We looked through everything in the kit and decided to just start playing with some of the equipment such as the pipettes. I got two glasses of colored water and let Nicholas play with suctioning the water into the pipette and squirting it back out. Then we talked about how to use a pipette as a measuring tool to suction up the water to a certain line on the pipette to get 1 ml of water. Nicholas did great and it was a good exercise to build the pincher grip for writing skills. By the way, we still don't know if he will be left-handed or right-handed because he continues to pick things up and use them with either hand, although he may be still be favoring the left hand.
Before we really got into our experiments, we talked about how scientists have to be sure to keep themselves safe while working in the lab. We got out one of his many pairs of goggles, his work apron, and rubber gloves. And a mad scientist was born.
We tackled a basic experiment to make slime. What fun! We followed the enclosed recipe and measured out the two liquids provided in the kit. Nicholas mixed them together and voila! We had slime.
As I'm trying to type this, Nicholas is sitting on the floor here in the office. He has his wooden blocks spread out everywhere. He has built a "big, giant, star destroyer" (I believe this is something from Star Wars). He keeps flying blocks right in front of my face and telling me all about whatever various rocketship he is pretending to fly. Do you think he might be trying to get my attention? :) I asked him to be quiet for just one more minute while I finished typing this. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "But Mommy. I'm just a noisy little guy. There's nothing I can do about it."
I think I'm going to go play with blocks with my sweet little boy now. We are going to have fun being noisy together. Happy Friday!
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