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Read Together: I Get Wet #1
Read about experiments with water. Focus children on the different shapes water takes in the book.
Read Together: I Get Wet #2
Gather children around a faucet and follow the water activity as the text describes.
Read Together: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash #1
Read the story and have children listen to all the silly things Mrs. McNosh washes and hangs up to dry.
Read Together: Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash #2
Reread the story. Ask children to recall events and tell what the main idea of the story is.
Read Together: Ten Dirty Pigs/Ten Clean Pigs
Read the story and have children look for all the different ways water moves in the story.
Read Together: Toy Boat #1
Read Toy Boat by Randall de Seve. Help children track the movements of the boat as it floats in the water.
Read Together: Toy Boat #2
Reread Toy Boat by Randal de Seve. Help children visualize the action of the story
Read Together: Toy Boat #3
Reread the story. Focus children on all the things that might make the toy boat sink.
Read Together: Who Sank the Boat? #1
Read the story and have children think about why the boat sinks further into the water each time an animal gets in.
Recite Together: “A Sailor Went to Sea”
Explain the difference between sea and see. Recite the chant and have children clap hands on each beat.
Recite Together: “Big and Small”
Recite the poem and have children act out the motions.
Recite Together: “Busy Beaver”
Recite the poem “Busy Beaver” and invite children to act it out.
Recite Together: “Ten Little Water Drops”
Recite the poem with gestures. Invite children to make up new gestures to show how the water drops moved.
Sing Together: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Divide children into two groups and sing the song as a round.
Small Group: Bag of Objects
Give each child an object to describe and predict if it will float or sink. Test the items and place them in bins labeled “Float” or “Sink.”
Small Group: Drops on a Penny
Have children continue to explore how water drops stick together, and how water drops behave on different surfaces.
Small Group: Measure the Flow
Have children measure how far the water flowed with nonstandard measuring tools.
Small Group: No Shape of Its Own
Explore the idea that liquids do not have their own shape, but take on the shape of their containers.
Talk Together: Dams
Talk about dams and what happens when they put things in water to block its flow.
Talk Together: Drip Drop
Gather children around the faucet and have them describe how the drops form as water drips from the faucet.