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Date: 9/28/2006 4:19:00 AM
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Author:
nikky
(ntapner@hotmail.com)
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Subject:Science/Nature Activities
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Hi all,
After reading the advice here for many months (and finding a lot of it very useful!) I am in need of some myself. I recently took over a wonderful 4 year old room (after working the last several years with toddlers) and find I am struggling to think of science/nature activities for them. Can anyone please help with ideas that will be suitable for this group? Thanks in advance,
Nikky
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Date: 9/28/2006 11:44:00 AM
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Author:
Linda Arocho
(t0good@webtv.net)
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Subject:outside
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Just about all our science "lessons" initiated with things we've found outside. For example, we actually had a Robin make a nest near our deck - so every day we made observations, drew and wrote the changes we noticed - and things we did inside - they made their own nests, made hypothesis about what were in the eggs - we did all kinds of things and then that grew into what else lays eggs, etc.
Another experiment the children did involved seeds - they tried to make numerous seedlings - we used different kinds of sands and soils, some we used fertilizer, some didn't, then we did things like how much or how little amounts of water were given to the seeds each day - and again, they made observations in journals noticing changes - sometimes they wrote, sometimes it was meerly pictures. But once the unit was "done" we took the seedlings we had (and others that I bought) and made a garden outside. They tend to it every day - weeding, watering and most importantly, EATING!
There's so much outside to explore! And 4 year olds explore better than anyone else in the world!
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Date: 10/3/2006 12:16:00 PM
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Author:
Linda Arocho
(t0good@webtv.net)
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Subject:Science Book Experiments
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I love doing messy science with them too, by the way - Cooking is one of my favorites - Liquids into solids after you add heat!
Also, The "Usborne Big Book of Experiments" has lots of things as does "My Big Book of Science".
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