What are your best mind blowers for kids under 5?

[neverforgotten]

@alberthunk1 Blippi has the same game.

 

[david46]

@imadaydreambeliever Does that lead to them drowning random objects for science when you're not looking?

 

[pamelag21]

@david46 Not a parent, but an educator who did “sink or float” recently with a group of 4-6-year-olds. The answer to that is yes! I quickly wrapped up the activity before it descended into complete watery chaos lol

 

[simplegirl12]

@imadaydreambeliever Sinkers and Floaters

This game is not just for little kids. You can play it with any age kids.

 

[cchmag2011]

@simplegirl12 If you got floaters try cutting down on fats and increasing fibers.

 

[calraqueen]

@cchmag2011 I thought you wanted floaters? Or have I been playing Hunt For Brown October all wrong??

 

[jayy_c24]

@mbinks89 Watching the other light turn red, then magically making your light turn green

 

[mbinks89]

@jayy_c24 Hell yes, that's what I'm talking about!

 

[ericab]

@jayy_c24 Making the rain stop when you go under a bridge.

 

[saintsdelight]

@jayy_c24 My car has a button that I push to make the lights turn green. It’s right next to the sunglasses holder.

 

[abner2011]

@jayy_c24 Red light, red light please turn green, before we have to scream, scream, SCREAM (time it so last scream is when it changes)

 

[missy0]

@jayy_c24 This one really busted the brain of my daughter for a while. It was awesome to see her begin to figure it out.

 

[poassoma]

@jayy_c24 I put a motion sensor light in our garage and I magically make the light turn on when we go in.

 

[eenterprise]

@jayy_c24 Hazard lights button is a “turbo speed button”

Believe it or not, this one got my father-in-law too

 

[marysmit]

@jayy_c24 I did this as a kid thinking I was magic. Got it accurately a couple times. I would say something like “the light is going to turn green………now!” I had no idea about checking the other lights but knowing now that my family knew is hilarious and that they probably thought that’s what I was doing.

 

[joevic]

@mbinks89 Scrunch up a straw wrapper and say it’s a caterpillar, then use the straw to slowly drip water on it and watch it grow! I used to do this all the time myself when I was a kid I thought it was so cool.

There’s a certain way to do it that’s hard to explain via message, but I’m sure there’s a YT vid out there to show ya

 

[kickthichphattiren689]

@joevic In the same vein: snap a match without breaking it clean off, then place a drop of water in the break and watch the match straighten itself again.

 

[legle]

@joevic Tear one end off, stand the straw on the table with the open end up, scrunch the paper down against the table. Use the straw to keep everything in line. Once it's as compressed and scrunched as possible, remove the straw, lay paper on it side and add a drop of water.

 

[joevic]

@legle Oh so THIS is what it’s like to be more than a visual learner. Thank you kind stranger!

 

[legle]

@joevic No problem. I have also struggled to explain things without visuals. But, it has been part of my job for a while, so I got better. Still struggle sometimes, especially when the audience isn't native English speakers.