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No, you cannot eat these "green eggs," but they make a super fun preschool science project and go great with Dr. Seuss, St. Patrick's Day, and Spring/Easter themes! Your kids will love all the color and fizzing action in this science project. I made our green eggs to do as a science activity after we read Dr. Seuss's   Green Eggs and Ham .   My youngest preschooler is still practicing making a pipette work, so this was excellent fine motor exercise for her too!  What do you do with the green eggs?  Simple!  Place them in a bed of white "egg whites" (baking soda) and let your kiddos make them fizz!  Fizzing green eggs!!  What more could you want?!! How do you make these fun green eggs for your preschooler's science moment?  Easy!  Simply mix 1/2 cup of baking soda with 9 drops of food coloring and 1 tablespoon of water.  You should have a soft dough that holds together when you squeeze it, but falls apart if any extra pressure is added.  F

What is the craziest thing you've done in a car?  That was only part of our discussion during this Dr. Seuss-inspired science activity!  Launching this LEGO car is one of the most fun things we've done all day!  I love that it is powered by a rubber band sling shot and inspired by Dr. Seuss! In the classic Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham , Sam invites the main character to taste green eggs and ham in a car.  "Would you, could you, in a car?" After we talked about different parts of the book, I challenged my daughter to make a car that moves with LEGOs and rubber bands.  Of course, to make it even more challenging our LEGO bin is full of LEGO pieces, K'Nex pieces, and Mega-Bloks pieces.  This amazing creation is what she came up with. You can see a close up of the front in the top picture of this post.  You can launch it by pulling on the rubber band, aiming the car, and letting it take off.  Or, she also showed me how you could wrap the

Read a book. Do a science project.  Dr. Seuss and a science experiment are the perfect preschool learning combination! This month (and the first two days of next month) we're celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday with science activities that can be tied to some of his classic books.  Today's project is so simple that you probably have the supplies in your cupboard, and yet still so engaging that your children will want to repeat it...over and over and over... To set up this preschool science station, you need to prepare: 1- a clear cup, vase, or bowl with oil 2- another bowl (or 2) with colored water.  We used blue and green food coloring. 3- a pipette and straw One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss starts out with fish doing different silly things as they splash in the water.  It is delightful, fun, and easy to read.  For this preschool inspired-by-Dr. Seuss science activity, we are pretending to make fish float the "water."  To make your fish, put a squirt

Dr. Seuss's birthday is coming up, and to celebrate we are doing science experiments, activities, and STEM projects inspired by our favorite Dr. Seuss books! Today's STEM Challenge started out as a science (physics) activity inspired by Dr. Seuss's Yertle the Turtle , but quickly morphed into a huge STEM exploration as the kids had ideas and wanted to try more things! Amazon Affiliate Link: In the story, Yertle, the turtle king, builds his throne higher and higher by forcing the other turtles to climb on top of each other.  Turtles don't balance so well and eventually a little sneeze shakes the whole tower!  Our science activity was going to emphasize how fragile tall towers are and teach the kiddos about balancing with a hands on "turtle tower" project of their own!   We pretended that a set of paving stones were turtles (they do look a bit like turtle shells)!  They children were challenged to stack them up just like the turtles i

I am so excited to share these top 10 rainbow preschool songs! My favorite part about learning a new song is watching my 3-year old sing it on her own while dancing in her princess dress-of-the-day.  It is completely adorable! We use these songs for "singing time," when we learn new songs that the kids can actually sing. They love this!  It's also great for their little developing brains!  We also like to listen to child-friendly music while we paint, draw, and clean up.  These songs are perfect for singing along to or listening to while you make your own rainbow art ! Anyway, without any more introduction, here is my list of Top 10 Rainbow Preschool Songs: Top 10 Rainbow Preschool Songs: Colors Song: I Can Sing a Rainbow: The Rainbow Colors Song: Rainbow, Rainbow: Colors of the Rainbow: De Colores: The last four songs are simple singing time songs we love here at Preschool Powol Packets!  I'm working on