Scientific experiment with water for children: options

Increasingly, in order to distract a child from modern gadgets, parents think about the diversified development of their child. One of the useful alternatives may be an experiment with water for children. Kids love to learn new information, especially when the learning process is fascinating and interesting. In this article, we will consider in detail the options for experiments and experiments available in a city apartment.

Features of water and options for their study

Everyone knows that water is in three aggregate states - liquid, vapor and in the form of ice. The most affordable option may be an experiment with water for children: to show the crumbs how the water boils in a pot or in a teapot. Toddlers often delight in the appearance of bubbles, steam, bubbling and the corresponding noise. In the process of the experiment, it should be explained that boiling water is very hot and can cause pain. Also, the danger is the steam and hot capacity in which the experiment is conducted.

Options for the smallest

Kids get acquainted with water and its features very early. A healthy baby is allowed to bathe almost from the first days of life. Many children perceive bathing as an integral part of their life - they are comfortable and well in the water environment. When children begin to sit steadily, they can offer different toys. It is good if the baby has the opportunity to learn the properties of water on his own. A variety of home experiments for children with water during bathing:

• It can be poured from one container to another.
• The child can observe how the liquid flows out of the gum or other hole.
• It is necessary to show that some objects are drowning (for example, a metal spoon), while others float on the surface (for example, a plastic mold).
• On the surface of the water you can slap your palm - there will be splashes and bubbles.
• If the baby is bathing in a bath with foam, you can make a beanie out of it or decorate the bathroom wall.

Air balloons

Kids often wonder how different objects interact with bright balloons. For example, poking grass and bushes tear balls, and they burst. On the water surface, inflated balls are held and do not sink. If the room is wet and warm - they will burst. In addition, you can type in the ball itself instead of air water. It turns out a kind of "bomb". In hot weather in nature they can be thrown at each other or from a small height. During these games, you should follow safety rules and closely monitor the child.

Development of motor skills and coordination

Many experiments and games with water involve the use of household equipment. For example, you can pour the liquid from a large container of cups with a pan, a dining room or a teaspoon. In the process of such a game, the child is addicted to the process and trains his movements. Before such a game you need to prepare a rag and teach the baby to wipe the table and the floor behind him. You can also invite your child to fill the bottle. For this you need to show how to use the funnel.

For grown up and quiet kids it is possible to offer such fun with water: the child immerses in a single container with water a dishwashing sponge. And squeezes it into another container. Gradually, water from one tank is transferred to another. This experience requires diligence and attention. But parents can have a few minutes of free time.

Children 3-4 years old: what they are interested in

Experiments with water for children 3-4 years can be taken from the bathroom to the kitchen or, if possible, to nature. Children at this age should not be left unattended, so that they do not harm themselves or the surrounding objects. On the street you can conduct such an experiment with water for children:

• Offer to water a plant from a watering can or a bucket from a bucket.
• To pour water into an object with holes or into a "leaky" bag - it is interesting to observe at what speed all the liquid will flow out.
• Pour water in a basin or a bucket and check several items for "drowning". To conduct such an experience is necessary with various things, for example, a plate, a plastic glass, a stone, a leaf, a metal lid and the like.
• If the hot summer day allows time, leave a small bucket of cold water in the sun. After a couple of hours, the water will noticeably warm up. The child can be told about the impact of the sun, changes in the temperature of the environment and much more.
• In winter, the child needs to show the characteristics of snow and ice. The simplest thing you can do is bring snow to the apartment and watch how it melts.

Snow, ice and water: dating options

If you have a freezer, you can experiment with water and ice for children. Of course, without the help of parents in such experiments can not do. Such experiments with water for children of 5-6 years may be proposed:

• Freeze an object in the water. To do this, take a mold (for example, silicone for baking - it is easy to remove ice from it), pure water is poured into it and the object is placed (flowers, leaves, beads, small toys, etc.). The container is placed in the freezer for several hours (the time of the experiment depends on the temperature and volume of the water).

• Place cubes or shards of ice in a container of water. In hot water they melt with a crash. The cold will surface and will slowly melt.

