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Explore Together (outdoors): Plant Environment

Take children outside to explore soil in different areas and to compare tree roots and plants’ roots.

Explore Together (outdoors): Plants on the Ground #1

Collect plant parts that have fallen to the ground. Have children use magnifying lenses to explore plant parts.

Explore Together (outdoors): Plants on the Ground #2

Have children collect plant parts on the ground and compare them to the sprouts they are growing inside.

Explore Together (outdoors): Ramps All Around

Have children explore ramps in their outdoor environment. Encourage them to draw to record their observations.

Explore Together (outdoors): Ramps with Different Surfaces

Take children outside to compare how objects with varying textures move on ramps with different surfaces.

Explore Together (outdoors): Roll, Slide, or Stay Put?

Take children outside to the playground slide or a preassembled ramp to explore objects that roll, slide, or stay put on the ramp.

Explore Together (outdoors): Seed Scientists

Take children outside to collect seeds. Discuss with children the relationships between seeds, animals, and nature.

Explore Together (outdoors): Shaded Colors

Explore and describe colors with and without sunglasses on.

Explore Together (outdoors): Sort the Travelers

Have children sort seeds by how they travel.   

Explore Together (outdoors): Sound Map

Have children record on a map sounds they hear outside. Talk about the source of each sound.

Explore Together (outdoors): Steeper and Steeper Outside

Have children continue to observe rolling objects down ramps as they adjust the steepness of the incline.

Explore Together (outdoors): Turns and Pools

Explore the flow of water. Have children collect materials to change the water flow and form pools.

Explore Together (outdoors): Underground Environment

Have children investigate the soil outside and collect things in it they want to share with others.

Explore Together (outdoors): Visit a Community Garden

Take children to a community garden to let them observe growing plants.  

Explore Together (outdoors): Visit Plants

Plan a visit to a fruit and vegetable farm. Allow children to freely explore the plants.

Explore Together (outdoors): Water Drops

Search outdoors for water flowing down or dripping off surfaces. Have children explore dripping water with their hands.

Explore Together (outdoors): Water Rivers

Make water rivers and streams of flowing water in the dirt and on other surfaces outside.

Learn About Letters Together: “Here We Go Round the Alphabet”

Sing “Here We Go Round the Alphabet” and have children walk around a circle of the alphabet letters. 

Learn About Letters Together: Letter March ("Uu")

Draw or tape a gigantic letter “U” outdoors and have children march along the letter.

Learn About Letters Together: Letter (“Ss”) Skip

Make multiple “S” letters on the floor or playground with tape or chalk. Have children skip around each letter “S.”

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