Light activities for kids

Winter Science for Kids: Explore light and colors by making rainbow reflections using a CD and paper snowflakes! #buggyandbuddy #winterscience #scienceforkids #papersnowflakes #wintercrafts #rainbows #rainbowscience #lightscience

7 ideas to teach students about light, reflection, and refraction

Color Mixing with Lights with a printable worksheet set! This is an easy STEM experiment that combines science and technology. Do you know the primary colors of light?

Learn how to make a light box and try out some cool colr and light experiments with your kids! This is a fun experiment that kids love.

These hands-on light experiments for first grade kids are fun, engaging, and aligned to the NGSS. Each science lab teaches children something unique about how light behaves, while introducing them to key vocabulary such as refract, reflect, transparent, translucent, and opaque. Click through to the blog post to grab lots of ideas for your lesson planning. You'll find plenty of book recommendations and student activities to help you get started. Let's go!

We did some fun and educational Light and Shadow experiment to learn about shadows. You can also use these shadow activities to show kids how light moves and changes throughout the day. #lightandshadowexperiment #lightandshadowactivityforkids #lightshadowactivity

LAVA LAMP SENSORY BAGS- these are SO NEAT! My whole family couldn't put them down!

Did you know you can make a light bulb glow with a balloon? Amaze your kids with this Magic Light Bulb Balloon Science Experiment! Super simple and lots of fun.

Shape Learning Flashlight Craft. Learning preschool activity. Get the printable template.

Light up their imaginations like the starry night sky! All you need to turn a regular flashlight into a glowing display is black construction paper, cupcake liners from Publix, rubber bands, a glue stick, scissors, and a star-shaped hole punch. It is the perfect five-minute craft to create hours of fun adventures. #flashlight

Perfect glow in the dark activities for kids! Children will see magic as the ice lights up the colors for a glowing effect. Great for sensory play and hands on learning activities! #glowinthedark #sensoryactivities #paintingactivities

Light theme activities, printables, centers and games for preschool, pre-K and Kindergarten.

Learn how to make a kaleidoscope in this fun STEM/science activity and craft for kids. It’s such a fun way to explore light, reflections, and symmetry! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! *This post was originally published 2/2/16 and has since been updated. Last week I made these super fun kaleidoscopes with my...

Five senses science experiments for kids to learn about light and the sense of seeing: reflection, prism, UV light, ... Fun STEM activities for science class, science fair, science camp, for kids all ages #iGameMomSTEM

Easy and colourful tissue paper lanterns with a geometric design. These make a gorgeous DIY night light and are a fun recycling craft for kids #kidscrafts #recyclingcrafts #tissuepapercrafts #diymodpodge #modpodgecrafts #diynightlight

These creation crafts for preschoolers and super simple and great activities to do with the kids that will help you talk about how God made the world. My twins are in kindergarten right now, and they love these! We’ve done the flashlight constellations (which keeps them busy for hours!) and a few others. These kid… Read More »Days of Creation Crafts for Preschoolers

Use cardboard rolls, cling wrap or some kind of plastic to cover the end, put small shapes on and put a tourch in the roll.

24 Ways to Play and Learn About Concepts Related to Light - night and day, sun, shadows, etc. Includes related story book suggestions

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