Science and Nature

How we can explore rocks in preschool

We recently spent a day playing, creating, and learning with rocks. Come along as we discover all the ways we can explore rocks in preschool.

14 fun flower activities for preschoolers

Here are 14 fun flower activities that you can explore with your preschoolers.

Elephant toothpaste

February is National Children’s Dental month and we’ve been having all kinds of fun learning how animals have different types of teeth! To extend our study into science, we created elephant toothpaste… We began our study of animal teeth by reading our Scholastic Weekly Reader. The front cover of the Weekly Reader gave us a [...]

The mystery color experiment

All preschoolers love to see how baking soda and vinegar react. We’ve added a new twist with our mystery color experiment.

Winter Wonderland: Snowman in a Bag

Exploring how snow melts and turns into water with this fun and simple snowman in a bag science activity!

Gummy bear science

We enjoyed the wonderful process of gummy bear science in our preschool classroom. Come and check out this amazing process and the book too!

Cotton ball science in preschool

Exploring the wonderful world of cotton balls with this simple scientific cotton ball activity in preschool!

Snowman in a bottle

Next week, I will be sharing a series on discovery bottles as my part of the Kid Blogging Network series titled “The ABC’s of…”. This series will run all throughout the week of January 7th through January 11th and there are tons of bloggers who will be sharing all kinds of posts from the ABC’s [...]

Snow painting with a toddler

Exploring snow at home with a toddler may look a little different than what happens in the preschool classroom but the opportunity is much the same.

Candy cane science in preschool

Exploring the science of Christmas with this fun candy cane science activity!

Feeling the texture of fall

Today, our we used our hands to discover the way the veins on a leaf feels as we created leaf imprints in foil!

Exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin

Exploring the life cycle of a pumpkin and planting our own pumpkin seeds in the window!

Scientific discoveries : I wonder what is in inside a gourd?

Check out our latest scientific discovery in preschool as we explored the question: “What is inside a gourd?”

Exploring the seeds of fall in preschool

The seeds of fall are all around us and they make a wonderful resource for investigation and discovery!

Identifying living and non-living things on the magnetic board

The children loved reaching in the mystery box to discover things that are living or nonliving!

Weighing and exploring acorns in preschool

Exploring scales and acorns at the discovery table led to problem solving, writing, counting, graphing, weighing, and sorting in preschool!

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