The whole point of Incr-Edible science is that L10 learns the why of cooking, as opposed to the simple how. I want her to be able to take knowledge about one set of ingredients and apply the same principles to another set. I want her to understand substitutions and suggest some of her own. And…
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Simple Hand-made Mr Men Puppets
One of my goals this Easter was to test the waters and see if the Mr Men theme was likely to hold my younger girls attention each Friday next year. When I realised that they would I wanted to start making some play things to put in the littles Mr Men and Little Misses box…
Incr-Edible Science: Quest based science
Last week we made some rather revolting lemonade. If I'm honest, calling it lemonade is a stretch. It was fizzy and it has lemon in it. 'Nuff said! I set the children two Incr-Edible Science tasks. The first was to design a method which would use the chemistry we had learnt to produce more palatable lemonade. …
Young Scientists at Play: Concoction Lab
This week during our hour of Young Scientists at Play I created a concoctions lab, enlisting the help of one of my twins: I made up a tray full of bits and pieces from the kitchen: And then we let the fun begin! We are always as hands off as possible during preschool science. This…
Forever, and For Always
I am Yours. Source: Casting Crowns 'Who am I?'
One Year Pond Study Week 4: A Spring Fauna and Flower Count
Today, week four of our year-long pond study, we concentrated on the fauna of the area. Plans for this Monday were as follows: Count the number of Mallards, Moor Hens, Seagulls, Geese and any other birds we happened to see. We intend to do this every season for comparisons Although this week was probably our…
Nature Study:One Year Pond Study: Week 3 – Spring Tree Study
For the rest of the series please click: Plans for a one year pond study Week One Week Two My mum once again accompanied us to the pond, a fact I was very grateful for as pond study doesn't seem to be holding the little ones' attention. Imagine that. This week we decided to familiarise…
Robin Hood
Usually during a fun week we revisit something we have studied previously and so I am able to step beck and effectively have a week off, which is rather nice. To all intents and purposes the children HAVE learnt about Robin Hood prior to this week. Voracious readers, they made light work of the books I…
Nature Study:One Year Pond Study – Week 2: Spring Pond Pollution
Welcome to week 2 of our pond study. For week 1 see here. This week we decided to concentrate on pond pollution to see if it changes over the year. Here was the pond that greeted us last Monday: Week two of our pond study saw daddy at home unwell, with B2 not feeling quite…
Incr-Edible Science – Making Lemonade
Last week, during our Incr-Edible Science, the children and I discovered the joys of making atoms, molecules and compounds out of sweeties! Better than that we all actually understood the concepts. Although I took chemistry at advanced level, I always found it hard to understand. I think I only passed by working incredibly hard learning everything…
Young Scientists at Play: Colour and Fizz
After we arrived back from our pond study this morning, the older girls kindly offered to cook up a storm in the kitchen for lunch whilst T11 and I got down to the business of setting up the science nook. This week I had planned to let the littles discover what happens when vinegar is…
History of Science and Scientist Study
I have been pondering my need to increase the breadth of science I do with my children. One, T11, shows a near obsession with it, and I do feel that I am somehow not providing enough learning opportunities in this area. I have already posted about how I intend to have a Young Scientists at Play Lab…
Castles
When I was planning our castle study, I knew this was an opportunity to a practical, more field trip based learning. So I asked Gary if he would mind taking some time off for us to go and visit a couple of castles and spend enough time in them and exploring them that the children…
Preschool Adventure Box: B4FIAR Goodnight Moon
This week for our preschool adventure box we looked at Goodnight Moon. It has to be one of our all time family favourites, one I read to the littles each night and one A4 knows off by heart. Goodnight Moon: Read alouds and go along books These were the little one’s extra bed time read…
Looking Back: Middle Ages Reenactments
Usually on a Wednesday I write about something we've studied previously. My goal is to have fully caught up and have a record of all our history by the end of this year (probably before). This post was due to be on Mycenae, but I was going through some old photos and found a heap…