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Explore Together (indoors): More Measuring Plants
Have children measure the plants and compare their results to the measurements they took in earlier weeks.
Explore Together (outdoors): Measuring Up
Have children check and measure their sprouts. Then observe and measure the plants they repotted outside.
Explore Together (indoors): Measuring Plants
Measure plants using nonstandard measurement tools and have children record their measurements.
Small Group: Measure the Flow
Have children measure how far the water flowed with nonstandard measuring tools.
How Much Water?
Have children count how many little cups it takes to fill a bigger cup of water.
Small Group: Enough Room?
Have children explore the idea of fitting objects in a limited space.
Explore Together (indoors): Plant and Soil Changes
Determine two groups to have children explore the worm habitat or their plants with magnifying lenses.
Explore Together (indoors): Build a House for a Toy
Have children make houses for toys. Focus them on the size of the house so the toys fit inside.
Explore Together (indoors): More Plant and Soil Changes
Have the groups switch areas so children explore both the worm habitat and their plants.
Explore Together (indoors): Edible and Nonedible Plants
Discuss plants children can and cannot eat. Have them continue to explore their plants and record changes in their science notebooks.
Sort by Volume (Loud/Medium/Quiet)
Create a chart with three volume levels. Hold up a picture, ask someone to make the sound of it, and decide where to place that picture.
Connecting Cube Train Races
Have children build connecting-cube trains to send down ramps, and use nonstandard measuring tools to mark how far the trains travel.
Explore Together (indoors): Steeper and Steeper
Have children explore how the steepness of a ramp will affect how far a ball travels. Use two ramps with one being steeper than the other.
Small Group: Explore Trees
Discuss parts of a tree. Go outside and have children compare and explore trees.
Sort Loud and Quiet Animal Sounds
Have children work together to sort toy animals or pictures of animals into those that make loud sounds and those that make soft sounds.
Explore Together (indoors): Rolling on Different Surfaces
Explore how different floor surfaces affect how far a ball travels after leaving a ramp. Divide the group onto different surfaces to see on which the ball will go farthest.
Loud, Medium, Quiet Sounds
Have children continue exploring making sounds with their shakers. Have children make loud, medium, and quiet sounds and have them explain how they made those sounds.
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.
Different Material—Different Drying Time
Children choose items of different materials and determine which absorbs more water and which dries faster.