Category: Some mess

  • Inside Our Bodies

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names of internal body parts and how they function

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut out the body part pictures (optional: your child can color them first). 
    2. Put a piece of tape on each of the pictures.
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  • Bubble Chase

    Your Child Will Learn

    To observe the effect wind has on bubbles

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with a bottle of blowing bubbles. Pick a starting point and put something there to mark it (a ball, a water bottle, etc.).
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  • Three Little Pigs Building Challenge

    Your Child Will Learn

    Investigating characteristics of Earth’s materials

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Read or tell your child the story of the Three Little Pigs.
    2. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space. Bring a small figurine or
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  • Cooking Rice

    Your Child Will Learn

    Observing how a non-living object can change

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather the supplies you need to make rice (using whatever method your family usually uses).
    2. Before cooking, observe the rice and the water.  Ask your
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  • Water Journal

    Your Child Will Learn

    How water plays a role in everyday life

    Here’s What to Do

    1. For a whole day, ask your child to notice each time water is used.
    2. Make a list: write down each time your child notices
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  • Let’s Make a Hanger Balance Scale!

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to measure weight with a simple balance scale

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Make your hanger scale. Use scissors or a hole punch to make two small holes on opposite sides of the top of a
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  • Kitchen Sensory Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use all 5 senses to observe cooking ingredients

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose 3-5 ingredients in your kitchen that have different textures (examples: salt, sugar, rice, pasta, beans, lentils). Place each one in its
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  • Magnet Predictions

    Your Child Will Learn

    The scientific process and an introductory understanding of magnets

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a magnet (like one from the fridge). Gather a bunch of small objects made out of different materials (examples: stones, shells, coins,
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  • Night Sky Journal

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make and record scientific observations by drawing

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before bedtime, head to a window with a view of the night sky (or head outside). Direct your child’s attention to the sky.
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  • What’s Inside

    Your Child Will Learn

    Observing different characteristics of non-living objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Without your child looking, gather objects from around the house made out of different materials (like: wood, metal, stone, cloth, plastic). Example objects: a wooden spoon,
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