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Preschool Science and Nature Blog
02/01/07
My sons and I created slime using one of the Seven Easy Preschool Chemical Reactions.
First I combined equal amounts of glue and water and stirred it well. If you’re going to add food coloring, add it to this step.
Then I dissolved two tablespoons of borax (in your laundry section of your grocery store—it’s cheap!) in about a cup of warm water. I stirred until the Borax was completely dissolved.
Finally I mixed a few tablespoons of the Borax solution with the glue solution. The reaction was quick and formed slime very easily.
01/20/07
Using the preschool physics activity written for my preschool science and nature site, my sons and I built marble tracks across my kitchen floor. This activity was a little harder to create than I thought it would be, but my sons loved it. In the beginning, I wanted to make sure the tracts looked perfect, but I found my sons didn’t care. They were learning all the needed to know even if the tracks weren’t perfect.
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01/04/07
Well it’s raining here in Sacramento and my sons and I are stuck in the house. While cleaning, we came across a DVD of Stomp Out Loud
. Ever heard of Stomp? They’re dancers and musicians who choreographed banging on junk-yard metal, sweeping brooms, and stomping their feet into a visual and musical performance. After watching it, my sons are, of course, swinging brooms around in the air and banging on everything they can. But it got me thinking about sound and preschoolers.
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. Ever heard of Stomp? They’re dancers and musicians who choreographed banging on junk-yard metal, sweeping brooms, and stomping their feet into a visual and musical performance. After watching it, my sons are, of course, swinging brooms around in the air and banging on everything they can. But it got me thinking about sound and preschoolers.
12/28/06
So what's the point of making up science experiments if I don't have my sons try them out at home? We did the Preschool Science Experiment - Age Coins with your Preschooler, late one afternoon. It didn't take very long, though it was a little messier than I thought it would be. My sons were very excited while doing this experiment and over the course of the evening, kept asking me to note any changes in the coins. The next morning, (remember it's only a few days after Christmas) they ran over to the bowls to see if there were any changes to the coins.
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12/26/06
On the day after Christmas, in my house, it seems as if toys that have motion, such as hot wheels toys that send cars shooting into tunnels and into each other, or trains with bridges that send trains rocketing down the track are the popular toys this year. Gravity, inertia, motion, and friction are science topics that are all being used to make these toys the fun (and noisy) items they are. Judging from the laughs, yells and giggles I hear from my boys, these science topics are great for preschoolers. Keep watching for some great preschool physics activities I'll be adding to this site. Thanks for checking out my blog and have a wonderful toy-filled time with your preschoolers.
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Hi! I'm , the preschool science and nature writer for Preschoolrock.com. I have twin boys and am blown away by their fascination with preschool science and how the world works around them. I am always looking for fun and simple science activities so preschoolers can learn about science and the natural world. Please contact me with any suggestions, ideas or questions you have about this site.