Fun at Home Easy Science Experiments for Preschoolers
These easy family friendly preschool experiments are an exciting way to teach science and entertain your kids at home! Have fun and be safe
Make a glitter volcano with a vase, baking soda, vinegar, food coloring and glitter. Place 2-3 tbsp. baking soda in the bottom of the vase, and put the vase in a pan. Add food coloring and glitter before pouring in ½ c. vinegar and watch it explode.
Explain afterimages with these colorful experiment. Look at the image on the monitor or print out the image on a color printer. Look at the image of the colored circle, focusing on the center, for 30 seconds. Then look at the white space next to it. With the afterimage, you’ll see the same size and shape of the image, but the colors have changed.
Make a candy rainbow with hard-shelled colored candies, a plate, glass or measuring cup, warm water, dish or paper towels, spoon and sugar. Arrange candy in a circle around the inner rim of the plate. Pour warm warm into the middle of the plate and watch what happens. On a dry plate, make a circle of candy, placing about a quarter tsp. of sugar in the middle of the plate. Pour warm water near the center of the plate (not directly on the sugar) and watch what happens.
Mix up yogurt silly putty for a fun way to play. Mix together 1 c. of yogurt (without fruit chunks) and ¾ c. corn starch. When it’s no longer sticky, pick it up and roll it into a ball, and then start playing.
Explain density with this easy oil and water experiment. Fill a container with vegetable oil, and fill several small containers with water and food coloring. Using pipettes, suck up the colored water. Insert the pipette into the oil and slowly release a ball of colored water, showing kids that oil and water don’t mix.
Travel to the moon to explain gravity. Layer flour on a plate to represent the moon, and pull out a monster truck, allowing your child to drive on the moon. As there is no wind on the moon, these tracks are permanent. But prints could be destroyed by meteorites. Allow your kids to drop rocks, balls or raisins as pretend meteorites to see what happens to the surface of the moon.
Create salt crystals using water, salt, glass bowls, food coloring and a magnifying glass. Dissolve salt in the glass of water. Pour the salt water combination into bowls and add food coloring. Put the bowls in a warm place so the water evaporates quickly. Once the water has evaporated, use a magnifying glass to look at the crystals.
Make your own bouncy balls with white glue, food coloring, Borax powder, corn starch and warm water. In a cup, pour together the water, corn starch and Borax. In another cup, pour the glue. Put food coloring into the glue and stir together. Mix the water, corn starch and Borax together before pouring the mixture into the colored glue. Stir together until you have a glob, and then roll together with your hands until you have a ball.
Replicate rain and clouds with shaving cream, food coloring, clear glasses, small bowls, water and an eye dropper. Fill small containers with water and add food coloring to each of the containers. Fill a clear glass with water about ⅔ full and top with shaving cream in the shape of a cloud. Using the eye dropper, drop the different colors on the shaving cream cloud and watch as the “rain” falls.
Make toothpaste fit for an elephant with a plastic water bottle, yeast, warm water, liquid dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, cup, spoon, googles and a tray. Pour the hydrogen peroxide into the water bottle, fill cups with warm water and put liquid dish soap into separate cups. Pour the yeast into the warm water, stirring for about 30 seconds. Pour the dish soap into the peroxide and mix together, swirling gently. Add the warm water and yeast to watch the foaming mixture grow.
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