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30/09/2020

Thank you Paula (6YO) for sending us your pulled string art creation! WOW Paula this is such a beautiful symmetrical art piece with lovely details and clean lines! Well done for this amazing science creation.
Pulled string art is a great way to spend creatively your time while learning too! If you would like to play pulled string art too, check out how to do it, in our video here (and remember to post pictures of your creations in the comments below): https://youtu.be/4VwgarZef0w

29/09/2020

Regrowing vegetables is one of our all-time favorite activities! It's so easy to do and it teaches kids all about sustainability & limiting our waste:) Here are some of our vegetables that are starting to regrow... Have you tried this experiment? Let us know how many days it took for your veggies to regrow, and what veggies did you regrow!!! Link to the experiment: https://youtu.be/wVb9DvPAG-Q

25/09/2020

Do you know that warm and cold water don't mix if the warm water is higher than the cold water?.... You can learn all about atoms in liquids with different temperatures with this super easy and fun experiment:) Let me know when you do it and please, share with us pictures of your science adventures! I would love to see them!
https://youtu.be/XGpKH0Sobcs

21/09/2020

Beautiful leaf art creations! Its so easy to do art from natural elements, and it is the perfect reason to encourage young kids to go for a walk, gather big and small leaves, look at them, feel them and discuss all their wonderful leaf parts!!

Please share with us your leaf art creations in the comments below! We would love to see them too!

18/09/2020

EASY HOMEMADE PLAYDOUGH : A creative activity for KIDS at home!

EASY HOMEMADE PLAYDOUGH: This is an easy homemade playdough recipe that kids can do alone at home, with household items. Watch the video, pause, find the items, follow the simple steps, and have so much fun creating homemade playdough sculptures! Easy and fast! Creating homemade playdough helps kids:
▶Gain an intuitive understanding of how mixing many ingredients create new textures
▶understand that liquids make the dough softer & dry ingredients make the dough harder!
▶Understand that the correct quantities of ingredients are necessary for creating homemade playdough
▶stimulate creativity and imagination
▶exercise hand and finger muscles
▶to improve fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination!

Check it out in today's video here:
https://youtu.be/5Q_dS-ORhak

This is an easy homemade playdough recipe that kids can do alone at home, with household items. Watch the video, pause, find the items, follow the simple ste...

18/09/2020

On a random nature walk, we found maggots, which are the larva of a fly - even though they look nothing like flies! Do you know any other species whose babies do not look like their parents? :) Its a great fun question, to ask young kids!!!!

FUN FACT: Did you know that certain species of maggots have been used since antiquity for wound debridement? They are excellent in removing damaged or infected tissue and improve the healing potential of healthy tissue!

17/09/2020

Digging, discovering, watching and handling earthworms is a very fun & super educational activity for young kids! It's exciting to discover them and to understand that actually some creatures have their 🏠 under the ground! Its a big step that helps them realize that all creatures in our planet are unique and special in their own ways!!!

16/09/2020

Here are some of my MILK ART paintings!:) I would love to see your milk art creations as well:) Here is a link how I created these gorgeous marbling milk art :)

https://youtu.be/zx59LSHVmH4

15/09/2020

Still looking for a name for our beautiful snails:) Waiting for your suggestions, let us know in the comments below:)

Here is the house of our snails as it currently is! They had a house renovation by my snail interior designers kids:) I love the little touch of adding a small wooden toy bee in the snail house - so they are not alone:) ###

12/09/2020

MILK ART for PRESCHOOLERS: Create masterpieces with milk & experience a chemical reaction!

If you need inspiration for fun quality time with your kids, check out my latest video: MILK ART ADVENTURES:) It's a unique and fun way to create beautiful art pieces and it is also super educational as it allows kids to experience the chemical reaction between fats and dish soap molecules. It's very engaging for young kids as the results are different every time they repeat the experiment. Check it out in the link below, and remember to send us your milk art pictures:) We would LOVE to see them ###

https://youtu.be/zx59LSHVmH4

Let's create art with milk and a few other household items. Preschoolers love this science activity as it's fun to watch and every time they repeat it, they ...

04/09/2020

BUILD A HOUSE FOR SNAILS: Using simple household items!

One if our family's favorite projects!!! My kids enjoyed keeping snails throughout their toddler years..they are 4.5 and they still love caring and watching snails..they are so fun to watch eating, moving around, interacting and going in and out of their shells.. it's a project that I loved as an adult too, as it reaches kids so much about snails, responsibilities, and it gives them confidence, as they feel so grown up being the carers of these beautiful creatures...it's so easy to setup and maintain and it's definitely worth it! It's perhaps the perfect low maintenance fun tiny pet for homes and preschools!!!

check it out in the link below and please help me find names for these gorgeous snails ###x

Let's build a fun and interesting house for snails using simple household items. Snails are wonderful pets, easy to keep, and fun to watch crawling around. T...

