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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 (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): 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 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): 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.

Explore Together (outdoors): Keep on Growing!

Help children repot their plants in a larger container or an outside garden.

Explore Together (outdoors): Listening Walk: Animal Sounds

Take children outdoors on a listening walk to listen for animal sounds. Have them focus on the source, volume, and pitch of the sounds.

Explore Together (outdoors): Making Waterways

Take children outdoors again to continue exploring the flow of water, this time to make waterways.

Explore Together (outdoors): Milk Carton Boats

Have children make milk carton boats. Have them collect things outside to use as weights and see how many objects their boats can hold.

Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Listening Walk

Pair children, have them track down outside sounds, and help them record their observations.

Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Plant Walk

Discuss how to treat outdoor plants with care. Go outside and observe plants in their environment.

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