Science for 5 year olds

I remember dying flowers with my Mom. A vivid, happy memory.

Here is how I shared this with my 5 year old:
Learning objectives:

Predict what will happen to the color of the flower.

Describe how flowers absorb water.

Step 1 - Gather flowers.

Step 2 - Discuss the experiment. Discuss how flowers absorb water. Discuss the "color" of tap water. Predict what will happen to the color of the flower if we add food coloring to the water.

Step 3 - Start Experiment: Place water in 3 containers. Add food color (child's choice of color) to 2 containers. Place flowers in water. Ask question (e.g., Which flowers might take longer to change color. Why?)

Step 4 - Check Results. Modify as needed. (e.g., we dumped out some water and made the mixture more concentrated because the flowers in the water dyed red were not changing color as quickly as the blue flowers.

Day 1 - Blue:

Day 2 - red:

Continue to monitor and record results.

Step 5 - Draw Conclusions.