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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: “Making Boats” (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, Follow Directions, Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to watch the PEEP and the Big Wide World live-action video clip “Making Boats.”
After children watch, discuss the video and follow up with questions, such as:
- What kinds of things did the children use to make boats?
- How did Emma get her boat to sink?
- Why didn’t Josh’s boat sink?
- What did the walnuts do to the boat? How about the rock?
- What other things might make our boats sink?
- What other things would you like to use to make boats?
- Do you think you could make those other boats sink, too?
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.
