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MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3: Communicate personal experiences or interests.<
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Watch Together: “Fish Museum” (PEEP show) #1
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Compare and Contrast, Comprehension (Main Idea), Listening and Speaking, Making Connections, Predicting, Story Comprehension, Story Sequence, Story Structure, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to watch the PEEP and the Big Wide World video “Fish Museum.” Ask if they have ever been to a museum and what kinds of things they saw at the museum. Explain that a museum is a place where collections of objects are kept. Give an example of a museum children may be familiar with, such as the Science Museum where people might see collections of dinosaur bones or a display of space crafts.
- Ask, What kinds of objects do you think will be in the Fish Museum?
Before You Watch
Set a viewing focus for children by asking them to watch for things that sink and float in the pond and compare them to the objects they observed in their explorations.
As You Watch
Model active TV viewing by naming the characters and describing the actions. Pause the video occasionally to ask questions or clarify concepts. For example:
- Pause to talk about the various items Quack brings into the water. Discuss whether they float or sink. Ask, Why do you think it sinks? Floats?
- Pause when the dog is sleeping. Ask, Do you think the dog bowl would sink or float? Why do you think so?
- Pause as Quack tries to take the balloon under the water. Ask, Do you think the fish are happy that the balloon floats to the top of the water? Why ?
After You Watch
Discuss what happened in the video. Ask questions such as,
- How did Quack keep the acorn from floating back to the surface of the water?
- What happened to the apple when Quack put it in the water?
- When did the sponge sink to the bottom?
- Why did Quack have to keep the balloon string in his mouth?
- Why do you think Peep didn’t become part of the Fish Museum?
Educator Tip: Watching and discussing the selected PEEP stories and live-action video clips can spark and extend children’s interest and understanding of water. We suggest that children watch the video clips after they have had an opportunity to do their own initial exploration of water. That way your children can compare their experiences and discoveries with those shown on the video clip and think about what additional water explorations they might like to try.
English Language Learners: Have English language learners name some of the objects Quack sent to the museum in their home language. Ask all the children to repeat the words. Then supply the English words and have everyone repeat. You may need to have family members give you some of the words in their home language before watching the video.
