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Different Material—Different Drying Time
Children choose items of different materials and determine which absorbs more water and which dries faster.
Does It Float?
Have children test objects to see if they will float or sink. Instruct children to place the objects in the “sink” or “float” half of a poster board based on what happened.
Explore Together (indoors): Balls: Float or Sink?
Test children’s predictions and have them record which balls float and which ones sink.
Explore Together (indoors): Boats Afloat
Challenge children to make a boat that will hold the biggest load and still float on the water.
Explore Together (indoors): Drop Size and Shape
Have children explore how water drops behave on different surfaces.
Explore Together (indoors): From Here to There
Group children into teams to figure out ways to move water from one tool to another.
Explore Together (indoors): How Much Weight?
Continue to explore how much weight their boats can hold and still float using various materials.
Explore Together (indoors): Introduce Water Drops
Have children explore squirting or dripping to make drops. Encourage them to notice how drops flow, drop size, shape, and how many.
Explore Together (indoors): Pour & Squirt
Set up three stations at the water table to allow groups to explore different ways of moving water.
Explore Together (indoors): Pour, Squirt, & Pump
Divide children into four groups to explore moving water with their hands, plastic cups, funnels, basters, and water pumps.
Explore Together (indoors): Water Tools: Introduce Tubing
Have children continue to explore moving water. Add plastic tubing to the set of materials that children can use to move water.
Float and Sink Art
Have children choose some objects to test whether they float or sink. Glue the floating items on one part of a paper plate, and the sinking items on another.
How Much Water?
Have children count how many little cups it takes to fill a bigger cup of water.
Water Tools
Leave the water table set up with the water tools throughout the week so children can continue their explorations with the tools.
Wet and Dry Clothes
Children wash doll clothes—some hang wet clothes on the clothesline and others place their doll clothes in plastic bags. Revisit the cloths to see which cloths are still wet and which ones are dry.
Wet and Dry Sand
Make sandcastles with dry sand and wet sand to demonstrate how water sticks to pieces of sand.