Mega Volcano Science Kit
From Curiosity Kits
Item # 65001 AC
- Price:
- $22.95 $22.95
- Recommended Age:
- 6 years and up
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Description
This Mega Volcano Science Kit is just exploding with fun and learning! The Mega Volcano Science Kit from Curiosity Kits provides all the supplies to build a 12” volcano that can erupt over and over again with a simple home recipe. The easy to mold plaster gauze wrap will build a masterpiece of destruction, which kids can decorate with the permanent acrylic paint. The Mega Volcano Science Kit from Curiosity Kits also includes three plastic dinosaurs for further decoration, so kids can recreate primitive Earth during its turbulent formation. By simply mixing baking soda and vinegar, the Mega Volcano will cause significant damage with a major eruption. Watch kids boil over with excitement! Includes volcano fact sheet.
Features
- Kit includes plaster gauze wrap, permanent acrylic paint, 3 plastic dinosaurs, and volcano fact sheet
- Explosive homemade recipe: baking soda and vinegar
- Volcano measures 12”H
Safety
- WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
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Developmental Benefits
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Physical
PhysicalBenefits
Play that encourages learning through bodily sensations and movement. Toys of this category help children learn through activities that challenge their hand-eye coordination and improve both their gross and fine motor skills. Children that learn best through physical play are often athletic and enjoy sports, so the optimal toys for this developmental benefit of play focus on manipulating objects, building, dancing, and role-playing or other forms of make believe that involve motion, action, and the working of big and small muscles. These kids are on the move, and they need toys that will keep up with them!
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Logical
LogicalBenefits
Play that focuses on reasoning and sequencing. This benefit of play will improve children's problem solving abilities, concentrating on numbers and patterns, logic and sequencing. Children with logical interests desire to see processes and to experiment with the world, searching for patterns and sequences in everything they do and see. Toys that are ideal for this developmental benefit of play are puzzles, logic games, arithmetic problems, and strategy games - everything that will help children focus on logic and sequence. These mathematical minds won't settle for a simple 2+2 game!
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Spatial
SpatialBenefits
Play that is visual in nature - full of color, creativity, and images. Learning takes place in a world of images and pictures, as this benefit of play encourages a child's artistic side. These toys open up the visual environment, providing children another way to learn through the creation of pictures, graphs, diagrams, or models. This developmental benefit will improve children's observation skills and stimulate an active imagination. Whether creating a masterpiece by paint, building the next great architectural wonder, or solving that impossible maze, this benefit of play adds the perfect visual dimension to a child's learning environment - look out Picasso!
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Intrapersonal
IntrapersonalBenefits
Play that is independent, fostering inner reflection and awareness of feelings. While play sometimes involves many children, independent play is an important aspect of healthy childhood development. When playing alone, children begin to recognize their own emotions, feelings, and thoughts, as well as how to control them. This benefit of play allows children to take charge of their activities and explore their environment at their own level and speed. Intrapersonal play improves children's self-motivation and self-esteem, as they engage their imaginations and take the initiative to create their own forms of fun and learning. Alone play gives children the opportunity to create their own environment, allowing for pretend play that utilizes their imaginations to the fullest. These children may appear shy, but when playing alone, their possibilities are endless!
Types of Play
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Dramatic
Dramatic Play
Play that involves pretend and make believe, or whatever the imagination dreams. Have you ever found a child in your clothes? Carrying your briefcase? Wearing your old uniform? What seems commonplace to you opens a whole new world of possibilities to a child. Dramatic play can include: * Simple role playing * Using props to create a "new" environment * Creating scenes or situations with dolls and puppets Children love role-playing and exploring worlds outside of their everyday, creating new and fun situations with every costume and prop. Imagine what they think you do at work!
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Manipulative
Manipulative Play
Play that involves hand-eye coordination and motor skills. Children need the opportunity to work on finer skills that involve a little more control and direction. Manipulative play develops the sense of coordination, challenging their little fingers to follow the lines or use their tools properly. Some examples of manipulative play are: * Coloring, especially in a defined area * Paper crafts and art involving moving parts that need to be "put together" * Using a safe and simple tool kit to help with tasks around the house Cutting out a sunshine for the window or painting within the lines — all these activities are the perfect exercise for this type of play.
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