31/08/2020

While walking my dog today, I found many of these firebugs on trees! They were in large groups, with their young babies, sunbathing and enjoying the warm morning!:) Share with me bug pictures you find in your country/neighborhood!:)

28/08/2020

Story Tube: Help the Sad King

This Friday science day, I present you a game of choices that allows kids to experience the impact of their choices within a story :)

The sad king adventures within a game: play it, make your choices, live your own story, solve the mystery!!!!

The sad king is a very simple plot, but it's created to explain kids the impact of choices within a story and excite them while stimulating their imagination and traveling their minds within a unique story.

Older kids that like programming can also make their own stories.

Check it out, give me feedback and share with me your stories and drawings. I will choose one of your stories & drawinga and create another game based on it for our pause and ay friends!

If you are an older kid that made their own story online using programming, share it with us we would love to play it!!!!

I really hope you like it and I look forward for your feedback:)

https://observablehq.com/d/44c97aa86bc3207b

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An Observable notebook by Tom Larkworthy.

25/08/2020

Did you know that ducks love eating oats, rice & lettuce? AND it is actually good for them...

These are the ducks of our neighborhood. They are so wonderful to have them so close to our house. Every year, they have new baby ducklings and they are so fast to grow which makes our duck mamas rushed to teach them survival skills! Just like our baby children, they grow so fast ! 😍 Enjoy the moments of life, enjoy your little ones, have fun, play & learn!!!! Good morning, and have a wonderful day everyone!

24/08/2020

Baking a cake is a wonderful chemistry activity:) We talked about baking powder a lot, tried the cake mixture before and after sugar, AND discussed how a liquid mixture can be baked and transformed into a solid delicious cake! On top of that, we melted chocolate and butter to pour on top of the cake, and discussed the condition of the atoms in both solids and liquids :) Oh how fun and educational! Here, have a look at our Zebra chocolate, vanilla, orange-infused cake!

22/08/2020

Paper Craft Adventures for KIDS: A Role Play Fun Game

For all my Pause & Play fiends, I created one more video with a fun science role play paper activity! You need just paper, scissors, and markers to do so and it is so engaging and stimulating to kids. Our papercraft adventure activity helps kids develop their social-emotional skills, imagination, creativity, and storytelling abilities! Join me and explore this easy, fun, science activity with young kids! Check it out in the link below and please let me know your feedback - my aim is to inspire kids all over the world to love, play, and learn with science.
https://youtu.be/RHyAGwUOhkA

Fun paper craft adventures for kids: A fun DIY Game for kids to create paper crafts, imagine, play adventures with mysterious quests, learn and have fun. Our...

20/08/2020

Can you guess how this drawing was created? Hint: It was created with one science activity that we previously presented...Guess Guess Guess....!!!! The answer will be revealed on Sunday:)

18/08/2020

Understanding the seasons and their effects on deciduous trees through crafting! It is such a simple, fun and creative craft that you can make together with your little one :) Stick it on their wall and let them see it daily, asking questions and slowly consolidating this information!:) We have it on our closet for a year now, and every season, we discuss it and compare to the trees outside in nature:) What are your favourite crafts?

16/08/2020

Some times, just staring at an interesting door mat is all you need: we talked about colours, shapes and owls..It was a spontaneous learning opportunity born by our kids curious mind! Memories, that will last forever:)

14/08/2020

Creative Activity for KIDS: Let's make a FLIP BOOK!

Giant Paper Necklace Kids STEM Activity: Hey everyone, it's Friday and I just uploaded a brand new science video with a fun and easy surprise paper craft for young kids. This is a simple activity that young kids can easily do with a few household items. It stimulates imagination, creativity, symmetrical and spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, scissors skills & patience, and perseverance. If you like it remember to press like to the video and post here your pictures OR videos with your flip books! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see them:)

https://youtu.be/eUbkIxi3DPA

Creating a flip book is an easy creative activity for kids at home, using only household items... Unleash your kids creative side and enjoy learning and bond...

10/08/2020

Late night tonight, we took our twins to the Perseid meteor shower lights: such an amazing meteor very first experience. I was incredibly excited as well as my twins but as it was getting later an later, my girls lost interest in looking at the stars and focused on the wonderful bats in the dark that were flying around. We read so much about bats and it was so amazing to see them remembering and admiring these unique creatures... A successful night nevertheless..

Oh and here is an amazing book for bats, a family favorite !!! Super scientific and super engaging for young audience :) good night!

