We all fear hearing the *snip snip* of children using scissors. Was it their hair? My curtains? The beloved teddy bear’s head? Learning how to use scissors takes lots of practice, but it is essential. The skills used are the same ones as when completing daily activities and writing. But simply as...

An eraser is usually used to correct mistakes in drawings, but what about using it to draw instead?

Filling tiny DUPLO holes with coloured water using pipettes. Younger children can use the back side of baseplate

Transform family time into a planet-saving adventure! This video offers a creative and educational activity idea for parents looking to engage their kids in environmental awareness. Join us as we explore a hands-on play activity where families come together to sort and recycle ocean rubbish

A magic trick for a toddler

This is a simple science experiment with Skittles that every child has to try. Make a circle with skittles on a plate, add warm water and enjoy the rainbow!

Simple science experiment with glasses “magically” sticking to a balloon

Easy science experiment for children. We are popping balloons with Max today. It is simple with just one pin, but when the number of pins increases, the balloon doesn't pop (unless I push it really hard)

Here is our soap powered boat that Alex has made from a business card. He cut corners of the card and put soap at the back of the boat. After he placed the boat onto the water, it scooted across. To try that again, we needed to rinse out the tray to remove any soap and add fresh water. Soap break...

Testing heat conduction with Alex. We stuck a bead of butter to the ends of metal, wooden and plastic spoons. We had to wait results a bit after adding hot water to the bowl, but it was worth it. Another lesson is learned here. Metal is a better heat conductor then wood or plastic

The lava Lamp Experiment is a fun and easy experiment every child should try. We haven't done this simple lava lamp experiment for a while, and this time it did not fail to amuse too. We coloured water with food colouring and poured it into a plastic bottle with vegetable oil. We added big Aspiri...

Here is a fun magic trick to do on a rainy day or even as a boredom buster. This trick includes crafting activities, which makes it perfect for passing the time. Turn any of your children’s artwork into a fun, entertaining magic trick. This is sure to be fun for all of the family!

Learn Alphabet today! In this video, we are going to show some amazing tips to learn letters smart way. These tricks will help your kids to learn letters fast, such as psychology, for whatever assignments your kids have or work they need to. These mind tricks make kids learn faster than usual! I ...

This addition machine is hungry for numbers! It shows children that there are multiple ways to get to the same number. It can grow with your children because you can put in any numbers you want. Let me know if you make this addition machine!

Let's play spies and learn chemistry in the process! Lemon juice invisible ink is a cool chemistry project that you can do at home. You just need to squeeze a lemon and write your secret message using juice as ink with a brush or a cotton bud. After your ink has dried on the paper, no one will be...

That is what we call touchscreen experience without a tablet! After attaching a zip bag to a cardboard with printed alphabet I added shampoo and letter-shaped buttons inside it. Now Max had to push letters to match them with printed alphabet, or just make some words

When science meets art. 5 amazing colourful activities for kids that combine art and science

Max loves this simple letter recognition activity covering letters from his name with clothes pins

In this simple presentation, we see how siphons work. I asked Alex and Max to pay attention and tell me at what level should be water so that it starts going through the straw. So they did, had fun and learned something new.
A siphon can lift the water up without a pump, and that is the reason it...

It is easy to keep children amused at a funfair. What did you do this half term? If you want to see more videos like this one please leave a comment and let us know!

This addition machine is hungry for numbers! It shows children that there are multiple ways to get to the same number. It can grow with your children because you can put in any numbers you want. Let me know if you make this addition machine!

This LEGO DUPLO math game is a simple way to introduce kids to counting! You just roll dice in turns and after three goes see whose tower is higher. Max and I had fun playing it in the DUPLO pit at LEGO House

Max loved clothes pins activity last time, so I made this simple activity for him today. By now, he is quite familiar with his name letters, but have a look how good he is with more challenging words. I do not know where he learns all that...

Thank you for your suggestions and comments to my videos. I do read them and here is the result. A new activity for name recognition, but this time Max's name is not all in capitals. Max is sticking tape over letters of his name. I was actually surprised how good hi was starting the tape everytim...