Two different methods for making a cloud in a jar. What a great weather science activity for kids! || Gift of Curiosity

I don't know about where you all live, but here at our place it has been COLD and SNOWY!! I thought it would be the perfect week to do so...

Our rainy, rainy spring has finally ended and now it’s HOT! We hit the high 90’s yesterday (haven’t hit 100 yet, so that’s good). The younger boys and I took advantage of the hot sun and did a simple science experiment with melting. This is SO easy and really interesting for the preschool and kindergarten […]

Our homemade outdoor abacus cost grand total of £3

A collection of activities that are perfect for a preschool weather theme. These fun weather ideas would be great for kindergarten and homeschool, too!

Thinking about starting up a journal with your students? There are many ways to approach the experience of keeping a journal in preschool. As you read about our journals, I hope you will be inspired to take what we do and run off in a direction that works best for your students. For today, I am

While experimenting the other day we made an AMAZING discovery.

Kidsunlimited Barrow have created a builder's yard to enhance the preschool children's interest in large construction and to promote role play outdoors.

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Human Sundial Shadow Science Experiment

Using colour blocks to explore shadow in the Early Years.

Sensory play is important to brain development, not just for babies and toddlers but also for preschoolers, kindergarteners and children within the early years of school. Playful activities that develop each of the senses - touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste - need not be difficult or involve lots of fancy toys or resources, often…

It has been an amazing school year so far! Busy, busy, busy for sure, but every year I get to

Science in a Van loves visiting Early Childhood Education centres and at each centre we seem to discover something new! Here's some of them ... At Kumeu Montessori Preschool they have glued magnets on the back of guttering! Very clever idea for marble-runs or water play. Very easy to move around and lots of fun trying to create a 'flow' Kumeu Montessori were experimenting with floating and sinking as well as mixtures. The kids were soon asking to put all sorts of objects in the bottles to…

We used plastic bags (document wallets would have worked too) and pegged them to a washing line. The children all held their own bean while I showed them a book all about the cycle of bean growing, introducing end emphasising words like soak, swell, root, shoot, germinate and stressing the importance of water. They soaked their beans, discussed the difference, then wet a paper towel and added this and the bead to their bag. These bags have spaces to write their names. I snipped a tiny hole…