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We’ve all heard the saying, “Persistence is the key to success.” Whether you’ve heard this or it was phrased differently, the significance remains the same.

Some are naturally persistent in what they do and will stop at nothing until they’ve mastered something. Others may have a more relaxed approach to a task and aren’t wired with the same mentality, which is OKAY!

However, a certain level of persistence is an essential trait in life. It is helpful to our goals and allows us to achieve them. It is a quality that is part of our self-regulation skills. These mainly arise during the ages of 3-7 and will continue to develop and grow.

Here are some tips you can use to develop the skill of persistence in your child.

#1 A Fun and Interesting Activity

Think about yourself. Do you “want” to complete a task you don’t enjoy? Probably not, and our kids are just the same, but with less patience.
Pick an activity your child finds enjoyable and interesting as they will be more apt to persist at it. If you can, add in some additional props/resources to their activity to extend interest.

#2 Multiple Step Projects

Many art and science projects have multiple steps to complete. For example, paper mache is a project that takes some time and patience. You have to make it, let it dry, add you next layer, repeat the process, and maybe paint it as well, etc. This is an excellent activity that can be fun yet teaches patience and persistence to yield results.

#3 Avoid Jumping To The Rescue

Children learn to think, grow, and persist when they’re faced with obstacles they must find a solution to. While it may be tempting or natural to simply jump in and take over, give your child a chance to struggle through a problem a bit. Not only does this build persistence, but when they solve their issue, it builds confidence, knowing that when they face a challenge, they can always power through!

Let us know what you think down below. Is your child naturally persistent or can they use a little push sometimes?

A little late but we hope you all had a safe and restful holiday season. Happy New Year! Now, on to great and better things this year! 🎆

Quote of the day! 🙌

3. Rocket Boats

Material:

-Food Coloring
-Baking Soda
-Toilet Paper
-Vinegar
-Tape
-Dish Soap Bottle with a Pop Cap.

Instructions:

-Fill your bathtub or a large basin with about six inches of water.
-Open the cap on the dish soap bottle.
-Unscrew the cap and add one and a half cups of vinegar to the bottle.
-Add a little bit of food coloring.
-Put one tablespoon of baking soda into a piece of toilet paper.
-Create a small pouch with the toilet paper and closee it off with a small piece of tape. -Remember, the pouch will have to fit into the mouth of the bottle, so make sure it is small enough.
-Quickly drop the baking soda pouch into the bottle and put the cap back on.
-Release the bottle into the water and watch your rocket boat propel itself around the bathtub.

Why Does This Work?

When baking soda and vinegar are combined, they create a chemical reaction. The chemical reaction produces carbon dioxide gas. The gas ends up quickly building pressure in the bottle. The air will escape through the pop top causing your boat to propel itself through the water. 

4. Rainbow Celery

Material:

-Jars
-Water
-Food Coloring
-Celery

Instructions:

-Lay a few jars out in a row and in an area where you can leave them for a couple days.
-Fill each of your jars about halfway full with water.
-Add a few drops of different colors into each jar.
-Put one stalk of celery into each jar.
-Check on your celery every over the next several days and notice and record your observations.

Why Does This Work?

Celery uses something called capillary action to pull water up from the soil and into the plant. In this experiment, the same thing is happening, however, you’ll be able to see the change as the food coloring attaches to the water molecules and travels up into the celery stalk. Xylems are the small tubes in the celery that carry the water up into the celery. 

2. Homemade Storm in a Glass

Materials:
-Shaving cream
-A large glass
-Water
-Food coloring
-A spoon

Instructions:

-Fill your glass 1/2 full with water
-Spray a layer of shaving cream on top of the water to fill the glass.
-Use a spoon to spread the shaving cream evenly over the top of the water. The top of the shaving cream should be flat.
-Now, mix ½-cup water with some drops of food coloring in a separate container. - - -By the spoonful, gently add your water mixture to the top of the shaving cream.
-Eventually, when your makeshift “cloud” gets too heavy, it will begin to rain!

