Preschoolers are introduced to core science concepts with this playful format featuring 20 hands-on activities that use everyday household materials, including a vinegar volcano, a hula hoop count, and a kitchen sink or swim experiment. In this fourth book in the Busy Little Hands series, preschoolers get ready for a science adventure! Preschoolers wonder and explore with 20 hands-on experiments using everyday household objects and making daily activities such as snack time and play time into learning opportunities. Each play activity demonstrates a simple principle of physics, earth science, chemistry, or biology, including the Kitchen Sink or Float (demonstrating density), the Vinegar Volcano (pressure) and Blooming Colors (chromatography). Featuring bright, easy-to-follow photos specially designed for pre-readers, this book is packed with learning fun, plus it sets the groundwork for science success in kindergarten and beyond. AGES: 3 to 5 AUTHOR: Susan Edwards Richmond is the author of Bird Count (Peachtree), winner of the Parent’s Choice Silver Award and the International Literacy Association’s Primary Fiction Award. A passionate birder and naturalist, Edwards Richmond teaches preschool on a farm and wildlife sanctuary. She earned her M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Davis, and is an award-winning poet with five collections of nature-based poetry for adults. She lives in Massachusetts and is happiest exploring natural habitats with her husband and two daughters.
SELLING POINTS: . Games, activities, and hands-on fun are specially designed for preschoolers to introduce them to core concepts of physics, earth science, chemistry, and biology . With a target audience of 3 to 5 year olds, the book integrates simple science concepts into preschoolers’ everyday routines like snack time and playtime while also laying a foundation for a love of science for kindergarten and beyond . The fourth book in the series joins Art Play!, Food Play!, and Math Play! and features the same kid-friendly format with easy-to-follow, sequential photographic instructions and open-ended activities written by an early childhood learning expert