Experiences for children from three years. Does it sink or drown?

Experiences for children from three years. Does it sink or drown?

Sink or swim - these are fun experiments forfor children aged three and up and a great idea for playing in the bath. You and your child will experiment and explore - what objects and why can float or sink. Also check out the autumn experiment for children.Floating-and-sinking-sortWE WILL NEED:If you are not playing in the bathroom, take a large container for water. Two smaller containers for sorting (one for sinking things, the other for floating things, it is better to label them) A box with different objects (plastic bottle caps, wine corks, a piece of paper, a piece of corrugated cardboard, a pencil, a stone, a plastic toy, a dish sponge, an iron key, a cotton swab, a piece of fabric, a Kinder Surprise egg, a shell, a leaf from a tree, a twig, a plastic spoon). HOW TO PLAY:

  • Place one item in water for a while. Does it float or sink? Place the object in the appropriate labeled container.
  • Talk about why some objects sank and others do not.
  • Discuss the weight, size and material of the object, and how this affects swimming abilities.
  • Talk about why there were bubbles when some objects sank.
  • Try to tie a stone to an object that has not drowned and see if it drowns with the stone?
  • Look around the house for several objects to check if they can swim.
  • Find and read books about floating and drowning objects and their properties.

HOW IS THIS BENEFICIAL FOR CHILDREN?

  • Speech development: Use descriptive words to express your ideas and opinions.
  • We can make a connection with real life experience.
  • Scientific thinking is developed: we make predictions, observations, comparisons, reasoning, collect data, conduct research and evaluation.
  • Motor coordination and control develops
  • Understand the cause and effect
  • Concentration of attention

Show interesting experiments to children and they will develop and learn while playing)

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