Materials
Baby bathtub or other large tub Plastic pool
Measuring cups, spoons Variety of containers
Birdseed
Instructions
1. Place the plastic tub inside the plastic pool.
2. Fill the tub with birdseed and add utensils.
3. Allow the children to explore this new texture. Somechildren will just like running their hands throughthe seeds. Some children will enjoy pouring it intocontainers, measuring, comparing, etc.
4. The pool keeps this activity self-contained. The overflow falls into the pool andthen you can easily clean it up. The pool also limits the number of children who can play at onetime. Usually five children can fit in it comfortably. It's a good wintertime use for plastic pools.Note: When finished with the birdseed, scatter it outside for the birds to eat.More to doMore science: Use the birdseed to make bird feeders by smearing peanut butter or rubbingsuet onto pine cones and rolling the pine cones in birdseed. Hang the bird feeders with stringon a tree branch.
