Leaf Chromatography Science Experiment Nanny Anita 30 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Crafts & Activities Last year I came across this leaf chromatography experiment from one of my favourite websites Playdough to Plato. It shows what colours make up a leaf and why they change colour in autumn. Unfortunately all the...
Oil and Water Play Activity Nanny Anita 2 September, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living There are times when I need a quick activity that I can give to BB to keep him entertained while I either finish up dinner, or try to do something with the older 2. This oil and water play activity fit perfectl...
Exploring Patterns With Mirrors Activity Nanny Anita 17 June, 2019 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living When I was based in London I would often take my charges to the Science Museum. One of our favourite places to explore was the Pattern Pod. We would have to go there as soon as it opened, in order to get some p...
How to Make Matchstick Rockets Nanny Anita 30 August, 2018 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Do you know the quickest way to get a bunch of boys aged between 5 – 11 interested in doing an activity? Tell them you are going to play with matches and set something off. I’ve never seen them move so quickly....
DIY Parachutes for Teddies: STEM Activity Nanny Anita 9 May, 2018 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living If there is one activity that EC is always asking to redo it is the egg drop challenge. He absolutely loves it. This week rather than launch eggs out of my window to see if they'll survive the fall, we threw ...
STEM Activity: Cork Raft Challenge Nanny Anita 2 March, 2018 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living EC is really into his STEM projects and loves to build things. This week I set a cork raft challenge for him (and of course YC); to see who could build a cork raft out of the material we had. And whose could st...
Candy Cane Science Experiment Nanny Anita 26 December, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living I always find (as with most holidays) we seem to end up with lots of sweets around the house. At Easter we obviously have lots of chocolate. Halloween it is just sweets in general. But at Christmas we end up w...
Flying Tea Bag Ghosts Nanny Anita 26 October, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Over the past few weeks we have done quite a few Halloween crafts and games, therefore it is high time for a science based activity. I can assure you there is no quicker way to get EC involved in an activity th...
Nanny Anita’s LEGO Challenge Nanny Anita 25 July, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living The LEGO challenge is very simple. Each person takes it in turn to name something like an object, animal, plant etc. Then everyone builds it.
Nanny Anita’s How to Make a Slushy in a Bag Nanny Anita 11 July, 2017 Activities & Days Out, Blogger, Crafts & Activities, Living Make sure you follow my STEM board on Pinterest for more ideas, and don’t forget to save the pin for later. Phew! Last week was a scorcher of a week. I thought I had missed all the really hot weather when I...
