science experiments and activities for children
This post has a free sequencing cutting strips printable PDF for Pre-K and up, as well as the day 3 prize entry for the Blogiversary. Today’s prize is a kit to create a hummingbird “house” and informational DVD about the lives of hummingbirds. I purchased this prize myself and am
Weather calendars through June 2020 for students are now available in our premium eMember area, on the math page. The calendars help students keep track of weather by making tallies for which type of weather happens each day, recording the number of school days, and making notes of events of particular interest to the classroom.
This post is about a penny cleaning science experiment using kitchen staples. Did you know things like ketchup, salt, vinegar, and lemon juice will clean and brighten pennies? If you pennies are all bright and shiny, you can keep them in water overnight to allow them to darken for this experiment. Warning, children might like
This post has Fibonacci nature posters and coloring page for elementary teachers and homeschools. Text 44222 to have this PDF sent by email to your inbox. If you are not a current newsletter subscriber, this will automatically subscribe you. If you are already getting the newsletter that part will be the same and you will
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Flowers Give Us Beauty Thoughts for Children This post is about the fact flowers give us beauty and thoughts for children. Stop and smell the flowers with the children sometime this summer. Look around and ask them what they notice and observe. In a book called To Educate the Human Potential by Dr. Montessori she says, “Let us
This summer we have not only been interested in our ocean theme, but also science activities. The opportunity to take advantage of the nice summer sun has been so approved of by the children. Our most recent activity was baking S’mores in a DIY Solar Oven. We learned how from a Steve Spangler SICK! science
This post has free sea turtle 3-part Montessori cards which can be found on our Montessori password protected page. The first newsletter of the month has the password of the month for the protected pages on Wise Owl Factory. Sea turtles are so popular now with the summer movie, as are ocean creatures. Our theme of the summer
Did you know children can try different Cartesian diver experiment variations? We recently were interested in the ideas behind this science. This post includes some information from the Steve Spangler Science site, as well as photos and a video of our own attempts. Children will be able to think of additional variations and try them out. The
Did you know there are fun experiments with Steve Spangler Science that are free and well explained on the site? There are and we recently tried a few. First, we tried gobstoppers. My husband and I were in an ice cream and candy store and I couldn't help exclaiming, "GOBSTOPPERS!" He had no clue why
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