Some home learning tools that teach about math and science:
- building blocks and construction sets
- magnets
- ant farms
- scales
- magnifying glasses
- flower and vegetable seeds
- calculators
- flower press
- bird feeders
- microscopes and telescopes
- Bake a cake together and observe/talk about how the mixtures change from powders to liquid to solid.
- Look at salt and sugar under a microscope or magnifying glass. How are the crystals like? How are they different?
- Put a tulip or daffodil in water with food coloring and observe how the water travels up the stem and into the petals.
- Make a bird feeder out of a milk container and observe the different birds that visit. What are their colors and sizes? When do they come?
- Take a nature walk and record the different kinds of bugs you see or collect a variety of leaves.
- Observe clouds and notice differences in the ones that bring rain or thunderstorms and the ones that don't.
- See if there are science museums or children's museums nearby.
- Look for extra activities offered by your child's school, the town, a community college, YMCA/YWCA, etc.