Playtime can be a valuable activity for children in terms of their social development and problem-solving skills. However, as your child enters school, you may wish to expose them to more educational activities at home, so they can improve specific skills to help them with their learning. Here are 5 educational activities you can try at home.
At-Home Volcanoes
Sometimes, the oldest ideas for activities remain popular for a reason. This at-home volcano experiment provides a great means of teaching your children about volcanic eruptions. Meanwhile, the activity’s craftiness and messiness mean your child will surely be kept entertained. All that is required to create the volcano is baking soda, dish soap, water, and sand, although you may also want to add some food coloring for effect. Once the water, dish soap, and vinegar are mixed inside a bottle and covered with sand, all you need to do is add a solution of baking soda and water for the eruption. If this project goes well, there are also a host of other at home science experiments you can try with your child.
Creating Pipe Cleaner Constellations
Creating models of the solar system is a popular activity at school since it teaches them the names and order of the planets in a fun and tactile way. You can similarly evoke this effect at home by having your child use pipe cleaners and beads to create models of famous constellations such as the big dipper and Orion’s belt. The DIY activity is simple and therefore doesn’t require too much preparation. It can also serve as a visual way of teaching your children how stars connect to form constellations.
Sight Word Craft Puzzles
Reading is a skill that is crucial to your child’s development, but it can be difficult to come up with activities that teach reading but also keep your child entertained. As a solution to this, this activity involves creating object cards for the names and corresponding pictures for different words. You may want to use colored card to make them stand out more. If your child is a visual learner, this can be a great way to keep your child stimulated while reading.
Map Labelling
This is a helpful geography activity if you have access to a large map at home. For this task, you can give your child a list of cut-out place names and have them label the locations on a map. This activity can be helpful for teaching important locations nationally and across the world, and also adds a fun, physical element to the learning.
Egg Drop Challenge
Sometimes, educational activities needn’t be about teaching one specific thing. In this activity, kids are challenged to prevent an egg from cracking from the tallest height possible.
Not only is this activity engaging and a lot of fun, but it also can subtly help teach your child to improve their problem-solving and critical thinking skills. It can also be an effective way of teaching your child about physics and gravity, too.
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