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Talk Together: Drip Drop
Gather children around the faucet and have them describe how the drops form as water drips from the faucet.
Talk Together: Floating Boats
Review floating and sinking and discuss how to sink a floating food tray.
Talk Together: Flowing Downhill
Remind children of their ramp explorations. Have children predict what will happen when they pour water down a ramp.
Talk Together: Introduce Float and Sink
Introduce the concepts of float and sink, using rubber bands and pennies as examples.
Talk Together: Introduce Water
Discuss water with children. Ask them what they know about water, and what happens as water is poured.
Talk Together: Make It Move
Discuss how to make water move with various materials.
Talk Together: Making Water Drops
Review using an eyedropper and discuss how the water comes out of it.
Talk Together: More About Water
Invite children to share more about what they have been observing and learning about water.
Talk Together: More Water Drops
Have children think about where they have seen water drops form.
Talk Together: New Water Tools
Show children clear plastic tubing. Have them predict what might happen as water is poured through the tube.
Talk Together: Pools of Water
Talk about when it rains and water collects in a pool.
Talk Together: Review Float and Sink
Review with children their explorations they did this week about floating and sinking.
Talk Together: Review “What Absorbs Water”
Review with children the “What Absorbs Water?” chart they completed on Day 2.
Talk Together: Sink It!
Continue the conversation about floating and sinking. Discuss what will happen if they fill an empty container with pebbles or water.
Talk Together: Squirt and Pump
Introduce a pump and baster and demonstrate how to use them to move water.
Talk Together: Using Tools to Move Water
Discuss with children what tools they might combine to transfer water.
Talk Together: Waterways
Review with children what a waterway is and how to make a waterway full of channels and obstacles.
Talk Together: What Floats? What Sinks?
Display a collection of balls. Have children predict which balls will float or sink.
Talk Together: Where Does the Water Go?
Introduce evaporation. Have children think about their experiences with evaporation.
Watch Together: “Building Dams” (PEEP live-action clip)
Play the PEEP and the Big Wide World video “Building Dams.” Relate children’s experiences with dams to the video.