Small experiments in kindergarten

What you need:

• Plant seeds
• possibly tadpoles or caterpillars
• water
• salt
• prism
• Magnet holder

Small experiments in the field of biology

• Grow plants with the children to show them how it will grow. The easiest and fastest way to do this is with cress. Cress seeds don't even need soil. A paper kitchen towel that is always kept moist is sufficient as a base. After just a few days, the germs and the sprout children can control growth every day. Such growth experiments are also possible with flower seeds. Germination and growth take much longer, but for this the children are rewarded with the first flower. Later you can plant the raised flowers with the children in the kindergarten garden. And since these are "own products", these plants will certainly continue to attract attention.
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• Get tadpoles or caterpillars from pet shops and inquire about the rearing conditions (temperature, food). You will need a large, clear plastic container or a small aquarium to keep the animals. You can use the kindergarten sure to find a place. Both animal species are very suitable for teaching children the process of metamorphosis. The tadpoles, for example, get legs at some point and the tail disappears more and more, until finally a frog emerges. The ugly caterpillars will retreat into a cocoon and reappear as beautiful butterflies.

Chemistry in kindergarten

• Every substance there is can take three different forms. The physical states solid, liquid and gaseous. A substance can change its appearance again and again as a result of temperature changes. For experiments in kindergarten, the best way to demonstrate this principle is with water. Ice from the freezer melts at room temperature and turns into water vapor when heated on a stove. For example, the steam condenses on the window, cools down and then becomes liquid again.
• There are apparently uniform substances that are actually made up of different substances. Fill a glass about halfway with water and add 2-3 tablespoons of salt. Mix well until everything is dissolved. Now the glass must be left to stand until the water has evaporated and the salt remains as a whitish crust on the bottom of the glass. A taste test will show the children that it is really salt.

Physical experiments in kindergarten

• Demonstrate with a prism, for example a cut glass block, that the sunlight in reality consists of many different types of rays, which only together form bright light result. Use it to explain the formation of a rainbow. This is one of the easiest experiments in kindergarten.


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• With simple magnetic holders you can show children the power of magnetism through its plus and minus poles. The magnets adhere to metallic surfaces, such as a refrigerator, but they cannot be brought together. When you release the magnets from the holders, the children will find that during their experiments Certain sides of the magnets attract or repel strongly, making the principle of the different poles even better capture. They can also find out which metal objects are attracted to magnets, for example paper clips.