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Growing Grass from Seedling Kits
While at the tool shop the other day we found these amazing grass head kits. Leo and Stella got to plant, cut and style little cat and dog grass pots :) Such a great little project!
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Leak Proof Bag Experiment
Here's an amazing science trick that looks like magic - stick pencils right through a plastic bag filled with water... without any water leaking out! But do this activity outside because the water will spill when you pull the pencils...
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Ice, Salt, and String Experiment
Another great science experiment for kids with Leo and Stella and guest starring our good friend Ananya :) The sticky ice experiment is a nice little activity to try with kids at home. All you need is ice, salt and string. Wet the...
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Stroop Effect: Tricky Colours Mental Workout
Checking if interference between the contradicting information can cause problems for Alex to do a simple task - naming the colours! Try doing it yourselves! Pause the video and name colours, not the words.
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Teamwork Activities for Kids
We are stacking cups with a rubber band and pipe cleaners to promote teamwork. Ability to work together is one of the keys to succeed in life. But in our case this activity is also about building a bond between brothers to show them that...
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Scissors Skills: Sunny Cutting
A sunny way to help my boy to improve his scissor skills
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Smelling Challenge for Kids
Testing how sensitive is Alex’s nose to check if he can identify products that are good to eat.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Water Syringe
Using pippetes is great way to teach a toddler or a preschooler to hold pencil properly for writing. This activity is Ice-Cream themed. Max had to mix colors to make each ice-cream scoop a different flavour.
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Mirror Drawing Activity for Preschoolers
Alex was doing this activity for the second time and he loved it again. I have edited photos of Angelina Jolie, Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Zuckerberg and Beyonce and asked Alex to draw other sides of faces.
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Building a Magnetic Sculpture Using Nuts
Magnets are really a blast to play with! Alex loved making magnetic sculptures with nuts on a strong magnet. I put the magnet on top of steel saucepan to make base studier for more creativity.
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How to Mix Primary Colours to Get Secondary Colours
A fun demonstration how the primary colours mix and form the secondary colours. Thanks to the fact that water doesn't mix with oil we can observe how primary colours separate back into layers after mixing. For this activity water is...
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How to Make Your Own Books
For about a week Alex was making books. We have plenty of them now. One book is about everything mommy loves. There is an educational one with tests, tracing and colouring tasks. But my favourite is a cookbook with a recipe how to make a...
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How to Make a Sensory Ball
I helped Max to make a sensory ball using a balloon and water beads.
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How to Make Drawings Float with a Magic Water Marker
Subscribe to my channel and wait for Alex’s space adventure floating drawing! To make your art creation float you need just white board makers, a plate and some water. I have seen a few videos about this technique but they all seemed to...
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and bolts aren’t something you would first think to offer your kid to play with. But they are great for developing fine motor skills and just super fun.
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Science Experiment: How Clouds Hold Water
Max is learning the very basic concept of how clouds hold water and when they become too heavy it starts to rain, while practising fine motor skills and eye–hand coordination. For this activity we used clear water, shaving foam and...
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Scissors Activity: Haircuts
This is simple and fun cutting activity for preschoolers or toddlers. Using scissors a child can make different haircuts.
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Science Experiment: Water and Plastic Bottles
Experimenting with plastic bottles, straws and water
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How to Make a Balance Scale
Why not to start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon activity learning to balance counterweights? DIY tutorial for making scale using hanger and plastic bottles.
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Oral Motor Exercise: Pom Pom Launcher
It is always fun to throw pom poms around the room, but here is a way to blend that fun with an oral-motor workout.
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Breathing Exercise with Ping Pong
There is a simple way to get a ping-pong ball from a glass without touching it. Turning this idea into a fun blowing game with Alex.
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Fingerprint Counting Activity for Preschoolers
This fun activity is based on a fact that children instinctively count things using their fingers.
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Lion Craft Ideas for Preschoolers
Are you ready to roar? Here is a simple craft idea for children with a bit of colouring and a bit of cutting that we have done with Max this morning.