Creative Ways to Engage Your Children Indoors

I often forget to pull out the phone and take a video of our creative play. Sometimes you just have to soak up the moment and be present. 🙂 I did this experiment with my 5-year-old daughter and she thoroughly enjoyed seeing frost form in a jar. Even better because she could scratch the frost off the outside, which she found quite exciting.

It’s a simple and fun science experiment, with only 4 materials needed (ice, food colouring, salt, and a mason jar).

How to Make Frost in a Jar- Learn How Frost Forms! Why does frost form? Find out with this super easy frost in a jar science experiment. Learning with ice is tons of fun!

Stay tuned for creative SCIENCE ideas to do at home!!

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What is creative art and how does it benefit your child?

Have you heard of the term loose parts? Do you know how beneficial they are to creative development and how entertaining they can be for children when stuck inside?
Check out this link to learn more about what loose parts are and how to use them!

Making use of loose parts - Active For Life What can you do with a stick, or cardboard, or old buttons? Lots! Learn how to build your loose parts collection to engage children’s natural creativity and encourage them to invent, problem solve, and construct the world around them.

An example of using an interactive book as inspiration for an open-ended art activity!

For this activity all you need is:

a) playdough
b) googly eyes
c) pom poms
d) feathers
e) colourful pipe cleaners
f) a tray to organize the items
g) Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter

After reading the book, arrange your items in an inviting way on the tray and place the tray in a place that will capture your child's attention. Let them explore the materials and see what they will create.