- plastic pipettes or eyedroppers
- sheets of waxed paper
- simple flat surface propped up as a ramp (for example, a piece of cardboard and a stack of books)
- small containers of colored water (different colors; use food coloring)
- drop
- flow
MA Standards:
Language/L.PK.MA.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, listening to books read aloud, activities, and play.
Head Start Outcomes:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity: Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 5: Listen to and use formal and informal language.
Colored Water Drop Design
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Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Fine Motor Skills, Vocabulary
Have children create water drop designs using colored water, eyedroppers, and a small ramp covered with wax paper (you can tape sheets of wax paper to flat pieces of cardboard to create the ramp surface). Have children drop the colored water onto the ramp and let the drops flow down the ramp. Ask children to describe what they observe as the drops flow down the ramp and to describe how they can move the ramp to make the drops move in different directions.