Friday Density Experiment
Do you enjoying young experiments with your kids?

Me: Sometimes.

I enjoy doing them in the moment. Let me explain. 

To see my kids get into it, make guess/hypothesis, actually do the experiment and then play around with different scenarios. That I love! The thought process before: I’m comfortable reading to him, then I’d have to get up, get the materials and deal with clean up. Because I know I’m going to be doing the bulk of it. Maybe we’ll just skip it. 

Today when I didn’t listen to that pessimistic voice and got up and I’m so glad I did. 

This was the second experiment and he really got into it seeing where the different amount of salt in the colored water would be on the straw. (The water with the most salt would be at the bottom creating 4 different colors in the straw.)

Then he started messing around and seeing if he could start with the highest density salted water to create a reversed set of stripes and of course it didn’t work. I allowed him to continue to play around while I got back to history read aloud about William Penn. 

So how was the clean up? Not great. He even said, “if I have to clean up I’m not going to do more experiments!” 😆 I did have him go back and clean up a second time. Salted water leaves a sneaky mess that you can’t always see easily. So I did have to go back to re-clean but it was worth it to see Keegan really getting into it!

So I hope you will take the time, even if it means a mess that you will ultimately have to clean up or makes your schedule off!

Then he started messing around and seeing if he could start with the highest density salted water to create a reversed set of stripes and of course it didn’t work. I allowed him to continue to play around while I got back to history read aloud about William Penn. 

So how was the clean up? Not great. He even said, “if I have to clean up I’m not going to do more experiments!” 😆 I did have him go back and clean up a second time. Salted water leaves a sneaky mess that you can’t always see easily. So I did have to go back to re-clean but it was worth it to see Keegan really getting into it!
So I hope you will take the time, even if it means a mess that you will ultimately have to clean up or makes your schedule off!

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From Computer Programmer to Health and Wellness Educator

 
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by! I’m Allison, momma to Jackson, Connor, Brady, and Keegan, married to Peter. We live in a Philly suburb here in Pennsylvania. Our life is beautiful and crazy, but we love each other, despite all the wrestling matches my boys host. We’re definitely a work in progress.

A little about me and how I got here...

I started out at Villanova for accounting, but soon found myself as a computer programmer creating websites in the mid-’90s. That lasted a few years before I decided to be a stay-at-home mom and I’ve never looked back!

In my 20s, I struggled with endometriosis, which began my journey into health and wellness—my true passion. I even blogged about eliminating an ovarian cyst through fasting! Now, I have a strong desire to help others by sharing my story and showing there's a better way.

Fast forward to my first son, Jackson. When he was a toddler, he decided to spray Shower Power in his mouth! Let’s just say Poison Control and I were good friends back then. Although I started my journey in the '90s with food, I didn’t fully connect the dots between cleaning chemicals and health until much later.

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