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Explore Together (indoors): Rolling Around
Challenge children to build a tube trackway and send a marble down the entire length of the trackway. Encourage children to draw or write to record their observations.
Explore Together (indoors): Voice Volume
Have children focus on exploring volume and timbre with their voices, and then create patterns of sounds for others to repeat.
Explore Together (outdoors): Animal Signs
Take children outside to explore plants and look for evidence that animals have been eating the plants.
Explore Together (outdoors): Building Dams
Take children outdoors again to continue exploring the flow of water, this time to make dams.
Explore Together (outdoors): Building Shapes
Go outdoors and look for shapes in neighborhood houses and buildings. Have children draw shapes they find and dictate or write what part of the building the shape was found.
Explore Together (outdoors): Changing Water Flow
Have children observe how water changes directions and slows down or speeds up as it flows down a hill.
Explore Together (outdoors): Colored Lenses
Have children explore looking at the world through colored transparent plastic sheets.
Explore Together (outdoors): Colored Light
Have children explore what happens to light cast through different transparent objects.
Explore Together (outdoors): Disappearing Water
Children paint with ice cubes and trace puddles with chalk to observe the water evaporate.
Explore Together (outdoors): Down the Slide
Bring children outside and have them explore how different objects move when they are sent down the playground slide.
Explore Together (outdoors): Explore Float and Sink
Provide an assortment of objects for children to test whether they will float or sink. Have them record the results on a chart.
Explore Together (outdoors): Explore Nature
Explore nature outdoors with children.
Explore Together (outdoors): Explore Water on Surfaces
Have children explore how water behaves on different surfaces outside.
Explore Together (outdoors): Flowers and Vegetables
Take children outside to explore flowering plants. Have them compare these plants to other plants they observed.
Explore Together (outdoors): Free Exploration
Take children outdoors to build obstacle courses and explore how objects react when they hit an obstacle.
Explore Together (outdoors): Free Ramp Exploration
Have children continue to explore ramps and how objects move down a ramp. Encourage children predict how an object will behave on a ramp.
Explore Together (outdoors): Grocery Store Visit
Visit a grocery store or farm stand and explore and compare fruits and vegetables.
Explore Together (outdoors): Hunt for Materials
Review materials used in building houses in the book Houses and Homes. Go outside and look at different materials used in neighborhood buildings.
Explore Together (outdoors): Hunt for Slides, Ramps, and Tracks
Have children explore ramps, slides, and trackways outdoors and record their observations. Ask children to reflect and share their observations.
Explore Together (outdoors): Imitate Outdoor Sounds
Have children bring instruments outside for a listening walk. Encourage children to listen for sounds and imitate them with their instruments and voices.