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Talk Together: In Order
Explore ordinal numbers. Have children pick a number card 1–5 and stand on the matching number on a number line.
Talk Together: Introduce Ramps
Introduce ramps by having children move a block without touching it. Demonstrate how things move down a slanted plane.
Talk Together: Introduce Sliding
Discuss how size, shape, and weight of an object can affect the way it moves down a ramp. Talk about how things slide and/or roll.
Talk Together: Making Obstacles
Discuss the weight and texture of different materials. Help children think about how they might use them in their obstacle course explorations.
Talk Together: Move Down the Ramp
Ask children to share ramps they discovered on their way home. Have them dictate or write to record ideas on the "All About Ramps" chart.
Talk Together: Obstacles
Discuss obstacles children explored as they rolled objects down their trackways.
Talk Together: Ramp Review
Review children's ramp explorations and observations. Remind children that scientists use skills such as asking questions and recording observations.
Talk Together: Ramp Rhymes
Children slide their hand down a ramp every time they hear two words that rhyme and then generate words that rhyme with ramp.
Talk Together: Ramps with Different Surfaces
Describe what happens when different objects are rolled down ramps of different textures.
Talk Together: Review Ramps, Slides, and Tracks
Have children talk about ramps, slides, or tracks in their environment. Then act out motions as they recite a rhyme.
Talk Together: Roller Coaster Ride
Display pictures and talk about amusement parks. Have children imagine being on a roller coaster and act out the motions.
Talk Together: Simple Machines
Display pictures of ramps making work easier for someone. Discuss how ramps are simple machines.
Talk Together: Sliding Experiences
Talk with children about their experiences going down slides and other inclined planes. Encourage them to talk about how they felt.
Talk Together: Steep Stories
Talk with children about their experiences with varying the steepness of any ramps. Discuss how things move faster on steeper inclines.
Talk Together: Talk About Explorations
Discuss new ways for children to build their obstacle courses based on their experiences and observations.
Talk Together: Talk about Tracks
Discuss trackways. Show a picture of a real trackway and talk about how tracks help keep things, such as trains, on a straight path.
Talk Together: Trackways
Encourage children to demonstrate and share their observations about how marbles move down the tracks.
Ten on Our Sleds
Have children dictate or write their own stories about animals on a sled. Encourage children to use alliteration.
“The Little Engine That Could” Mural
Have children draw scenes from a story and create a mural. Allow children to recreate the story using the illustrations in their mural.
The Zany Zoo
Children dig for zany zoo animals. They identify the animals that begin with the letter “Z” and return them to The Zany Zoo.