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Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Sounds
Allow children to explore freely making sounds on various outdoor surfaces. Tell children you want them to record at least one observation on a clipboard.
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.
How Does It Feel?
Introduce babies to new and different textures as you explore natural and man-made materials and objects together.
Ice Art
Explore art and science with your child. See what happens when she paints a picture with frozen colored ice cubes.