Why Does This Work?

The shaving cream in this experiment imitates clouds while the water is like the air. Clouds hold onto millions of gallons of water! Just like clouds, the shaving cream layer will also hold onto water. However, clouds can’t store water forever, so eventually they get too heavy. Then, the water will fall out (precipitates) as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Looking for something to do this holiday? Complete these science experiments this holiday! ☃️🎄

1. Ice Fishing 🧊🧊

Materials:
-Small Stick
-Salt
-Glass of Water 💧
-String
-Ice cube tray
-Bowl

Instructions:

-Fill your ice cube tray with water and place it in the freezer. If you have ice cubes already, you can skip this step.

-Once frozen, remove the tray from the freezer and take out the ice.

-Put the ice in a bowl of water. The ice cube will float.

-Create a small fishing pole by tying one end of the string to your stick.

-Now, begin “fishing”. Place the fishing rod over a piece of ice in the bowl. Sprinkle a little salt where the string is touching the ice.

-The water will slightly melt slightly and then refreeze. In a few seconds, you’ll be able to lift the ice cube out of the water.

Why does this work?

When salt is added to water, it lowers the water’s freezing temperature as it has to get colder than 0° C or 32° F to freeze.

The salt you sprinkle on the ice cube lowers its freezing temperature and since the ice cube cannot get any colder than it already is, it begins to melt.

A small puddle of water will form on top of the ice cube and the string sinks into it. As the ice cube melts, it dilutes the salt/water mixture in the puddle; the freezing point starts to go back up again.

The ice freezes again which traps the string. As soon as the ice cube hardens, you can now raise it by lifting the string.

Looking for something to do this holiday? Complete these 4 science experiments this holiday! ☃️🎄

1. Ice Fishing 🧊🧊

Materials:
-Small Stick
-Salt
-Glass of Water 💧
-String
-Ice cube tray
-Bowl

Instructions:

-Fill your ice cube tray with water and place it in the freezer. If you have ice cubes already, you can skip this step.

-Once frozen, remove the tray from the freezer and take out the ice.

-Put the ice in a bowl of water. The ice cube will float.

-Create a small fishing pole by tying one end of the string to your stick.

-Now, begin “fishing”. Place the fishing rod over a piece of ice in the bowl. Sprinkle a little salt where the string is touching the ice.

-The water will slightly melt slightly and then refreeze. In a few seconds, you’ll be able to lift the ice cube out of the water.

Why does this work?

When salt is added to water, it lowers the water’s freezing temperature as it has to get colder than 0° C or 32° F to freeze.

The salt you sprinkle on the ice cube lowers its freezing temperature and since the ice cube cannot get any colder than it already is, it begins to melt.

A small puddle of water will form on top of the ice cube and the string sinks into it. As the ice cube melts, it dilutes the salt/water mixture in the puddle; the freezing point starts to go back up again.

The ice freezes again which traps the string. As soon as the ice cube hardens, you can now raise it by lifting the string.

Adult: “How was your day?”

Child: “Good.”

The End

Does that conversation sound familiar? If not, awesome! If so, then don’t worry, we know it’s easy to fall into the same conversation every day, it’s just what comes natural.
However, you may be hoping to better understand what’s going on during your child’s day. Did anything special happen, what did they learn, is there anything you can help them with? All questions you may have and are hoping to gain some insight on, but it comes down simply to how you phrase your question.

Here are 10 different ways to ask: “How was your day?”

1. Did you find out something interesting today?
2. What do you know today that you didn’t know yesterday?
3. What was the best thing that happened?
4. What was the most creative thing you did?
5. Did anything make you feel frustrated?
6. Teach me something you learned?
7. Who did you play with?
8. What was the hardest part of your day?
9. How would you rate your day from 1 - 10?
10. Did anyone do anything silly?

Let us know what you think. :)