Science: Magnets

This is a really easy experiment that you most likely already have everything for. 

Materials:

Index Cards w/ label (magnetic, nonmagnetic)

Small Bowl 

Various Household Objects

Tray

Magnet- the bigger the better but all we had was a small craft one and it worked great

Start with your objects in the bowl. Show how to "test" each object. Have them sort objects under the correct label. Place all the objects back in the bowl when finished. 

See how easy? 

The favorites were the pipe cleaner (which we found out was actually magnetic and in the wrong spot in the picture) and the small pin. They both lifted up off the tray and provided a good 30 minutes of fun. 

New Vocab: Magnet, Magnetic, Non-Magnetic

Extension: Cut up some pipe cleaners and place in a bowl. Use the magnet as a fun transfer activity. 

Pipe Cleaners and Ribbon

I know the last post was pretty much geared towards what we've been doing with Bear so I thought today I'd throw up a short one on what little Indie has been doing. Here's some baby love:

Indie's been doing such a great job sitting I thought it'd be the perfect time to introduce some fine motor skills.

 Here is an old oxiclean container, some scrapbook paper, and pipe cleaners. She had a blast dumping and chewing. It was fun to see her face light up when we cheered things she did well- like hand me a pipe cleaner or pick one up off the floor.

 I also taped the bottom to protect the paper a bit from being chewed on. 

The other fun activity we started was an old tissue box that I filled with fabric scraps and ribbon. Same ideas as above, just different textures. 

That's it! Now go play!