Colour changing experiements
When they are not glued to their electronic devices the boys favourite thing to do at home are experiments. While I do want to do things like this with them it is often a request that I sadly turn down quite frequently, it makes the days of asking to get the paints out seem much less painful now! The problem is to provide them with an 'experiment' I need to jump on pinterest or google to for ideas (seriously how did people 'parent' without them!) and then I need to have the stuff at home to do it, the time and of course the will to sort out the aftermath. We've had several failed experiments which usually end up with everyone in a bad mood, but every now and again we strike gold! Our recent 'experiment' was deemed a success in the fact that the boys enjoyed it and it kept them amused for much longer than I expected, and the clean up was minimal. As for actual science learnt I'm not sure, but hey - 'they' say kids learn through play ...