A baking soda and vinegar experiment is an all-time classic science experiment that always seems to excite and fascinate. It is an exciting, educational pastime for a day at home when looking for a fun way to entertain children, while also teaching them. Your curious little scientists will love the colourful, bubbling eruptions that result when baking soda and vinegar are -combined.
Have some (baking) fun this weekend and make your very own berry cornbread.
Miss Mary’s recipe is one of our favourites, as it’s extremely simple, and the delicious end product is light, fluffy and full of flavour, making it the perfect sweet treat for your morning or afternoon tea.
There are many benefits of painting for children, including sensory development, colour learning, fine motor development, sparking creativity, openly expressing emotions and building self-esteem.
The hide & seek letter hunt is a fun way to learn the A-B-C’s while encouraging children to foster their curiosity and inquisition.
Create your own sensory, moondust writing tray, perfect for writing and literacy activities. Young Academics Early Learning Centre, Smeaton Grange shared one of their favourite easy to replicate moon dust experiments.
Playdough is a fun, versatile material. Playing with playdough provides numerous benefits to children, as they
learn to manipulate it in many ways, and get creative while doing so. It is also a safe, soothing, and satisfying sensory
experience.
What’s better than a scavenger hunt? A scavenger hunt in nature!
This is a fun game for both children and adults to get involved in! The back-and-forth drawing game allows each person to build off of the previous person’s drawings.
Everyone loves to participate in a science experiment, especially when it’s this exciting! This activity can help teach your preschool-aged children about the water cycle, answering questions like “Why does it rain?” and “How are clouds formed?”
There’s an art to dressing children appropriately for winter, especially when they attend childcare. At an early learning centre, your child spends time both indoors and outdoors, requiring them to be dressed warmly but adaptably. While our educators monitor each child to ensure that they are properly prepared for the cold weather, dressing begins at home.