To celebrate the UK premiere of Blaze and the Monster Machines we hosted a Twitter party with UKMums.tv. Freddy and his guests enjoyed taking part in some fun science experiments and enjoyed watching the first episode of Blaze and the Monster Machines.
We had some 4M science kits from Great Gizmos to try out alongside some other educational activities, all designed to make the children think about science, maths, engineering and technology in an entertaining and fun way. The Magnetic Racer and the Hover Jet worked particularly well.
It was great to see the children enjoying the science activities. They loved predicting whether things would sink or float in the big bucket of water, exploring the buoyancy of objects. They predicted what might happen and excitedly tested out their predictions to see if they were right.
They enjoyed building vehicles out of boxes with wooden wheels and also out of chocolate bars and sweeties! The cardboard box vehicles proved quite challenging as the children worked out how to attach the wheels in order for them to be able to spin. Seeing them puzzle through the problems and come up with a solution was great and showed exceptional team work skills.
They used balloon power and magnetism to make vehicles move, exploring the laws of motion. There was lots of thinking, lots of learning...and a lot of laughter!
Blaze and the Monster Machines proved a big hit. The children loved the first episode and were joining in with Blaze's challenges and laughing at the funny, slapstick humour. I was impressed with the educational content of the show, which explored friction as well as getting the kids to think about materials and types of machines. It will definitely be a TV show that Freddy regularly tunes into to, it was right up his street.
Catch Blaze and the Monster Trucks on weekdays at 4pm on Nick Jr from Monday 9th March.