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Teaching 2- to 6-Year-Olds to Know Their Colors
Young children can create and play a color matching game and make a colorful ornament while learning to name the colors.
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Make a Benham Disk Top
Spin this disk and watch the black and white patten change colors.
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Thaumatropes and Flip Books – Moving Illusions
Add movement to these optical illusions and trick the brain into merging separate images.
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Optical Illusions That Trick the Eye
Kids can draw these visual tricks where they'll have friends and family comparing the sizes of objects.
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No-Bake Edible Insects
Kids can create insects using cookies, pretzels, cereal, and candy. The specific building materials are up to the parents.
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Write Windspark Poems on a Wind Twirler
Windsparks are brief, five-line poems that follow a simple format. Write the poems onto squares of paper folded into a mobile that will catch the wind.
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Create a Poetry Mobile with Primary Students
Children hang short poems and small pieces of art from a dowel or branch to create a display of their creativity.
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Make Plastic Putty
Make a ball of putty that stretches, bounces, and temporarily holds its shape. While having fun, children are also learning about polymers.
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Texture Rubbings and Tree Identification
Although most tree identification relies on looking at leaves, exploring the texture of the bark adds another element to studying trees.
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