Potato activities

This simple Potato Hydration science experiment is a great activity to teach kids all about the importance of hydration! Carry out this preschool science experiment to easily demonstrate the harmful effects of dehydration with your preschool kids right now.

Potato Science Collection

Want to teach your kids about reducing food waste while simultaneously growing some potatoes? Check out this simple science activity to identify and visualize the life cycle of a potato and learn how to grow your own scrumptious spuds!

A while ago on Pinterest, I found this really great idea to print a Mr. Potato Head Printable and then color it, cut it out and put magnets on the back. This was such a fun idea and is great way to get kids ready for a road trip too...more on that in a minute. I, unfortunately, don't have many pictures to go with this post as I did this project with my kiddos (my niece and my nephews) quite a while ago and I am having a heck of a time finding the pictures I took from it, so I'll just tell…

Mash potato play dough is fun sensory experience that's safe enough for even toddlers to enjoy.

Mr. Potato Head is a classic! It's a toy that can teach lots of developmental skills like learning body parts, spacial awareness, fine motor skills and pretend play, to name a few. And, if you make a Mr. Potato Head out of a real potato with real food parts, you can add positive food learning to tha

Potato Masher Play Dough Smash for toddlers! Are tou looking for a play dough activity for your toddler? Its time to shuffle through that kitchen draw and pull out your almighty potato masher! Team it up with some homemade play dough to make a fun sensory play activity for your toddler

Potato printing can be a fun arts and craft activity or can promote fine motor skill development and maths shape and colour recognition as well as supporting a classroom theme such as the Supertato story books. #JoyfulPlayDays #joy #potatos #potatoprinting #paintaing #earlyyears #childcare #children #fun #supertato #shapes #maths #finemotorskills #colours #blog #play #artsandcraft #activity

This is the exact question we are attempting to answer right now in C107! We have set up our potatoes (cut about 1/4 off and soaking in plain water for a couple weeks) and have begun to observe, infer and predict about the growth we expect. Each student is keeping track of their information on one of these recording sheets. We will check back in a few days and again at the 2 week mark. We are anxiously awaiting the results! In the mean time, it makes a pretty cool display in the classroom…