squirtymomma Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I was flipping through the Timberdoodle catalogue and saw their science kits. After doing some research on Amazon, these are the ones I'm considering: Be Amazing Blast of Color Mind Blowing Science Kit for Young Scientists My First Dinosaur Science Kit Little Labs Stepping into Science This would just be for something fun to do on a couple of Fridays a month. I will probably be including her 3 year old sister in the activities. It looks like the Dinosaur kit would be a one-time deal, though it might be worth it, since dd is into dinosaurs these days. The Stepping into Science kit looks like it has the most experiments with more explanation of the principals behind them. Has anyone used any of these or any others successfully with young kids? I'd love to hear any reviews/suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtymomma Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Anyone? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have experience with both the "little labs" series and the "my first" science kits series and I give them both thumbs down. Sorry. At the usually awesome rec of our local toy store, we tried one of the My First Science kit series - I think about rainbows? The color tubes leaked and the directions weren't clear. Plus, like the first three "experiments" were just looking at the colors in different ways and took two seconds. It wasn't engaging. The little labs ones we had as gifts were just confusing and overly complex for this age. We had one about gears and pulleys and it was full of tiny pieces that immediately got lost and broken. The thing we used and LOVED this past year for a kindergarten science sampler was the Magic Schoolbus Science Kits. They have many, many experiments in each box that build around a theme - there's a scope and sequence to them. We have now done every single one of them and they were all good. Some of them are a bit advanced for K, but nothing too bad. And the booklet is full of good info and is all colorful and got the kids excited because they love the Magic Schoolbus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 We did the My First Science kit and Ariel liked it. We also did some test tube kits that went over well, too. In fact, we still have the colored gel-crystal one because she refuses to part with it. They were pretty neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtymomma Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 I have experience with both the "little labs" series and the "my first" science kits series and I give them both thumbs down. Sorry. At the usually awesome rec of our local toy store, we tried one of the My First Science kit series - I think about rainbows? The color tubes leaked and the directions weren't clear. Plus, like the first three "experiments" were just looking at the colors in different ways and took two seconds. It wasn't engaging. The little labs ones we had as gifts were just confusing and overly complex for this age. We had one about gears and pulleys and it was full of tiny pieces that immediately got lost and broken. The thing we used and LOVED this past year for a kindergarten science sampler was the Magic Schoolbus Science Kits. They have many, many experiments in each box that build around a theme - there's a scope and sequence to them. We have now done every single one of them and they were all good. Some of them are a bit advanced for K, but nothing too bad. And the booklet is full of good info and is all colorful and got the kids excited because they love the Magic Schoolbus. Thanks for the info. Those Magic Schoolbus ones look fun, and they have one about space! Maybe even better than dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtymomma Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 We did the My First Science kit and Ariel liked it. We also did some test tube kits that went over well, too. In fact, we still have the colored gel-crystal one because she refuses to part with it. They were pretty neat. Thanks for sharing your experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirtymomma Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I use the Thames and Kosmos Little Labs with my dd. She has worked through the Cars lab on her own - without reading. The pieces fit, she can do it herself, and she is learning the principles being taught. Based on that, I've scheduled more of them for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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