Transcript Making necklaces by stringing fruit loops on string

Art & Science Activities for Under 6’s
Fruit Loop Necklaces
Making necklaces by stringing fruit loops on string is a toddler math
activity that can reinforce many skills.
Materials needed: Fruit Loops or other colourful, stringable cereal
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First have your little one sort the fruit loops by color.
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Then use the different colors to create patterns.
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You could also try stringing a pattern on yarn first and then ask your
little one to create the same pattern.
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You could also ask your wee one to create a pattern for you to
duplicate.
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When a necklace is done, ask your child to count the loops as they
slide them from one end to another. You can also let them practice
counting backwards as they eat the loops off their necklace.
Make Your Own Fossils
Materials needed: play dough or clay, various objects, such as
miniature toys, coins, or leaves
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Explain to children that fossils are ancient records or pictures from a
long time ago. They are imprints created by past species that are
moulded into clay or dirt that has hardened and saved the outline.
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Using various objects, children can make their own fossils by gently
pressing them into play dough or clay to make an imprint.
All About Air
Materials needed: tall clear glass, club soda, raisins
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Fill up a tall clear glass with some club soda that still has lots of fizz to
it.
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Drop in a few raisins and wait half a minute.
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Then watch the raisins dance and rise to the top.
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The raisins float to the top because the bubbles in the drink stick to
the raisins, making them more buoyant.(The bubbles make the raisins
float just like a life jacket makes a person float).
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When the raisins reach the top, they lose some of the air bubbles,
causing them to sink.
Blossoming Botanists
Materials needed: food colouring, clear glasses, food colouring
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Place a stalk of cut celery in a glass with a little water and about 1
tsp. of food coloring.
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Watch what happens the next day
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Also try:
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Using a long stick of celery, split the bottom half of the stick into
several sections, and stick each part into a different color of dye.
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How it works: the water moves through the flower's stem through
hollow cells called xylem. They form tubes like drinking straws going
up the stem into the petals. The dye shows the lines of the xylem as it
goes through the flower's stem and petals.
Teaching Transparency
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Collect different articles from around the home – vase, ball, oven
glove, serviette, paper, wooden ornament etc.
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Let your preschooler shine a flashlight on one side and then see if
they can see the light through the object.
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Let them shine the flashlight through their hand and see if they can
see the light on the other side.
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Talk about how light cannot shine through all objects.
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Objects that let light through are transparent. Object that block light
are called opaque. Objects that let only some light through are
called translucent.
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This activity can also lead on to the how’s and why’s of shadows
Natural Flower Fairies
These magical natural collages will get your child thinking outside the
craft closet.
Materials: natural objects such as: feathers flowers, moss
ferns, leaves, petals, lichen; card stock; crayons or markers;
quick dry glue
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Help your child gather supplies from nature
When they’re done collecting, they can draw a figure on a piece of
card stock and glue on clothes, wings, a magic wand, and other
accessories.