I've seen this activity a few places, but this ice and color lesson caught my attention on Pinterest last year. I thought I'd sh...

We're approaching Easter. It's a good time to reiterate how much I hate eating just eggs, but I have no problem with using eggs for ...

I saw this cereal box marble run post on Pinterest and thought it would be a great science learning toy with some slight modifications. It ...

I've been meaning to play with quick and easy materials to find a fun balloon racer to make at home. Here's what I came up with: ...

Tada - homemade squeeze rocket launcher: Materials : Small water bottle Small straw (comes in a pack of 50-100 for ~$1 in most grocery ...

I did it! I had my first official Pepsi Refresh sponsored visit to a preschool! I started with double this amount of special race cars ! ...

My previous post on sail cars made it onto Pinterest  (edited: I'm now on Pinterest !).  I feel so crafty though it was such a clunky c...

It's "C week" at J's preschool, and today was first lab meeting of the school year for me.  I wanted treats for the new fa...

J loved banging on things from a young age. This picture was actually taken the first time he decided to sit up on his own - when we put a...

Magnets produce a special field that excites material containing iron (steel is a common material containing iron). When excited, the mater...

J loves hearing his voice and playing with tubes. Why is your voice louder when you speak through a tube? *The tube focuses the sound wa...

We're experiencing our winter here.  We're getting a little antsy though since we haven't been able to play outside much this w...

Lately, I've been turning to boxes to help keep my sanity. You can do a lot with boxes. Since this is supposed to be science based, I...