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Scissors Skills: Sunny Cutting
A sunny way to help my boy to improve his scissor skills
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Science Experiment: Submerged Paper Boat
Another experiment with water and a glass. I showed to Alex how a paper boat can stay dry after being submerged with a cup.
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Montessori Activity: Sound Box with Plastic Eggs
After Easter egg hunt we were left with loads of plastic eggs. So I made this Montessori-inspired sound set. Max had to match sounds, pairing every red egg with one green egg.
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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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Science Experiments with Eggs
A quick demonstration of gravity and motion in this experiment with raw eggs before we cook them for breakfast. All we needed was: a toilet paper tube, a paper plate, a glass of water and a bit of curiosity.
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Simple Mixing Colours Activity For Kids
This is a great activity for developing those fine motor skills while having fun mixing colours. We used kitchen paper towel and water coloured by food colouring.
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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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Simple Experiment with Straws
Alex is blowing in and observing how results change depending on the number of straws used to seal a bottle.
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Science Experiment: Magnetic Corn Flakes
A quick experiment with magnetic cornflakes for a breakfast. If you read the label on the pack of corn flakes, you will see a list of vitamins and IRON. Magnet attracts that small amount of iron.
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Science Experiment: Putting Lit Candles Out with Glass
This is a simple science experiment but so much learning is happening here. We confirmed that oxygen is needed for fire to burn and compared how different volume glasses influence the speed with which candles go off.
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Magic Colours Using Markers and Water
Alex enjoyed this simple arty project - colour magic with kitchen towel, markers and a bit of water.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity for Toddlers
This quick clothespins with pasta activity is a perfect for our lazy Monday.
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Fine Motor Skills Activity: Playdough and Pasta
Here is a simple fine motor activity with playdoh and pasta that every toddler will enjoy.
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Writing Activity with Stencils
A simple activity we do sometimes with stencils taped to piece of paper. Max loves exploring symbols and shapes while tracing them with pencils. Any stencils are good for the activity.
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DIY Craft: Coloured Flowers
Mother’s Day is coming up soon and we are ready. Are you? We put a white flower in a vase with water coloured by food colouring and a day later we got a nice surprice fo mommy.
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Science Experiment: Red Cabbage Changing Colours
A quite dramatic colour change made this chemistry experiment really mesmerizing for Alex. After blending a few red cabbage leaves I poured purple cabbage juice into glasses. I added a little too many leaves, so I had to add more water...
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DIY Craft: Saturn Using a CD
A little space art project we have done with Max. What should we call that planet?
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Science Experiment: Saltwater Egg
We are back home and we are going back to experiments. A raw egg sinks in water, but can we increase water's density to make it float? Alex adds salt to see what would happen. Then I carefully add fresh water on top of salted one (not to...
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Shadow Tracing for Preschoolers
We took advantage of a sunny day and had lots of fun tracing shadows outside.
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Science Experiment: Pouring Water Down a String
Alex was really surprised to see what water was able to do when we poured it down a string. All I needed for this simple experiment was 2 cups, piece of string that can absorb water and special properties of water (ability to stick to...
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Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Tricks
Here are 2 plastic cups for Alex to cover floating ping pong ball. They produce completely different results and it happens due to a small hole at the bottom of the second cup.
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Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Follows Running Water
Here is a simple experiment for children at the kitchen that Alex loved. When a ping pong ball is placed straight under running water tap, it does not move away from the water stream. In fact, the ball sticks to it and follows it even...
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Fine Motory Skills Practice: Pencil and Nuts
It’s amazing to watch how quickly children learn. When Alex does this activity first time, he uses both hands to save his little structure from collapsing. But after a few goes, he effortlessly builds a really high tower.
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Painting with Magnets
What an amazing way to explore magnets by painting! Max combines science and art in this mess-free activity.