• You can turn into ice cubes a colored liquid, for example water with watercolor. If you freeze milk, juice or mors, these cubes can then be added to children's drinks. In this way, one can cause children's curiosity about new dishes that the child did not want to try before. In winter, colored ice cubes can decorate something in the yard or lay out a pattern directly on the snow.
• On pre-frozen ice cubes can be dripped with a solution of salt and paint. Salt corrodes the ice, and the paint stains it. The result is an ice sheet with a beautiful color pattern.

Colorful experiments with water

At any age, an experiment with paints and water is of interest. For children, you can use honey watercolors or food colors. This experience can have several options:

• In a transparent glass, water is poured and a few drops of dye drip from above - intricate patterns appear on the surface, which quickly disappear, slightly coloring the water.

• If you use a helium food color, you can draw a pattern with a toothpick.
• In the food coloring solution, you can paint something, such as white eggs or plastic. It is necessary to watch, that splashes of a solution did not fall on hands and on clothes - it can be difficult to wash them.
• In 3 glasses water of different color is poured. Above them is placed a piece of fabric so that it partially falls into the liquid. The paint impregnates the fabric and, due to the fact that the colors in all glasses are different, color transitions are formed. If you take 7 primary colors, you can get a real rainbow.
• Putting a white living flower in a container with a diluted food color, a few days later you can see a change in its color. The more concentrated the solution, the more saturated will be the color of the flower.
• In a jar with the diluted paint it is possible to lower a wooden stick from ice cream. Children really like to observe how the paint gradually permeates the wood and rises up.

Epiphany Water

As a rule, experiments with baptismal water for children do not physically differ from experiments with ordinary water. The only difference is the opportunity to tell about where and when such water appears, for which it is used, what "miraculous" properties it possesses.

Dissolution tests

You can put such a primitive experiment with water for children: pour a warm liquid into the pan and offer the child to pour in everything that, in his opinion, can dissolve. For example, sugar and salt will dissolve quickly enough, and sweet peas will remain unscathed. So the kid will get an idea that some substances in the collision with water can dissolve, while others remain in their original form.

Modern technologies

In children's shops you can find a lot of products intended for experiments. Thus, experiments for children at home with water can become much more interesting and diverse. For example, there are silicone animals that are placed in water. Gradually they are saturated with water and increase in size. It seems to the child that the animal just grows by itself, and, of course, this process enthralls this process.

Also there are small granular fillers for baths and home pools. Upon contact with moisture, they grow several times. It seems that the child first swam in the water with colored sand, and then in a colored jelly-like mass.

When using such "novelties" for bathing and experiments, it is necessary to follow the reaction of the skin of the baby, in order to notice the manifestation of allergy in time. For young children, it is better not to use such means - babies can accidentally eat granules.

Wax experiments with water

For children 11 years and older, you can offer the following beautiful experience.

Required:

• Wide water tank.
• Water.
• Watercolors in blue or blue.
• Candle wax (better white or any light shade).
• Lighter or matches.

Process:

1. Water in the container is painted in blue with the help of watercolors (this is a symbolic "sea").
2. The candle is lit.
3. When the wax melts sufficiently, you need to bring the candle to the water and tilt it.
4. The melted wax, getting into the water, freezes and takes a bizarre shape (these are symbolic "islands in the sea").

Before conducting such an experiment, you need to carefully explain the child safety rules to avoid injuries and burns. It is better to conduct the first such experiment in the presence of adults.

The use of home experiments and experiments

Thus, the experiment with water for children is not so much an educational process as a useful game. This entertainment allows you to easily introduce your child to the properties of water, snow, ice and steam. In addition, the child in the process of experimenting receives useful skills - he learns to coordinate his movements, understands the difference between boiling water and pieces of ice, learns new movements, etc. Thanks to such experiments, the child develops an understanding that water can dissolve certain substances, About what objects sink, and what can swim. The more knowledge and skills the child develops, the more confident and able he will become in the future. Therefore, various experiments in childhood are very important and useful for full development.