Weekend Experiments

The plan

This is the plan I use for my kids. Steal what helps, ignore what doesn't. The most important thing is having fun with your kid, not following a curriculum from a random stranger (me).

Also very WIP — I'll add a new one every week!

I'm building a ~30-Saturday path so sessions hang on real concepts — not random cute activities. Each unit is five weeks. We're filling week-by-week as we run them at home; experiments on the site map here when that's useful.

Want your own path? Build one. Age, mess tolerance, and what makes your kid light up matter more than matching my list.

Year-one spine

Draft units — experiments listed in the order I'd run them. Empty slots = still filling.

  1. 1. Matter & mess

    Weeks 1–5

    Sink/float, mix, goo, ice, density

  2. 2. Force & motion

    Weeks 6–10

    Push/pull, ramps, roll, bounce

    No sessions mapped yet — filling soon.

  3. 3. Water & weather

    Weeks 11–15

    Flow, absorb, wind, evaporate

  4. 4. Light & sound

    Weeks 16–20

    Shadows, mirrors, loud/quiet, vibrate

    No sessions mapped yet — filling soon.

  5. 5. Living things

    Weeks 21–25

    Seeds, bugs, bodies, habitats

    No sessions mapped yet — filling soon.

  6. 6. Build & invent

    Weeks 26–30

    Tools, structures, simple machines, “fix it”

    No sessions mapped yet — filling soon.

More context on why this exists at all: About. Or jump to Experiments.