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Colorful Rainbow Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment for Kids!

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If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbow baking soda and vinegar experiment fit the bill perfectly and is so easy a toddler can do it!

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My kids love STEM activities. Most of what we do is geared toward my fifth grader, but Bo, in preschool, also loves science experiments and STEM activities.

I made these toddler STEM challenge cards as a way to have plenty of toddler-friendly STEM ideas on hand at all times.

You don’t have to be a big kid to enjoy fizzing baking powder and vinegar rainbow science!

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What are Toddler STEM Activities?

Toddlers can barely walk, so why should they be doing toddler STEM activities? A STEM  activity (with elements of science, technology, engineering, and math) isn’t just about academic learning.

When toddlers and preschoolers complete STEM activities, they are learning about how the world works.

In fact, if you let a toddler or preschooler explore something on their own, you’ll find they use many of the basics of STEM thinking, which includes:

  • Creating a Theory
  • Exploration
  • Discovery
  • Testing
  • Recording Data
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Toddlers and preschoolers naturally go through this discovery and learning phase.

With STEM activities for toddlers, the exploration and discovery is all open-ended, giving them the chance to see how things work together without the confines of strict academic learning.

This helps the children develop their creativity and sense of wonder, opening their minds to the excitement and joy of learning.

In fact, the toddler and preschool age group is one of my favorites to do STEM activities with!

Learn how to complete the fizzing rainbows baking sods and vinegar science experiment below!

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The Baking Soda and Vinegar Reaction Explanation for Toddlers

Use these toddler STEM challenge cards to take your toddler and preschool STEM activities to the next level!

Bo loves rainbows and she loves hands-on activities. I made my toddler STEM challenge cards with her in mind (even though she’s a bit beyond the toddler stage).

The first card we pulled out said, “make a baking soda and vinegar reaction.”

Toddlers and preschoolers won’t understand the chemistry behind the baking soda and vinegar reaction experiment, but they can understand cause and effect.

rainbow baking soda and vinegar experiment

Talk about how when you pour the vinegar over the drops of food coloring that it will start to bubble and a rainbow will appear.

The colors will mix beautifully and the kids will be delighted!

The baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction explanation

Why does baking soda and vinegar fizz when mixed together?

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The answer is a chemical reaction! Toddlers won’t be able to understand that when baking soda (a base) and vinegar (an acid) mix, they create a byproduct of carbon dioxide gas.

The gas escaping causes the fizzing rainbow. and the leftover liquid from the vinegar (now neutralized) is left to complete the colors of the rainbow.

What you’ll need for the baking soda and vinegar reaction:

If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbow baking soda and vinegar experiment fit the bill perfectly and is so easy a toddler can do it!

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  • toddler STEM challenge cards
  • Baking soda
  • Plate
  • 1/4 cup measuring cup
  • Vinegar
  • Pipettes (we LOVE these and use them all the time!)
  • Food coloring (we used red, green, blue, and purple)

If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbows fit the bill perfectly and are easy!
Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment Set-Up

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Before getting started, you’ll need to set up a bit.

First, place a layer of baking soda about 1/4 of an inch thick on your plate.

Make a rainbow with your food coloring by placing dots of color in a rainbow pattern.

Pour 1/4 of a cup of vinegar into the measuring cup.

Now you are ready to do the experiment with toddlers or preschoolers.

How to Do the Baking Soda and Vinegar Chemical Reaction with Toddlers

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Give your toddler or preschooler a pipette, the plate, and the vinegar.

If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbows fit the bill perfectly and are easy!

Show your toddler how to pick up the vinegar and squeeze it onto the food coloring. A rainbow will form and start to fizz.

Repeat the experiment until all the vinegar is used.

If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbows fit the bill perfectly and are easy!

Bo really loved seeing the colors of the baking soda and vinegar reaction rainbow come to life and mix as she did this experiment.

If you want to try STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers, start with easy, fun things! These fizzing rainbows fit the bill perfectly and are easy!
baking soda and vinegar experiment

More STEM Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Have a toddler? Start a love of science early with these STEM projects for toddlers! Little ones will love these creative and educational ideas!

Toddler STEM Activities

 

STEM activities and STEAM for kids are great ways to develop skills kids can use throughout life. These STEAM activities are easy to do and prep-free!

Easy STEAM Activities for Kids

This simple science activity encourages scientific exploration during flower dissection. A fun STEM activity for preschool and kindergarten!

Flower Dissection Science

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About Brenda Priddy

Brenda grew up thinking she hated science.

But when her 4-year- old daughter was more interested in reading science facts than fairy tales, Brenda realized she had to learn more about science to keep up with her daughter.

Through simple at-home science experiments, Brenda developed a passion for science and now acts as an advocate for STEM education for kids at her website STEAMsational.com.

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What is STEAM?

STEAM activities for kids promote the idea that science, technology, engineering, art, and math can all work together to help kids become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators!

Join us on our journey to discover just how much fun science experiments can be.

What we do… 

STEAMsational offers STEM and science lesson plans and teaching resources to provide a firm STEM foundation for children in the classroom or home.

All you need to do is find your supplies, gather your scientists, and let the innovation unfold.

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