10/08/2020

Here is an amazing way to extend the "Colors on paper towels" experiment: Use wax crayons to paint on paper towels. Dip them in a little bit of water and explore whether the colors from wax crayons are crawling on paper towels just like the colored watermakers. Do they? Do they not? And why? Share your pictures with us!

Link to the original experiment: https://youtu.be/U41HIDxertg

07/08/2020

SURPRISE PAPER CRAFT for Kindergarten: GIANT Paper Necklace

Have you seen our new Science activity with a super fun GIANT paper necklace?!

https://youtu.be/LJwtZ-40RmA

Create a GIANT paper necklace with one piece of paper. A great creative activity for kindergarten kids, with the element of surprise. This surprise papercraf...

05/08/2020

Caring for animals can be a wonderful way to teach kids responsibility and nurture their love for all creatures and nature! We had to take care of this little bunny rabbit for a few days (he's mum went on holidays!). We had to feed it, give it enough exercise in the garden, and just play and hold it! My girls were at first very very excited, and in fact, talking about wanting their own bunny rabbit! But then, the next day, they lost interest! We had to discuss why it is important to be responsible, and offer consistent and regular care to your little animal friends:) What pets do you have?

04/08/2020

Richard (5 YO) played with colors on paper towels and created this gorgeous science art piece! It is amazing to see your lovely art made with chromatography Richard! Keep playing, learning, and creating with science:) Thank you so so much for sending it!!!!

If you have any pictures from your science adventures, please post them in the comments here! We would all love to see them:)

03/08/2020

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31/07/2020

KIDS SHADOW ART: Easy Fun Science Activity

Hey everyone! I hope you are all safe and healthy! Its Friday again and we made it with one more science video for you to watch, pause and play with little ones! This week, we are exploring shadows with art and experiments. It is a super easy and fun and creative activity that builds an intuitive understanding of what shadows are. I also show an experiment that allows kids to see in front of them how the day and night are created - linking it to shadows! You can take a look at this activity in this link. If you like the video, please remember to press like: https://youtu.be/sCEfl4DjgnE

Create shadow art with kids & understand how a shadow is created (bonus shadow experiment towards the end of the video!). Subscribe here for weekly science v...

18/07/2020

Bouncy Egg Experiment for KIDS: Play and Learn at Home!

Have you checked out our latest video on how to create a bouncy egg? They are so much fun for young hands, and they are a sensory activity that impresses kids of all ages:) Check it out here:) Let us know your thoughts & when you play this at home, share with us pictures - we would love to see your bouncy colorful eggs:) https://youtu.be/b7XgCxQIKB8

A fun experiment for young kids where we transform an egg with a hard eggshell to a soft bouncy egg! This science experiment offers kids a visual experience ...

17/07/2020

We had a nature walk together where we discovered beautiful bubble bees collect nectar from flowers! There were so many bubble bees enjoying this summer day:) Did you know, that bubble bees scent mark flowers they have visited? Beautiful nature!:)

16/07/2020

Today we are making rose water from the roses in our garden! Its so amazing to see kids gathering lots of colourful leaves, smelling them, touching them and experiencing our earth's beautiful creations! If you ever tried making your own rose water, let us know:)

14/07/2020

Sink or Float Nature Edition: Is fun, creative, a bit more complicated to explain and understand but magical! Combined with a wonderful nature walk, is the perfect summer science activity:) Let us know if you played it too:)

12/07/2020

Little Lucas send he's gorgeous ICE ART all the way from Melbourne, Australia! What a fantastic art piece you did there while learning about water transformation to ICE and back to water!:) Thank you so much for sending it:) I absolutely LOVE it, and I would love to see more pictures from your and the rest of our Pause & Play little scientists KIDS:)

10/07/2020

KIDS FUN SCIENCE ACTIVITY: Flower Color Power!

Heading to the weekend with flowers colour power! This is a fun science activity for kids to learn about flowers. Flowers drink their fluids from their roots and stem. Placing the flowers in colourful water affects their colour. With this fun science activity, kids observe the speed that the flowers drink their water and where the water is traveling on the petals. It's a fun educational experience for kids of all ages!
Have a look at this activity in the link below and if you like it, and would like to see the weekly Pause & Play activities (new every Friday!) make sure you subscribe!
https://youtu.be/CQBYmKPzaSE

A fun science activity for kids to learn about flowers. Flowers drink their fluids from their roots and stem. Placing the flowers in colourful water effects ...

08/07/2020

Sneaky Peak: The household items used in one of our upcoming videos!!!! Can you guess what am I doing?!?! Super excited!

07/07/2020

This week, I am experimenting with pour paint. I am trying to figure how to create amazing pour paintings with household items - very very fun:) Let us know if you have any ideas:)

PS: Picture of a pour paint trial using school glue and food colouring.