Over breakfast I asked my 5-year old son what he wanted to do today. He replied with, "Maybe we should do another experiment." He said this as he was blowing bubbles into his glass of milk with a straw, which gave me the idea for this experiment.
We put the rest of his milk in a clear plastic container. He added drops of food coloring to the milk. Next a toothpick was dipped in dish soap then touched to the food coloring in the milk. The dish soap repelled the food coloring making all the colors look like a tie dye shirt.
After all the colors were pretty well mixed we added baking soda and vinegar for the second part of the experiment. The result was foaming and fizzing out of the bowl. The best part was watching the boys test out what would happen if they added more baking powder or vinegar or food coloring or tooth picks with dish soap on them. That's what experimenting is all about.
"Mom, this was a good experiment." My 5-year old said as he was mixing everything together including the toothpicks.
During this experiment I had one on one time with each boy. I experimented with my 5-year old first while my 3-year old was at preschool. And then the following day I did the same thing with my 3-year old while my oldest was at preschool. I knew both boys acted differently with one on one time; however, I didn't think they each would be so inquisitive with this experiment. I've created boys that love experiments, my mad scientists.
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