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Yes, you can start teaching preschool biology to your preschooler! The key is to keep it simple. The following easy science activities for your preschooler will help get you started and help your preschooler become interested preschool biology.
\'Make Fingeprints into a Mother\'s
Does your preschooler know they have fingerprints? Do they know their fingerprints are individual to them—no one else has fingerprints like them? Are you looking for a fun activity that combines science and a mother’s day present?
Preschool Biology Activity - Eye Dilation
Have you caught your preschooler blinking in the light or complaining about how bright it is after coming out a movie theatre? Or has your preschooler noticed that while star gazing, the longer they stay in the darkness, the more stars they can see? Would you like to explain how our eyes constantly adjust to darkness and light? After doing this easy experiment, preschoolers will understand how their pupils dilate so they can see in the dark.
Preschool Biology - Listening to a Heartbeat
When your preschooler goes to the doctor, the doctor listens to their heart with the stethoscope. With this fun and easy preschool biology experiment, your preschooler can actually listen to a heartbeat without needing a stethoscope. They’ll also learn that our heartbeats speed up or decrease depending on many factors.
Preschool Biology - Teaching the Five Senses
Most preschoolers use their sight to engage the world around them, and many preschool science experiments are visual based. But this fun science project will not only use all of your preschooler's senses, but it will teach them what the five senses are and how your preschooler can use them to learn about the world.
The Wheel of Life Set teaches preschoolers all about the life cycle of frogs, chickens, plants and other organisms with easy to understand pictures. This is a great product for preschool educators or parents who want to teach their preschoolers all about the life cycle of common plants and animals.
Homemade Bird Feeder
Does your preschooler love animals? Make a bird feeder with your preschooler and attract birds to your yard! Preschoolers are overjoyed by the responsibility of feeding the birds.
Plastic Bottle Piggy Bank
Turn any jug-style bottle into a piggy bank. A well-washed and aired out gallon bleach bottle works best for this preschool craft, but you can use any jug-style bottle as long as it has been throrougly cleaned.
Science is a mindset, not a schedule. Keep a magnifying glass accessible for impromptu investigation. Ask "why do you think...?" during daily life. Notice scientific phenomena out loud: "Look at how steam rises from the soup β where does it go?" Maintain a simple nature observation area (a window bird feeder, a terrarium, a weather chart). The child who develops the habit of curiosity about the physical world is doing science continuously, not just during scheduled experiments.
Related reading: See also our weather science and our bubble experiments for more ideas on this topic.