning is complex. Look at the concentration on this child’s...
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Investigating Bubbles
Who doesn’t love bubbles, little orbs floating in the air, colors swirling on their surfaces, the fleeting moments you have to watch them before they pop into thin air? Not only are bubbles fun, they...
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