Daily Activity for Kids – Day 51 – Marshmallow Engineering Activity
During this COVID-19 pandemic, many parents are home with their children and looking for things to do. This is a daily post to give you ideas of fun things to do. It comes from activities that we implement at our daycare centre using our Four Pillars of Learning curriculum. Since we are closed during this time, we are sharing the activity for you to implement in your own home. Enjoy!
Daily Activity for Kids – Marshmallow Engineering Activity
Summer is almost here and it’s almost time for bonfires and roasting marshmallows. But what do you do with all those leftover marshmallows? Marshmallows are a great building material and today’s activity uses marshmallows to build creative structures to develop engineering skills.
Step 1: Gather the following items: marshmallows (various sizes), Toothpicks, craft sticks
Step 2: Put out the materials and ask your child to build a structure with the materials. The child can choose whatever they want to make. You can make suggestions on how to stick the marshmallows together with the sticks, if they need some guidance. I recommend you also build a structure beside them. You can also extend the activity to add more challenge such as asking them to make a bridge or make the tallest structure they can without falling down.
Step 3: Talk about the structure they make and take a photo of it.
This activity is great for any age group. Even teens and adults like it!
This daily kids activity incorporates many learning areas based on our Four Pillars of Learning curriculum including: STEAM (engineering).