Category: Science

  • Snacks in a Bottle

    Your Child Will Learn

    Problem solving and fine motor skills

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Let me watch you put a piece of cereal or other small snack into a small clear container with a narrow opening (like a spice bottle). 
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  • Water Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    To explore the characteristics of water

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Fill the bathtub or set up a kiddie pool or plastic bin outside. Provide some water toys. Some household objects that are great water toys:
      • Cups,
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  • Play Dough

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fine motor skills and how to use tools

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play with play dough! You can use store-bought play dough or make your own (recipe attached).
    2. Show me how much fun it is to
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  • Where Is It?

    Your Child Will Learn

    Object permanence: objects still exist even when they are hidden

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Move your face or a favorite toy behind a cover (like: your hands, a blanket, a box).
    2. Uncover your face or the
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  • Tree Texture Collage

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe and compare trees

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head to an area with several trees (ideally different types of trees). Bring a few pieces of paper, tape, and something to make a rubbing (a
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  • Bathtime Fun

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring the characteristics of water

    Here’s What to Do

    1. While the tub is filling, gather plastic cups, bowls and containers in different sizes. Poke holes in the bottom of a few so water can trickle through
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  • Surprise

    Your Child Will Learn

    Sounds different objects make

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather materials: an opaque cup or box with a lid, small objects that fit inside. When your baby’s not looking, put one object in the container and put
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  • Sounds Around Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    Different kinds of sounds and the objects that make them

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some objects that make noise (like: rattle, bell, two blocks to bang together, crinkly paper, etc.)
    2. Hold an object out of
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  • Push and Pull

    Your Child Will Learn

    When more or less force is needed to move an object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a laundry basket/cardboard box and objects of different weights to put inside (books, cans, water bottles, toys, shoes, etc.).
    2. Ask
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  • Water Color

    Your Child Will Learn

    Making predictions and conducting a simple experiment

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to draw with markers or chalk on a piece of paper.
    2. Fill a spray bottle with water, and ask your child to
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