Bathtime Floating and Sinking Activity

You Will Need:

Sponge
Shampoo bottle
Metal spoon
Plastic toys such as boats
Bowls and cups

The Activity:

During bath time add objects to the water that either float or sink.
Encourage your child to explore how the objects react by trying to push floating objects down and stopping the sinking objects.
Talk to your child about what is happening.
Expect your child to be repetitive as they experience how each of objects react in the water

Extending The Activity:

Add objects that you can fill up such as cups and jugs
Add objects that will let water flow through such as sieves and colanders

How this supports your child's learning:

Playing with water gives many opportunities to develop fine and gross motor skills as well as language skills. Children will increase their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through actions such as pouring, squeezing and pushing. Introducing new language whilst playing and will help children link a new word to what it means.