A while ago we decided to do the naked egg experiment! After browsing through some ideas, I came across this awesome resource. For this experiment you will need… Eggs Glass Jars Liquid Watercolours* Distilled White Vinegar Pipette Droppers* Experiment Journal (should you wish to record your findings) Pegs for your nose! (It’s a stinky ‘egg’speriment) This experiment is super simple,…
So yesterday my littlest scientist was struck down by the hideous norovirus that is going round. I’ll spare you the details but he was so ill and it broke my heart to see him that way. He managed to sleep through the night last night, and woke up feeling better than he did yesterday, although he’s still not great and…
With all this cold weather I have been reminded of another fun experiment we did a while ago. Winter is probably my favourite time of year to create art – snowflakes, frost, ice, patterns, textures; it’s all there! I feel so lucky that I get to be mama to two inquisitive little minds – they see beauty in so many…
As a family, one of our favourite things to do is to go walking. We are outside, exploring, most days no matter what the weather. One of my favourite quotes is as follows… We have had the pleasure of seeing some amazing scenery this winter, while we’ve not had a lot of snow where we are, we have had a…
Recently my kids have decided that they’re into Harry Potter, it’s taken forever, but now that they’ve started, they have become obsessed! They asked me if one day a week we could start Wizard School – I thought the idea was AWESOME so, of course, I said yes! I ordered a book to read with my little scientists, it arrived…
Last week I stumbled across a picture of a Fire Rainbow (or Circumhorizontal Arc). I have never seen one before and it absolutely fascinated me. It started my cogs turning and I came up with a few different ideas to make this subject fun! Today was the first project we have done and I absolutely loved how it turned out.…
This simple experiment is a great way to explore very basic chemistry with kids. You will probably have everything you need in your cupboards at home, but just in case you don’t – I will provide a shopping list for you below. As I have mentioned before, my youngest is a very hands on learner and my oldest always likes…
This afternoon we have been spending time talking about matter. Now my kids already know a lot about this subject, but I really wanted to bring something fun to the table so that they would remember it. I have a love for science and the arts, and when I can bring the two together, I enjoy it even more. We…
When we were talking about weather systems, and in particular, storms, I started to looking around for some ideas to make the topic more fun. I came across this gorgeous blog and took my inspiration from this post – Storm in a Jar We also used this website to get some more information, it was fantastic – Thunderstorms This was a nice…
My kids have been talking about Halloween quite a bit recently, (I know, it’s early, but we go a bit holiday crazy in this house) Anyhow, this conversation led to a discussion on blood, there were lots of questions and they are not squeamish in the slightest, in fact, the gorier, the better! We talked about the fact that if…