Snowflake Baking Soda Science
Winter Sensory Science Activity
Snowflake baking soda science is a quick and easy sensory science activity for young children. We love baking soda science experiments all year long! This simple chemical reaction is so fun for kids! This type of experiment can be recreated in so many novel ways like our melting snowmen and our erupting ornaments! I consider it one of our classic science experiments!
Snowflake Baking Soda Science Set Up
No season or holiday is complete without some baking soda science activities. We have whole year of fizzing, bubbling eruptions! Here it is a snowflake search and baking soda science experiment all in one. I took a baking dish and put all my little snowflake buttons, gems and confetti on the bottom. Then I covered them all with baking soda. I set out a bowl of vinegar that I colored blue. To help in the search I provided him with an eye dropper, tweezers and an ice-cube tray. He went and got his magnifying glass.

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Snowflake Baking Soda Science Observation skills
A magnifying glass has become a staple with our science projects greatly. I love it because it means he is able to slow down and look and think about what he is doing. He has a few more questions and he notices a few more things. This snowflake baking soda science experiment was no exception. He loved watching the bubbles but he also noticed the difference in the snowflakes and counted their sides. Obviously there were only 3 different snowflakes, but we could still talk about uniqueness and sides of a snowflake just the same
Snowflake Baking Soda Science Experiment Play
He loves this type of dropper and it’s great for fine motor skills too! It’s a bit harder to manage than a traditional dropper so I like that he has to go a bit slower and think about what he is doing a little more! He spent a lot of time depositing the vinegar around the baking dish and uncovering the “snow” covered snowflakes. He loves the fizzing action and will spend a lot of time making sure he uses all the vinegar and making all the baking soda fizz and bubble!
Snowflake Baking Soda Science Fine Motor Skills
To extend the snowflake baking soda science activity just a little bit more, I had him use his tweezers and place a snowflake in each section of the ice-cube tray! Even though it was a science experiment, there are so many valuable skills that can be learned and practiced. He counted all his snowflakes!
There you have it! Simple preschool snowflake baking soda science experiment! Easy, busy fun!
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Jen aka The Mad House
Love this ideas. We have been doing science today too http://www.pinterest.com/pin/48695239695195989/
littlebins
Thanks Jen! We just love these experiments!
Emma @ P is for Preschooler
I love how you can make baking soda and vinegar work with any holiday or seasonal theme! I’ve been putting our fizzy play off as long as possible because I prefer to do these outside! lol!
littlebins
Emma, you need to embrace mess! LOL
Tiffany H.
What a fun activity! I love all things fizzy when it comes to kids activities. 🙂
littlebins
Thank you Tiffany! we do too!
Renae
I love all the amazing science ideas that you come up with on a regular basis. This looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Renae
littlebins
Thanks Renae! Science really interests Liam so we always try to incorporate a little into our day!
Carrie
Oh, this looks like lots of fun! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Jennifer @ Generation iKid
Terrific idea! Thanks for sharing on the Kids Co-Op, which I host on my site along with other bloggers. I’m pinning this one 🙂
Jennifer @ Generation iKid