GOOOOOP!!!!

To go along with our science experiments this week, we whipped up a good ol' batch of GOOP! Monkey loves goop.  So simple, some type of container, corn starch and water...and of course we had to make ours GREEN.  (We did 2 cups corn starch, 1 cup water...then added a little more water because it was pretty tough to scoop up)

This time I let Monkey add his cars into the mix.  He ALWAYS has hot wheels with him, and wants to make sure they are incorporated into every activity we do.  But this actually turned out to be way better than I thought. 

When he dropped the cars in, they began to sink, and we watch until they completely disappeared.  Then Monkey had to figure out how to get them out.  He had to figure out that he had to keep his hands wrapped around them to warm the goop so it became a liquid.  If he tried to fast it was just impossible to get them out.

It was interesting to watch him try to figure out why it was so hard when moving fast, like trying to hit it.  But then if he just slowly squished his hands in and picked it up, it would be a "goopy" 

Even Logey-Bear got his hands in there with this one (just didn't get pictures of it because I couldn't risk him shoving a big handful right into his mouth!  Some times us Moms just need 3 hands!)

Goop can be a little messy (especially in our house) but once it dries, it is super easy to just sweep up.

It's Going to Blow!

Today we did a GREAT science experiment!  It was perfect for 3 year olds!  Not confusing, not hard to understand, and very simple!!

First we got all the ingredients we needed: Vinegar, baking soda, food colouring, a pan, and syringes (If you have droppers, they would definitely work much better)

I then let the kids scoop out the baking soda out onto the pan (note: a pan with a lip is quite helpful in keeping the liquids contained!)

We then poured some vinegar in separate little bowls, and added a few drops of food colouring to each.  And then the fun began.  I let the kids 'suck' up the vinegar with the syringe and then squirt it onto the pan.  They didn't get what was so exciting about this until the first drop touched the baking soda.  And then "WOWWWWWW!!!!"  and "VOLCANOES"  and my favourite "IT IS GOING TO BLOW!!!"

The kids couldn't get over how much it bubbled when their colours hit the pan!  They were absolutely fascinated by it.  I had to refill the vinegar bowls 3 times!

Once we finally ran out of vinegar, Monkey was really interested in how the colours were mixing!  I got him a spoon and he started to mix them even more....and of course then the hands went in as well! (Like I said before, we are NOT afraid to get messy here!)

We did this for over 2 hours!  Monkey just loved the texture created by the vinegar and baking soda. He would try and build little mountains with the clumpy parts and then pour the liquid down the mountain!  This really was a great science lesson for the kids and they really started to grasp the action/reaction process!

We borrowed this idea from here