Science Experiment: Acids and Bases!

     Wyatt asked if we could do a science experiment from his science kit, so we went looking for one that looked interesting. We settled on an acids and bases lab because we had all the materials, and it sounded like fun to pick out lots of different liquids we could test to see if they're an acid or a base. Now, I did my best to try to explain, at a 6 year old level anyway, what an acids and bases are, but, let's be honest, most of it was kind of like I was speaking Hebrew to them or something...lol! They do know that they've heard of acids, and that there's a scale of acids and bases, and that bases are sort of "opposite" of acids, and are at the other end of the scale. They understood as best they could, and we moved on to the fun! Here are some pictures of them testing out different liquids! We made an pH indicator with red cabbage powder provided in the kit, and got to work! I also included a picture of our chart we made (so charting was involved too!). Chances are not all the answers are 100% right, but we had fun, and they did learn something, so we'll worry about being correct with acids and bases in a few more years. <3

Library Days - 6/19 and 7/3

Here are the library books from 2 of the last 4 weeks... I always end up in such a hurry on library days that I end up forgetting to take a picture. When we come to the end of  Kindergarten when we start First Grade material in August or September, I'll put up a word file of all the books we read (that weren't superhero type books for fun) this year! It's so long it's crazy!

The boys really love the choose your own adventure type books, so we had Scooby Doo and Batman ones that week! Plus they think the Ducking book is hilarious so we had to get that for the third or fourth time. 

This week's collection of books is pretty small since it was 4th of July week! Still read some good ones though; with their favorites being the rock book, the ninja turtles and the Peabody and Sherman. 

The boys love to collect rocks, so when I found this book I knew they had to see it. They really liked it, and had it out comparing their rocks to the different types of rocks listed in the book, which is exactly what I had hoped would happen! I may even look for some more fun rock collecting books! Until next time! :-)