Bubble goop letter learning

Goop and bubbles are fun to play with so we mixed them together to make a fun sensory letter learning.

I took our letter ice trays and made colored ice with them and then added it to our play. You can also use the dollar letter magnets that are plastic they work great as well.

Simple, fun and learning at the same time.

You can buy the ice trays here. Letter Ice Trays There is a lot you can do with these trays from sensory play to bath play.

 Cate made alphabet soup

Making the ARRR sound for the letter "R"

As Cate would pick out the letters we would say the sound along with the letter.

She loved it.

Below are some other fun sensory ways we worked on letters in the past.

Alphabet scooping

Alphabet treasure hunting

Be sure to check our Alphabet learning section for over 50 different fun ways to learn the alphabet.

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Kool-Aid Ice boats

Fun way to stay cool this summer and have fun playing. Make some fun kool-aid ice boats and play for hours, in the pool or make your own stream.

All you need is some kool-aid packets, ice trays or even small bowls to make bigger boats. Then place sticks or straws in them to freeze and add the sails once the water is frozen.

The to make your stream just get some aluminum foil and add water. We added some rocks to ours. (You can build it however you want)

The kids had fun using their water squirt toys, filling the stream and melting the ice. Fun way to play and stay cool in the hot summer weather.

Ice is fun to play with and there is so many different fun ways to play with it. Be sure to check out some of the other fun ways we have played.

Erupting kool-aid ice

Alphabet ice learning

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Jell-O bubble fun

Bubbles are fun!!! My kids love playing with bubbles. We have made firework bubbles, colored bubbles in the bath, and even made scented bubbles.

This is super easy to make, all  you need is a bowl, dawn dish soap, water and jell-o. Mix them together to make your jell-o bubbles. Then get a straw and blow bubbles.

Today we had fun with Jell-O bubbles. We blew in the the bubbles to see who could make the biggest bubble mountain. Jake and Cate had a blast and laughed so much.

I just love all the face expressions when making the bubble mountains.

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Balloon science comparing gas, liquid and solids

We were making ice the other day for once of our science projects and Jake asked how the water turns to a solid. So I was explaining to him that water freeze when it is below 32 degrees, like when  it was winter outside and we placed our Fruit ice project outside and it froze.

So that got me thinking that it would be a great time to compare liquid, gas and solids. I saw this great experiment at Fit Kids Cludhouse using balloons. Fun and easy for a preschooler to understand the difference.

We took 3 balloons and filled them up with Gas, liquid and solids. Then we compared the 3 balloons. To fill the balloon with gas see our Bottle blowing balloon experiment. Then add water to 2 balloons. 1 water balloon place in the freeze overnight, that is how you get the solid.

Then compare the 3 balloons. What Jake said about each:

Gas....light weight, floats a little when you try to throw it, hard to break on the grown unless you stomp on it.

Liquid...heavier then the gas balloon, but lighter then the solid, when you throw it up it pops and water is everywhere, easy to squeeze

Solid...hard when you try to squeeze, when you throw it breaks to pieces, the heaviest of the 3 balloons.

The kids had the best time breaking the water and ice balloons.

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Erupting Kool-Aid ice science and art

The kids love to explore and create. I froze 2 blocks of ice for them to play and experiment with since we have had some night days outside.

This is a simple and fun experiment project for kids of multiple ages. I filled 2 square containers up with water and placed int he freeze overnight.

Then just collected different materials for Jake and Cate to explore with. You can use whatever you want. Listed below are what we used.

Materials:

Ice block

Salt

Baking soda

Kool-aid packets

Spray bottles with vinegar

Baby oil

(all the materials can be bought at the Dollar Tree and are very inexpensive)

First the kids poured kool-aid and baking soda on the ice to see if it would bubble and fizz. It did. Then they mixed colors and explored. Poured salt in the block and Jake thought that was neat cause it held the color more on the ice.

After they explored a little I gave them paint brushes and they painted their ice and explored some more. I love how simple this project is and the kids sat still for over a hour doing this.

Great way to have fun on a hot day, along with enjoying science and art play.

We love to do all kinds of fun hands on play with Kool-Aid.

Below are some of our favorite hands on science play, be sure to check them out.

Rainbow science

Fizzing goop

Fizzing sidewalk paint

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Fizzing Shape Art

We are working on shapes with Cate and I saw this great idea using popsicle sticks from A, Bee, C preschool. So I added our own little twist to it.

This is a fun and easy way for kids to learn shapes. After we put the shapes together I had the kids sprinkle kool-aid baking soda inside to make shape art. After the shape was formed they sprayed their vinegar on the shape and had fizzing shape art.

Materials:

Kool-Aid packet

Baking soda

Vinegar

Foam or popsicle sticks (we used foam sticks bought from the Dollar Tree)

This is a fun way to tie learning in with art, plus it is a great fine motor skill for preschoolers. 

We love to add learning to our fun activities be sure to check out some other ways to below.

Jelly bean counting

Frog sensory game

Alphabet ice play 

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Rainbow science

I took the kids to the science center when we were in Florida and there was this really neat book that had some simple but fun experiments to do with the kids.

So in the Florida sunshine we tried it.

Materials:

Glass of water (filled 3/4)

White sheet of paper

Bright shining sun outside

Hold the glass of water up so the sun is shining through it, then placed the white paper in front of it and move the paper to an angel. Then you will see the rainbow on the paper. The kids were amazed. Have to admit I even thought it was really neat.

Jake and Cate are too young to understand why it happens, but for older kids you can explain that the rainbows form when the light is refracts when it passes through the glass of water. It happens just like real rainbows form when the sunlight refracts through raindrops.


