Electricity is all around us, so we tend to take it for granted. It's a fascinating subject for kids though.

Teaching your children about electricity could be a fun thing to do these holidays. It could be all that is needed to prevent a nasty accident, it could be knowledge that inspires them towards science, or it could lead to a career choice that will always be in demand.

Obviously your teaching will need to be age appropriate so we've provided a couple of links below, compliments of Kids Britannica.

          For ages 9-11 - click here
          For ages 11-14 - click here

Static electricity is most kids' introduction and it leads nicely into electrical energy and circuitry. There are plenty of safe experiments that you can try like:

* including bending water with static electricity

* separating salt and pepper with a magic spoon

* moving a bubble with a balloon, or

* constructing a classic potato clock.

This is what we found after a quick look on the internet but I'm sure you'll find more - click here.

Have fun and let us know what reaction you get  :-)  Even better, send us a picture of your experiment!