They get little round stickers on a trail - but 20 of them (20 days of 20 minutes) means they get a free book. Now that is motivation! (I bet you the free book is a super cheap booklet, but they'll be thrilled, and that's find by me - and I may be wrong about the quality/binding.)
The science is awesome. LOL. To be honest, I love the excuse - watching marshmallows in the microwave is ALWAYS fun. (I should teach them about Peep Wars now! You give each Peep a toothpick, aim them at the other one on a plate, and microwave. First Peep to deflate from stabbing is the 'loser'. Our cousins introduced me to the game. My husband's family is awesome.)
Eating candy is neat. Watching Pixy Sticks fizz is probably a better use than eating them even. Drew was SO PLEASED that he correctly predicted that pop rocks would fizz violently in water! (I don't think he's ever had them before - and as it turned out, they were the one candy he didn't like - but he had to guess first, and I'd just told him it had 'carbon dioxide, like the bubbles in soda, frozen in it'.)
Melting a starlight mint is water is _majorly_ entertaining, watching the colors spread out in stripes. LOL. Moreso watching the kids.
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The science is awesome. LOL. To be honest, I love the excuse - watching marshmallows in the microwave is ALWAYS fun. (I should teach them about Peep Wars now! You give each Peep a toothpick, aim them at the other one on a plate, and microwave. First Peep to deflate from stabbing is the 'loser'. Our cousins introduced me to the game. My husband's family is awesome.)
Eating candy is neat. Watching Pixy Sticks fizz is probably a better use than eating them even. Drew was SO PLEASED that he correctly predicted that pop rocks would fizz violently in water! (I don't think he's ever had them before - and as it turned out, they were the one candy he didn't like - but he had to guess first, and I'd just told him it had 'carbon dioxide, like the bubbles in soda, frozen in it'.)
Melting a starlight mint is water is _majorly_ entertaining, watching the colors spread out in stripes. LOL. Moreso watching the kids.