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Program Goals Practice following instructions/directions Practice the scientific method Attendance: 35 Experiment: Static Electricity All you need for this is balloons and kids. The kids rub the balloons on their heads, the carpet, or anything else and then see what they stick to. Experiment: Blowing up balloons with chemistry The baking soda and vinegar one is easiest - put the baking soda in the balloon and the vinegar/water mixture in the bottle. The sugar and yeast (a couple spoonfuls of each) needs to be shaken and can take about 30 minutes to expand. Supplies Baking soda, vinegar Sugar, yeast Water bottles w/caps, balloons Funnels, tablecloths, wipes, paper towels Experiment: Spinning Penny I got this from Steve Spangler Science . Basically you put a penny (or other small object) in a balloon, blow it up, and make it spin. It's all about centrifugal force! Supplies Pennies or other similar sized objects Balloons Experiment: Balloon parachutes I really wanted to do some experi...

Program Goals Popular program theme Afternoon program for all ages It's traditional Attendance: 35 Set-up For Messy Art program, place tables around the outside of the room for the various crafts. One table by the door holds the Dr. Seuss books. For themed (Saturday) program, tables at the front of the room for cupcakes, movies at the back (circle of chairs around tv), tables at right angles to the walls on the right, tables parallel to walls on the left. Activity Stations Cat in the Hat: Create a striped Dr. Seuss hat Supplies Paper plates, red and white paper, ribbon/yarn scissors, tape, staplers, hole punch Seuss libs: Fill in the Seuss madlibs Supplies Worksheets with Seuss madlibs Blank paper, markers, pencils Seussimals Supplies Pipe cleaners, Pom poms, beads, buttons glue dots Seuss Masks: Be a Dr. Seuss feathered creature Supplies Paper plate masks (pre-cut) Feathers, markers, yarn/ribbon Glue, scissors McElligott's pool: Decorate and "catch" fish Paper fish (...