The skittle rainbow experiment looks at sugar dissolving in warm water and osmosis. Place skittles around the edge of a white plate, alternate the colours making a rainbow pattern with the skittles. Add a small amount of warm water to cover the bottom of the plate. The colours starts to move towards the centre. Ask your child what is happening to the sweets? Why is the colour coming off the sweets? Talk about the coloured sugar coating is dissolving due to the warm water and we can see the sugar in the water. The coloured sugar is moving and creating a straight line to the centre due to osmosis. The colour particles from the skittles move from a high concentration - the sweets, to a low concentration, through a permeable solution. Thomas enjoyed swirling the plate and making the colours go a brown colour! Don't forget to save a few skittles to eat as a treat. 😉
Paper plate animal crafts have always been a favourite in our house. Create your favourite animal on a paper plate. In the past we have made a tortoise, hare/rabbit, frog (at school), butterfly and lion. Use paint, felt tips, crayons or pieces of paper and glue or stickers, feathers, sequins etc You could read a favourite animal story then make the animal character. Use the animal plate to act out the story. Eg Read The Hare and the Tortoise - make tortoise and hare, then you could act out the story. Tortoise - We made the tortoise sticking on coloured paper for the shell and coloured card for the head, feet and tail. Read The Selfish Tortoise - make the tortoise. Hare - We made the hare sticking on coloured paper for fur, teeth, nose, ears and whiskers. Frog - Fold plate in half and paint. Cut out hand print for feet. Add a party blower for the tongue. Butterfly - Cut plate into butterfly shape and stick on sparkly sequins and shapes, we felt tipped on the ...
I've named this the 4 marker challenge! Use 4 cones or 4 old cloths as a marker. Set the 4 markers a metre apart from each other some distance from a start line and finish line. You could use a marker for start and finish lines. From the start line run to marker one and back, then run to marker two and back, run to 3 and back then 4 and back, then first to finish line is the winner. If only one child doing it you could time them to get quicker each day. You can adapt this activity. Eg a) Run to marker 1 and back repeat b) Hop to marker 1 and back repeat c) Use a football and dribble to marker one and back d) Football kick ball to marker 1 and back repeat e) Bounce ball to marker 1 and back f) throw tennis ball at marker 1 and back g) throw tennis ball in air repeatedly as running to marker 1 and back h) if you have a hockey stick dribble hockey ball to marker 1 and back I) shoot hockey ball to marker 1 and back. Th...
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