Homeschool Moms
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Homeschooling moms get the best of both worlds, with the opportunity to spend more time with their children and guide their learning process. Here are tips and advice on homeschooling children, from developing lessons for homeschooling and finding ideas for projects to socializing activities for homeschooled children. Homeschooling editor: Lisa Russell |
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These kindergarten science lesson plans are fun because they all use food. Science with food is a neat way to raise awareness of real-life chemistry and physics. There are several food science experiments that are safe and fun. You can make a cabbage pH scale, experiment with different kinds of play dough, make quicksand with cornstarch, use eggs and salt to experiment with density & buoyancy, and blow up a balloon with baking soda & vinegar.
Salt can be used for many activities that help kids in kindergarten gain an understanding of scientific properties, by witnessing the effects of salt. Why do we sprinkle salt on the icy driveway? Where does salt come from?
Dandelions are free, kids love them. There's more to dandelions, though, than impromptu bouquets for the dinner table. Here are dandelion activities for kindergarten.
Bubble science is fun for kids and adults. Try these fun activities for bubble play and open up a discussion about the properties of bubble, the chemistry and physics of bubblemaking and good clean fun. Bubbles are an easy soap science lesson that your kindergartener will love. Try these activities in the bathtub or on the back porch.
Magnets are fun for kids of all ages. Playing magnet activities with kindergarteners can help give them an appreciation for the unknown, and appeals to their sense of imagination. Use these magnet activities to give kindergarteners early exposure to magnetic forces and most of all, have fun.
Read more: Homeschool Kindergarten Science Lesson Plans With Water
Keeping a nature journal is one way kindergarteners can learn about the natural world. Here are some tips for helping a budding writer and reader record their nature observations.
Whether you are a new or veteran homeschooler, when the reality of homeschooling life doesn’t quite match up to the myth of perfection, it can be discouraging.
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