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Explore Together (indoors): Plant and Soil Changes
Determine two groups to have children explore the worm habitat or their plants with magnifying lenses.
Guess and Count
Have children estimate how many cups of water will fit into different size containers.
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.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #1
Have children compare the tools in the book to the tools in Building a House.
Talk Together: Building to Fit
Discuss how things are built to size. Use toys as examples.
Math Chefs
Have children measure and cut specified numbers of clay fruit pieces to make a clay fruit salad.
Comparing Weight
Demonstrate how to use the balance or homemade scale. Let children compare objects and guess which one is heavier.
How Many Sink It?
Partner children to see which of their boats can hold the most weight before sinking.
A Ticket to Ride #1
Set up a “ticket stand” and a roller coaster using a table and chairs. Have children pretend they are buying a ticket and taking a ride on the roller coaster.
The House I Would Build…
Have children use the pictures they drew in the Art Center to write or dictate sentences about the house they would build.
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.
Talk Together: Seeds Travel
Review the different ways seeds travel. Demonstrate with a dandelion seed and a pea.
Talk Together: Plant Review
Review what children learned about plants. Have children share a page in their science notebooks.
Review the Week Together: Unit 7, Week 3
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review plant parts, and measuring plants, “Kk,” /k/, and kitchen.
Color Hunt
Divide children into two teams and have each team look for items of a specific color.
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.
Sorting Instruments
Have children organize pictures of musical instruments by the method of how an instrument is played.
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.