Toddler and preschool science concepts include introduction to the scientific process and investigation of material properties or characteristics.
Finding ways to incorporate these ideas in your everyday routine can encourage an investigative and curious scientific spirit in your child.
Bathtime is an easy and simple way to include science everyday and makes for very easy clean up!
Believe it or not, ice sensory play provides many opportunities for learning and is easy for busy parents.
Setting preschoolers up with their ice exploration challenge allows them to make predictions, explore the properties of water, and problem solve ways to use their tools to free their objects… all critical thinking skills!
It can be chipping away ice chunks to rescue animals or using warm water to melt ice and uncover letters! Ice sensory play keeps preschoolers engaged for long periods of time because it allows for open exploration.
Additionally, their use of tools to chip and melt builds small muscle hand strength needed for tasks such as writing and zipping and like most sensory play, preschool concepts and themes of interest are easily incorporated!
They take a lot of time and patience to get into place.
And just when you think you have a routine in place – some kind of emergency happens! Someone’s sick, you need to go to the store at the last minute, or you have bored kids.
Of course every day is different. We have a lot on our plate and we want to be flexible, but do you know why consistent routines for kids are important?
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