| Getting your child interested in school is difficult enough, | | | | a bowl with water and then prove that the paperclip |
| but when you talk about subjects like math and | | | | should fall to the bottom by simply dropping it in the |
| science you see their noses turn up and you feel as | | | | bowl. Now take the paperclip back out and dry it off. |
| though you have no shot at getting them to pay | | | | Now take a small piece of tissue paper about 6 inches |
| attention on a daily basis. The key is to make the | | | | long and two or 3 inches wide and drop it flat on the |
| subject fun for the child so that they want to learn. | | | | water. Take the paperclip and drop it gently onto the |
| Simple science experiments are perfect examples of | | | | tissue without touching the water or the tissue. When |
| away to get your child's interest and make them | | | | you've done that easy racers side of the pencil and |
| enthusiastic about their school work. | | | | slowly and carefully poke the tissue so that it sinks to |
| When choosing an experiment, you are going to want | | | | the bottom of the bowl. If your experiment is |
| to choose something that is easy, fun and that they | | | | successful, the paperclip will remain at the surface. |
| can show off in front of their friends with. Doing a | | | | There are tons of simple science experiments just like |
| difficult experiment may result in and not being able to | | | | this that you can use to while your children into loving |
| pull it off themselves and that is not what you're trying | | | | school. Many of them seem as though they are |
| to accomplish here. | | | | actually a hint of magic, which makes them all the |
| Start with something easy link making a paperclip float | | | | better. Now they are not only learning something, it is |
| in a bowl of water. This is a very easy experiment | | | | also a form of entertainment. |
| that utilizes surface friction. You start them off by filling | | | | |