We’ve been busy making borax free slime today and thought it would be fun to try three different slime recipes then create a fun science investigation to see which slime was the best! No Borax Slime Recipes No Borax Slime Recipes Cornflour Slime Simply add a little water to cornflour and you get a slippy slime that can be scrunched up into a solid ball in your hands. Unclench your fingers and it flows like a liquid again. Cornflour gloop ( also known as oobleck ) is a non-Newtonian fluid which means it doesn’t flow like liquids usually do. This type of slime is super easy to make, feels lovely and silky and if you leave it to dry is...
With Jamie here for two days, followed by Colin for two days, I’ve been thinking about how alike and yet how very different my two sons are. This occurred to me because meal prep for each was so different. For Jamie, I fixed a vegetarian dinner Wednesday—green noodles and squash casserole—and Thursday we had BBQ. They did overlap on that, because Colin suggested he’d stop and bring BBQ and I had to say I’d just had it. So last night, I fixed him salmon croquettes—Jamie won’t touch salmon, wouldn’t have liked the capers I put in them (neither did I—kitchen fail!). Then I began to think of other differences. Jamie drives a red Lexus sports car; Colin drives aFa...
Learning to balance counterweights is a useful skill for young kids, and a balance scale is a great way to teach them. By making a balance scale, you can start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon. All you need to get started are some simple household items. [Edit]Steps [Edit]Making Buckets for the Scale Use a hole punch to make holes in 2 small paper cups. Punch 2 holes in each cup. Make the holes close to the rim of the cups and on opposite sides.[1] If you don’t have paper cups, you can make the buckets for your balance scale with plastic cups instead. Cut 2 pieces of twine that are each around long. Any kind of...
Kids of a certain age seem to love science experiments, but it can be difficult to come up with ideas for experiments off the top of your head.
Andrea Scalzo Yi has collected 100 easy setup science experiments you can … Read More...
— When you talk of creativity, people often associate it with the talent they are born with. It is either you are a creative person or not. Though in reality, parents can foster their kid’s creative thinking capabilities at a tender age. Although you cannot guarantee that your children will be the next Picasso, you can give them a leg up by offering them all the tools they require to think critically. So to help you improve the creative thinking of your kids, then consider the following: 1. Show Examples of Sparking Ideas A blank canvas, screen, or page can be very intimidating. A collection of examples will help spark your child’s imagination. When running a scratch workshop, you should always...
