Scavenger Hunt

Materials

• Scavenger hunt list
• Bag or box to put objects in (optional)

Scavenger Hunt Instructions

• Choose a color and have children go on a scavenger hunt for it!
• Once you have exhausted one color, try a different color!
• Other categories to try:
  • Shape
  • Things that use batteries
  • Things that make noise
  • Specific objects within your home
  • Living things
  • Things that feel a certain way (soft, hard, bumpy, etc.)
  • Nature objects
  • Toys (animals, cars, dolls, etc.)

Graphing Our Environment

Materials

• Piece of paper
• Crayons, markers, or pencils

Instructions for Graphing Our Environment

• Choose a category and have your child graph it!
  • What color the cars are that pass by outside?
  • How many of each shape or color you see in your home?
• Have children count up how many of each object they have.
• Other categories to try:
  • Food (cereal, noodles, beans, etc.)
  • How many of each sticker
  • Different types of coins
  • Buttons
  • Daily weather
  • Nature objects
  • Toys (animals, cars, dolls, etc.)

Magic Milk

Materials

• Plate
• Milk
• Food coloring
• Q-tip
• Dish soap

How to Make Magic Milk

• Pour milk onto a plate.
• Put drops of food coloring on milk (do not mix).
• Dip Q-tip into dish soap so the tip is coated.
• Dip soap-covered end of Q-tip into the milk near the food coloring drops.
• See what happens!

Questions To Ask Your Child

• What do you think will happen when you dip the Q-tip into the milk?
• What colors were created when the food coloring mixed?
• Why does the food coloring move away from the Q-tip?

Walking Rainbow

Materials

• 6 see-through containers
• 6 paper towels
• Red, yellow, and blue food coloring
• Water

How to Make a Walking Rainbow

• Place the six cups in a circle.
• Fill all cups with water (about half full).
• Put red food coloring in first cup, yellow food coloring in third cup, and blue food coloring in fifth cup.
• Roll paper towels into strips and put one end in colored water and other into jar next to it. Continue with all six jars.

Questions To Ask Your Child

• What colors do you think will be made in the clear water?
• Why is the water traveling between the jars?
• What other colors can you make when you mix colors?