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Science & Nature
Observation & curiosity activities
Looking closely, noticing details and asking questions about the world.
16 activities
Activities
Fall Scavenger Hunt
Explore an outdoor space and mark nine fall treasures as you find them.
Scavenger hunt
Banana Oat Pancake Recipe
Mash, mix, and follow a picture recipe for pancakes. An adult handles the stove while the child helps with the safe steps.
Cooking together
Dinosaur Baking Soda Volcano
Make a foaming volcano with baking soda and vinegar in a dinosaur setting. Draw a prediction first, then draw what happened.
Science experiment
Weekly Weather Graph
Observe and record the weather for seven days, then color a graph to find out which kind of weather appeared most often.
Count and graph
Walking Rainbow
Watch colored water travel along paper towels from one cup to another. Children predict, observe, and draw what happens.
Science experiment
Square and Rectangle Shapes
Trace a square and a rectangle, color familiar objects, and draw an example of each shape.
Shapes
Living and Nonliving Things
Cut out and sort eight garden pictures into living and nonliving groups. Observe, talk, and classify together.
Sort and classify
Garden Bug Picture Cards
Nine picture cards for naming garden bugs and playing a simple finding game.
Picture cards
Farm Animal Odd One Out
In each row, children look at four animals and circle the one that doesn't usually live on a farm.
Odd one out
Find Soft Things
Look around the home for eight soft things and mark the pictures you find. A gentle observation and conversation game to play with an adult.
Scavenger hunt
Talking About the Beach
Look at a beach scene together and discover a sandcastle, a beach umbrella and more. A short activity for pointing and talking.
Picture talk
Farm Animal Story
Look for a duckling on the farm in a short story with repeated questions, big pictures, and animal sounds.
Story & talk
Sensory Play with Colored Ice
A short sensory activity to touch ice, watch colored water, and discover what happens when colors mix.
Sensory play
Farm Animals
Show your child large cards featuring eight farm animals and talk about the pictures together.
Picture cards
High Contrast Ocean Animals
Show your baby six black-and-white ocean animals and talk about them using short phrases.
Baby look cards
Black and White Faces
Show your baby six black-and-white faces during tummy time. Copy the expressions and talk together.
Baby look cards