If you like rainbows you might like these links below:

 Rainbow Kool-Aid Science

Volcano Ice

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Test tube science

Jake loves to make the Lava lamp we did last year. We have made it several times. So today I mixed the fun science up a little and we did in the test tubes we have.

Jake and Cate had a blast watching it bubble and fizz at the top of the test tube. You make them the same way you do the Lava lamp, but you just don't put the top on and it was pretty cool to watch.

Materials:

Test tubes

Cooking oil

Water

Alka seltzer

Food coloring

Be sure to check out our Science link for more science play and learning.

You can but the test tubes inexpensive at Science Bob's on-line store, we got ours at Lake shore Learning.

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Dinosaur Ice Excavation

We got these fun dinosaur fossils from Micheal's Dinosaur Skulls Tube, by Safari LTD for $3.99 on clearance so I picked up a couple. You can order them online if you don't have a Micheal's near but will pay more for them. 

I got large balloons and placed the skulls in then and filled with water to freeze them to make Ice Eggs. Then the kids would break open the ice to get the dinosaur skulls and baby dinosaurs.

Materials:

Dinosaur toys

Balloons

Water

Freezer

Bin for the ice when frozen

Excavating Tools(we used a wooden hammers, screw drivers and goggles) Can purchase all of them for $1.00 at Dollar Tree)

You can do this several ways:

Make a block of ice with toys inside

Make frozen balloons like we did

Make a bucket of ice... here is one we did over the summer Pirate ice treasure

Different excavating tools you can use as well are an old tooth brush, spray bottles(with warm water), shovels, spoons, salt.

This is a fun activity along with great for building fine motor skills and eye/hand coordination.

Jake really loved doing this with the wooden hammer and screwdriver.

It was little hard for Cate.

Loved all of Jake's face expressions, you can really tell he enjoyed this.

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10 themed Easter Egg Hunt ideas for kids

Easter is one of my favorite holidays, I love all the pastel colors. One of my favorite memories besides always getting a new dress was the Easter Egg Hunt. 

We did several different themed egg hunts, so below I put together a list some are from when I was a kid and some are new ones I can't wait to do with my kids.

1. Alphabet Egg Hunt:

Write the upper and lower case letter on the eggs and then hide mix matched eggs and see who has the most matches after the eggs are found.

Example: place A and g together and see if they find the lower case a and upper case G.

2. Inside Egg Hunt:

Hide eggs in the house and the kids find them.

This was one of the best memories I had at Easter when I was a kid my brother and I finding Easter eggs hidden in the house Easter morning.

3. Night time Egg Hunt:

Kids need to have adults with them and do it in a safe place. Grab a flash light and go on a hunt to find the eggs under the moon and stars. Place glow sticks in the eggs

4. Treasure Egg Hunt:

Decorate the area like you are on an island and make a treasure map then let the kids go and find treasure. You can hide coins and dollars in the eggs. Dollar Tree has fun tropical decorations for this event.

5. Hide the Easter basket Egg Hunt:

Hide the kids Easter basket and set clues in the eggs for them to find the basket.

6. Secret Egg Hunt:

Place messages in the eggs for big prizes. Examples like trip to ice cream shop, play putt putt golf, go bowling and favorite place to eat.

7. Name Egg Hunt:

Write the kids names on the eggs and who ever finds their name first wins a special prize.

8. Math Egg Hunt:

Place numbers in each egg and the person with the highest number after adding them all up wins an extra little prize.

9. Easter Egg Bath Hunt:

Place plastics grass in the bath tub and eggs under it with toys and have them find all the eggs in the bath or this year we hide the eggs under bubbles and that was a BIG hit cause my kids really didn't like the feel of  the plastic grass last year.

Easter hunt bath

10. Golden and Sliver Egg Hunt:

Place a golden and a silver egg in a hard to find spot with money in it.

We did this as kids at my Nana's house and it was so much fun.

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Fizzing scented sidewalk paint for kids

We love to paint and mix science in with the fun things we do.  We had a nice day to play a little outside so I whipped up some fun scented sidewalk paint.

I mixed baking soda, dish soap, kool-aid and very little water together to make our paint. You can make it with corn starch instead of dish soap, but I found it to harden up if it sat for a period of time.

I didn't measure the amounts just placed baking soda, dish soap and water in a bowl. Then when I placed the mixture in the muffin pan I added the kool-aid.

Then place vinegar in a spray bottle and after the kids paint the sidewalk a little give them the spray bottle to make the paint fizz.

This is a super fun and inexpensive outside activity to do with the kids on a nice day. 

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Make your own "Moon sand" sensory play

Kids love to make sand castles and build in the sand, so what better way to do this then in your own home. Using 3 simple ingredients and costing next to nothing you can make it yourself.

Materials:

10lb bag of sand from Home Depot ($5.00)

1 box of corn starch

Water

Tempera paint (if you want it colored)

Large container(We got ours from Home Depot for $5.00 cement bin)

How to make:

Mix the dry ingredients together first then add the water. 

When we made it we only did a little at a time so I mixed about 10 cups of sand to 5 cups of corn starch and  and 1 cup of water. You don't want to use too much water. You just want it to have a damp feel, so you are able to mold it.

The kids will play for hours with this stuff. Once you are done playing with it place in a sealed container and will be ready for the next play time.

Below are some of the fun sensory play bins we have done. Post will be coming soon as to what we used for each one.

We have had a blast playing with this Moon Sand

You can even use cookie cutters to make different shapes.

Here are some other homemade recipes we have done if you like to make things yourself.

Play dough

Kool-aid

Homemade snow play

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