Below we’ve highlighted a selection of inexpensive toys and kits for teaching science to toddlers, preschoolers and young school-age children, right at home. The types of science activities for toddlers covered by these kids include weather and climate (very timely!), electricity, magnetism, the human body, mirrors, surface tensions (have bubble blowing fun and learn!), geology topics like volcanoes and oceans, siphones and scents. Using your child’s natural curiosity about the world they live in, you can give them a head start on reading, math fundamentals, and an early love of science that will serve them well in their ongoing education.
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Perfumery – A Science Kit
Price: $18.74
The Art and Science of Mixing Perfume.Perfumery is a journey into the intoxicating world of exotic scents. Discover formulas to help you sleep well or to boost your energy. Capture the potions in an array of elegant vials. Surprise your friends with a magical formula that you conjure in your own private perfumery. Dab tantalizing scents behind your ears and experience the lasting effects of the ancient art of perfume.
Brand: Scientific Explorer
Adventure Science Series – Water Splash
Price: $11.99
Young Scientists perform amazing water tricks, construct a submarine, build water towers on pennies, learn about siphon science, make pepper jump, mold boats out of clay, create rain in a sponge, and use water drops as a magnifier. This kit is a splash in the sink or tub and will delight Young Scientists with hours of water fun.
Brand: Young Scientists Club
Professor Noggin Earth Science Card Game
Price: $8.99
Learn about the volcanoes, thunderstorms, and the crust of the earth as Professor Noggin tests your knowledge on Earth Science.
Brand: Outset Media
Adventure Science Series – Awesome Bubbles
Price: $13.49
Young Scientists make the ultimate bubble solution and use this solution to make many amazing bubbles – giant bubbles, bubble chains, three-dimensional shaped bubbles, bubbles coming out of a bubble harmonica, and much more. This creation and study of bubbles will excite Young Scientists as these awesome bubbles form and float away.
Brand: Young Scientists Club
Adventure Science Series – Magic Magnets
Price: $11.99
Young Scientists make pins magically jump, create magnetic faces, construct an underwater magnet, and fish for metal objects. Magnetic puppets will delight all during the puppet show and magic finger soccer finishes the kit with a goal.
Brand: Young Scientists Club
Science Set 6
Price: $19.99
Collection of three kits: Kit 16 Flight, Kit 17 Heart and Lungs and Kit 18 Digestive SystemA JOURNEY INTO THE HUMAN BODY! Make planes, parachutes, jets, windmills, and spinners before “”flying”” into the fascinating world of the heart and lungs. Young Scientists measure lung volume, make heart and lung models, and design a working stethoscope.The journey continues with the digestive system where the enzyme pepsin eats away gelatin, iodine colors starch, and fats make brown paper translucent. This set is a sure winner with all Young Scientists that have aspirations in the healthcare profession!
Brand: Young Scientists Club
Science Optics Creator Kit 49pc
Price: $22.49
Create the perfect magnifier for the little explorer. Set includes magnifying lenses & Interstar Bricks to build the untimate Telescope, Binoculars and more. 49 Pcs
Brand: Interstar
Weather Station Science Kit
Price: $21.56
Over 30 fascinating activities all about weather and climate. Build your own barometer, weather vane, rain gauge, and hydrometer. Make a rainbow, produce clouds, lightening, rain and a thunderstorm. Requires one 9V battery Ages 8 & Up
Brand: Elenco
Science Set 8
Price: $22.49
Collection of three kits: Kit 22 Mirrors, Kit 23 Electricity, and Kit 24 Circuits and ElectromagnetsMIRRORS EVERYWHERE! AN ELECTRIFYING EXPERIENCE! Convex mirrors, concave mirrors, reflections, and even a secret code. Insulators, conductors, light bulbs, and light bulb holders are used to design circuits, on-off switches, mazes, and an electromagnet. Complete this set with a self-designed one-eyed monster!
Brand: Young Scientists Club
Science Talk Conversation Cards Game
Price: $4.79
DNA is a molecule in almost every cell. It is a long, spiral structure, like two threads wound around each other and linked by chemical bridges. The sequence of these bridges is the genetic code, which determines what the cell does. Your DNA is unique, like your fingerprints. No other person or thing has the same as you. In what other ways can you be identified? Your voice, your walk, your mannerisms? Which of your personal traits do you prize most?
Brand: US Games Systems Inc.
