- plastic pipettes or eyedroppers
- small containers of water
- drip
- drop
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
Language/L.PK.MA.6: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, listening to books read aloud, activities, and play.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Language Development/Expressive Language: Uses language to express ideas and needs.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
Talk Together: Making Water Drops
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STEM Key Concepts: Water in small amounts forms drops; Water drops stick together
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Hold up an eyedropper for children to see. Ask them to describe what it is and how they have used it before. Ask, How does the water come out of the eyedropper? Have a volunteer demonstrate how to use the tool. As the water drips out, ask children, What do you notice about the water as it comes out of the eyedropper? Tell children that they will be using an eyedropper to explore more about water drops.