Wiggle, Wonder & Wriddle: Science adventures for preschoolers
Even young children can begin developing skills that real scientists use every day. With tools to draw, write, and record their voice, Wriddle helps young children build and practice observation, pattern recognition, communication, and much more.
Here are 5 age-appropriate and fun activities to encourage your budding scientist.
1. Observe and label!
Go on a nature walk and look closely at the world around you!
✅ Science Skills: Observation, labeling, recording data
Your child can use the paint tools in Wixie to draw what they see. Use the pencil to add a label and the microphone to describe it with more detail.
2. Did you know?
After reading about a new plant or place or watching a nature show on National Geography or the Discovery Channel, ask your child to share a fact they have learned.
✅ Science Skills: Fact gathering, communication
Keep it simple and ask them to draw a picture and use the microphone to share a fact.
3. Watch the Weather
What's the weather like today? Go or look outside and report on the weather like a meteorologist!
✅ Science Skills: Observation, pattern recognition, data recording
On Wriddle, draw what you see—clouds, sun, rain, snow? Write or record what you noticed.
Parent hint: Try to do this a few days in a row and compare!
4. Environmental Encounter
Whether it was at the zoo, a birthday party, or library event, retell the experience of meeting an amazing animal.
✅ Science Skills: Observation, sequencing, communication, animal behavior
Parent Hint: Copy the URL from the browser and email or text it to a distant family member to give your child something to talk about on a phone call with them.
5. It's Always Time to Experiment
Children are naturally curious and experimenting almost continuously! What does a worm taste like? What happens when my popsicle touches sand? Will this stick sink or float in the water? They are already acting like scientists.
✅ Science Skills: Sight word recognition, storytelling, fluency
Your child can draw a picture of what happened and use the microphone to state a question, claim or result. For example, "When I held the snail upside down, it didn't fall off." (experiment or test question = Will the snail fall off my hand if I turn it over?)
Parent hint: You don't have to get complicated or follow an official process. As you observe your child experimenting, simply restate their questions and use words like test, experiment, and maybe even hypothesis.
6. Become an Expert
Most kids will have something they love and can't enough of, like trucks (physics) or dinosaurs (paleontology). Encourage their interest with books, videos, and excursions. Then, as they watch experts on their devices, encourage them to do the same and share their expertise.
✅ Science Skills: Research, comparing features, classification
Your child is naturally curious! Use Wriddle to capture and record your child's observations, experiments, knowledge, and ideas!
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