Make, explore and paint rainbows. Use a CD, water and sunlight or a flashlight to cast rainbows, study and paint with watercolors. A great piece of process art for kids. Art and science, STEAM projects for preschoolers.

Make, Explore, Paint Rainbows

February 8, 2017February 14, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Learning Tools, Science Experiments art, arts, cd, color, crafts, kids, painting, preschoolers, process, rainbows, reflections, science, STEAM, water, watercolors 6 Comments

Science and art combine in this amazing and simple rainbow experiment. The kids will love to make, explore and paint rainbows. The other day, my daughter picked up a CD and was fascinated by the rainbows that formed on it when she moved it around. We held it under the light and moved it all […]

Toddler Car Wash

July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities backyard, car wash, kids, outdoor, play, preschoolers, summer, toddler, water 7 Comments

It has been a busy few weeks. We are getting ready to put our house on the market. There is so much to do & seems like not enough time to do it in. This week we started to get our house packed & tried to fix up some areas that need work. Today’s project […]

Water & Ice Science For Toddlers

June 20, 2015March 21, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities experiments, kids, learning, play, preschooler, science, toddler, water 2 Comments

When choosing science experiments to do with my toddler, I find that the simpler the experiment the better. She loves water play, so the experiments with water are our favorites. I found the great ideas for these fun & easy experiments from two of my favorite science sites for kids www.sciencekids.co.nz & stevespanglerscience.com. Make sure that all […]

Plastic Easter Egg Floating Fish

May 31, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, bath, crafts, Easter, eggs, fish, float, kids, plastic, preschool, toddler, water 4 Comments

It has been 2 months since Easter & I still have a pile of plastic Easter eggs filling up my craft drawers. We have used them many times in water play in the past. I thought we could dress them up a bit and make colorful fish out of them. Plastic Egg Fish […]

Soda Bottle Boats

May 11, 2015January 9, 2017 Pinparent Arts and Crafts activities, arts, boats, crafts, float, kids, play, recyclables, sink, soda bottles, toddler, water 26 Comments

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day. If your weather was anything like ours was, you had a beautiful day to enjoy it in. We spent most of the day outside playing in Mai’s kiddie pool. We made sailboats out of 20 oz. soda bottles and sailed them around all day. Here is […]

Raining Sponge

April 6, 2015April 16, 2017 Pinparent Learning Tools, Science Experiments activities, experiments, fun, kids, motherhood, play, rain, science, sponge, toddler, water, weather 5 Comments

Teaching your children science doesn’t have to be complicated. Here is a simple experiment that toddlers and preschoolers will love. Science for kids does not need to be complicated. The simplest of things can be fun & educational. I like doing experiments that require very little set up, clean up & are done with […]

Science Experiments With Water

February 27, 2015August 16, 2018 Pinparent Kid's activities activities, balance, float, kids, motherhood, parenting, science, sink, toddler, water 21 Comments

“ABC Soup” Water Play

August 29, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities, Learning Tools, Reading & Writing abc, alphabet, cooking, kids, play, toddler, two year olds, water 4 Comments

It makes me laugh to think that in a house full of fancy toys & play sets, it is always the simplest things that hold on to our children’s attention the most. Our daughter loves to paint & draw, so we got her an easel. She prefers to draw at the kitchen counter. She loves building […]

Mining For Gemstones

July 7, 2014March 22, 2016 Pinparent Kid's activities activity, box, family, fun, gemstones, mining, outdoors, parenting, play, sand, sensory, toddler, treasure, two year old, water 16 Comments

*This post contains affiliate links* I can still remember the first time I made my daughter a sensory box. It was last year & it was just a large Rubbermaid storage bin filled with colored rice, rubber insects & some scoops & cups. Mai went crazy for it. I could not believe this simple idea could […]

Who Needs Toys – Playtime Made Easy

March 10, 2014June 30, 2015 Pinparent Helpful hints & tips, Kid's activities, Sensory Activities activities, blanket forts, books, chick peas, colored rice, coloring, dance, drawing, easy, family, fun, kitchen utensils, life, play, reading, simple, song, toddler, toys, water 23 Comments

You always hear people joke that you don’t need to buy young children expensive toys because all they end up wanting to play with is the box. This is no joke. There is no truer statement. Toddlers are easy; they can find the fun in anything. Their little spongy minds are absorbing and exploring everything. […]