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Although slime seems to be a very messy activity, it is very fun to play with and washes off fairly easily.\u00a0 Making and play with slime encourages the development of fine and gross motor skills.\u00a0 Children will also learn about math, science, creativity, language skills and more.\u00a0 Let them participate in making the slime by doing the measurements, mix the ingredients, choosing the colour…<\/p>\n
Here are the ingredients:<\/p>\n
4 oz glue (1\/2 cup) – Elmer’s Glue is best<\/p>\n
2 oz water (1\/4 cup)<\/p>\n
1\/2 Tbsp baking soda<\/p>\n
Food coloring<\/p>\n
1 Tbsp contact solution<\/p>\n
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Mix glue, water, baking soda and food coloring thoroughly.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mix in contact solutions slowly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>You might want to add a few more drops depending on the texture you want for your slime.\u00a0 Then knead it to a desire texture.<\/p>\n Before incorporating other learning materials to enhance the activity, try just playing with the slime.\u00a0 What do you notice, how does it feel, what about the smell, what do you hear …<\/p>\n Try playing the slime with other learning materials; scissors, jars, small containers with holes, buttons, rocks<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Store the slime in an air tight container.\u00a0 If it is too sticky the next day, add a few more drops of contact solution.<\/p>\n Let me know how your slime turned out.\u00a0 Please email me some picture at Lan.Huang@burnabyschools.ca<\/p>\n Have Fun and always wash your hands after playing with slime.<\/p>\n Click here to watch the video.<\/a><\/p>\n Here is another recipe<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/kitchener-strongstart\/files\/2020\/10\/20201026_1043031-300x169.jpg\")
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