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: “Making Things Float and Sink” #1 (PEEP live-action clip)
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STEM Key Concepts: Objects behave differently in water; Some things float; Some things sink; If you add enough weight to a floating object, it will sometimes sink; Solids have physical characteristics that can be observed and described
ELA Focus Skills: Active Viewing, Compare and Contrast, Listening and Speaking
Tell children they are going to watch PEEP and the Big Wide World “Making Things Float and Sink.”
Watch the video together. After watching, discuss the video and follow up with questions such as:
- What were the kids doing at the pool?
- What did Emma do with the tube? How did she get it to float?
- What things did the children do/observe in the video that you did/observed in your explorations?
- Is there something the children in the video did that you want to try during your exploration next time? Why did that interest you?
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.
