Kitchen Chemistry: Slime Workshop
Making slime provides intense tactile and sensory input, demanding focus on measuring and following sequential chemical steps, which helps channel energy into a productive, sensory output.
- Takes
- 30 min–1 hr
- Your setup
- 5 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 7–12
- Mess
- Messy
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Measure and pour 1/2 cup of glue into a bowl.
- 2Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and mix well.
- 3Add food coloring and glitter if desired.
- 4Slowly add saline solution (start with 1 tablespoon) and mix rapidly. The mixture will start to solidify.
- 5Continue adding saline solution, tiny amounts at a time, until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- 6Knead the slime by hand until it reaches the desired non-sticky consistency.
What they're practising
- Sensory Input
- Precision
- Sequential Instructions
- Focus Utilization