We love it when an activity can combine both art and science. This simple coffee filter activity was a hit with R (age 3) and required very little set up. It is low on mess too!
Education
A New Visual Way for Kids to Learn to Tell Time with Madame Irma
It can be really hard for young children to grasp the concept of time. “In 5 minutes” doesn’t always mean a lot to them, which can lead to frustration for both parent and child. And even when they do understand time, reading the time on a watch face can sometimes take a while for a child to master too.
I was really interested to hear about a new type of watch from Madame Irma, that aims to solve these problems and make understanding time easier for young children, and luckily we were sent one of these watches for R to try out and see what he made of it.
Textured Names : Fun Name Recognition Craft
We’re happy to be joining in with the name recognition and writing series hosted by Preschool Powol Packets. Learning to recognise and write their names is an important milestone for children getting ready to start school, and for those can already read and write their names – using their names in crafts and activities is still a lot of fun, and helps them feel proud and connected to their work since it is personalised to them!
We decided to make some textured names using double sided tape and lots of fun materials. This activity was enjoyed by all of my kids (ages 3-6).
Egg Carton Toothbrush Painting to Help Kids Learn About Oral Health
Teaching kids to take care of their teeth is an important life lesson. The habits they start now will continue with them for life. This important right from when they start to get their first baby teeth, but now that my eldest has just got his first permanent tooth I’ve been emphasising even more – these teeth are the only ones that you’re going to get. It is so important to brush and clean them well and take the best care of them.
Last year I shared some fun ways to motivate children to clean their teeth. I was inspired by these to make a fun toothbrush painting activity so today I’m going to share another simple activity that my children enjoyed as a fun reminder of the importance of brushing teeth.
E is for Elephant Plastic Egg Craft
Today I’m welcoming a friend on to the blog to share her E is for Elephant plastic egg craft to help children learn the short E sound. Over to Meeghan..
If you have ever been to my blog, Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading, you would know that I teach children to read through youtube videos and free worksheets. So, when I do crafts or recipes, I usually try to sneak in some sort of learning. I try to make it so that the children do not even know they are learning. Today I have an activity to teach the short e sound.
Sing, Play and Tell Time with a Clock
Learning about time with toddlers and preschoolers might sound a bit challenging. Well, it’s hard even for a grade school kid! So many things related to time are there to understand and master: seconds, minutes, hours, days, the days of a week, months, future, past, present, etc. And all of these terms are connected with something that sounds so simple: time.
Egg Science Experiments
The Royal Institution of Great Britain has been running a new web series of ExpeRimental, which supports and empowers parents and families to do easy and fun science activities at home as often as they would arts and crafts or cooking. There is a great selection of Science activities (complete with videos and print outs) available on the ExperRimental website – with season 1 focusing on Physics and season 2 focusing on Chemistry.
Since Easter is on it’s way, it seemed timely for me to share one of ExperRimental’s fun egg science experiments with you. This simple experiment is sometimes known as the naked egg experiment, or how to make a bouncy egg.
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Making a Lemon Clock
Making a lemon clock is a simple but really cool science experiment for kids to try at home. We have been having fun with lots of STEM activities to get ready for the #NickJrBlaze twitter party and this lemon clock experiment was a hit with the boys.
Big Hero 6 Science Experiment : Baymax Rocket Fist
One of the things we loved about Big Hero 6 is how the gang of heroes are all scientists, and rather than using guns they use science to create their super powers and fight their battles. All of the wonderful science projects they use in their lab remind children just how cool science can be.
If your children feel a renewed interest in science after watching the movie, why not grab that chance and fuel their interest with some simple science experiments that you can do at home. I’ll be sharing a few fun Big Hero 6 inspired science activities that were provided to me by Disney, I hope you enjoy them.
The first activity that I’m sharing today is Baymax’s rocket fist – a simple balloon rocket activity.
Alphablocks Giant Floor Puzzle
I love Alphablocks for encouraging phonics learning with my children. They’re familiar with the show from watching CBeebies so seeing the characters on a puzzle immediately appealed to them.
If you’re not familiar with the Alphablocks, they are a set of 26 characters – one per letter of the alphabet, each taking on their own personality. For example T is often tutting and making the sound t, t, t.. and also likes to drink tea. These personalities help children to associate the letter sounds with each letter.
