Unfortunately, many adults feel daunted by science. Young children have far more va-va-voom! They’re raring to find out all about rainbows, tadpoles, magnets, jungle animals, stars and coloured lights…

Help Your Children Learn Science
Here’s a fantastic website that explains how and why to encourage your child’s interests – no matter what your own level of science knowledge is:

Help Your Child Discover
And here’s a set of printable leaflets that will help your child – and maybe even you! – learn about all sorts of interesting things, including the solar system, plants and materials.

Dynamo’s Lab
BBC Education’s favourite furry friend for the 5-and-ups, is Dynamo. You’ll find a range of online activities suitable for young scientists in:

and finally… a few misconceptions.

Children’s misconceptions
As children grow, they try to make sense of the world about them by creating theories about how things are. Sometimes these ideas are not quite right, and you can help your child’s understanding by listening carefully to their explanations and guiding their understanding. One researcher has put together a huge list of things that children commonly misunderstand – have a look.