There are opportunities for scientific learning everywhere. When your children are tired and it’s cold and dark outside, you may think hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows are just for comfort – but no! Science in action! Let them discover a little about heat and solids. Pop a marshmallow onto a skewer, light a candle and get experimenting. How does a match light? What’s happening to the wax in the candle? Talk about the best place to hold the marshmallow and discover that heat rises. What’s happening to the surface of the marshmallow as it toasts? What happens to the inside of the marshmallow? Children are natural scientists, so take some time to observe and chat and see what discussions come up. Just don’t eat too many marshmallows.
happily shared with We Play and ABCand123 and Science Sunday
This is a great idea to toast marshmallows with kids. I never thought of the science aspect, but it’s another great reason to toast marshmallows. It was one of my favorite posts this week and I’ve linked up to it here: https://play2grow.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekly-favorites-november-21-2010.html
Yum!
To be unoriginal: Yum!
And what a good idea, I hadn’t thought of toasting them over a candle. We’re definitely going to do this one soon.
Very fun! I hope those science experiments ended up between a couple layers of graham crackers and chocolate!
I have never tried toasting over a candle either! We enjoyed some toasted at the stove, but that’s pretty much a mommy do, toddler eat activity.
Mmmmm…toasted marshmellows, and educational too!
MMMM…definitely time for s’more science 🙂
Ooohhhhh, marshmallow science is a wonderful science.
Thanks for linking up, sorry I’m slow in getting around to commenting.