| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hi there, glad to see you’re back with us this week! If you’ve just signed up, welcome! The Challenge starts this June, but until then, every Thursday we’ll send you more cool, keep-‘em-busy projects and educational activities to do with the kids. This week we’re sharing activities to engage your budding young scientists in some serious experimenting.
| | | | Kids are endlessly curious, so why not capitalize on their innate inquisitiveness by getting them fired up about science and the world around them. Encourage them to observe and report on the things they see – they’ll learn about science and nature, and also build important vocabulary and writing skills while they're at it .
Try giving your preschooler a magnifying glass -- a good, old-fashioned source of fun and discovery -- then suggest some items she can observe like a shell, a raisin, a button or even some breakfast cereal. Ask her what she sees and how it’s different from the other objects. Note: Keep a close eye on your child as they use the magnifying glass. Even inexpensive lenses can be quite powerful, and concentrated sunlight can ignite dry material like paper, leaves and sticks.
If you have older kids, you can also suggest they keep a weather journal. Have them record observations of the weather each day. What’s the temperature like? Is it cloudy? Sunny? Have them poll the whole family and record everyone's predictions for what the weather will be like the next day (no cheating with the Internet!). At the end of the week, they can look back and see who was right most often.
For more fun with science, tune in next week to Sid The Science Kid’s “Weather Week” on PBS KIDS.
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