- chart paper
- marker
- paper towels
- plastic pipettes or eyedroppers
- small container of water
- small square of wax paper
- 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: More Water Drops
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STEM Key Concepts: Water can flow quickly or slowly; Water in small amounts forms drops; Water drops stick together; Water behaves differently on different surfaces
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Gather children around the materials. Ask, What is something you have observed about making water drops with the eyedropper? Allow children to demonstrate their responses.
Initiate a discussion with children about when water drops are formed. Ask children to think about when and where they have seen water drops in their environment. Give an example; say, This morning I watched water drip from my faucet after I brushed my teeth. Prompt children to give examples, such as raindrops, spilled drink, wet flowers, etc. Tell children that you are going to take them outside to see if they can find water drops in the environment.