Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Exploring Color
The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue....
We explore combinations with colored cellophane and plastic color paddles...
Exploring color mixing with eye droppers of food coloring, paper towels, and "recipe" cards...
Monday, October 4, 2010
Celebrating the Change of Season With Autumn Themed Work
Taking a moment to remember to breathe, the pinwheel helps with focus.
Colorful corn kernels picked by little fingers or tweezers.
Pouring, scooping, and tonging with containers reflecting the beautiful colors of autumn.
Cutting and collage work.
Science activities including a study of leaves and turtles.
This is an easy activity to make: Just color copy a variety of leaves and laminate the actual leaf to match to the picture.
Other science activities include a study of magnets.
Can magnets work through water? Magnetic fsihing.
Counting objects 1 through 5.
Counting fish 1 through 10.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Some popular works on our shelves in the primary room right now...
Air, Land, Water work...a classic
Water color painting with a masking tape resist: first make a design with masking tape on water color paper, paint over tape onto paper, let painting dry, and remove tape to reveal design.
Marble painting: place three drops of each color of paint onto paper in tray, spoon marble into tray, tilt tray to roll marble through the paint, marble will leave a trail of paint to create an abstract design, remove painting and hang to dry, clean tray and marble, return to shelf.
Using a scale to weigh miniature vegetables has been very popular; A simple transfer work for our youngest students while our older fives and sixes are working on estimation, weight, addition, and more.
An extension for the hundred board (my Mom's idea, thanks Mom!). I cut 10 small 1/2" slits on each side of a piece of cardboard (recycled), the child wraps yard around the cardboard to create a 10x10 grid, and fills in each square with a number to create their own hundred board.
Water color painting with a masking tape resist: first make a design with masking tape on water color paper, paint over tape onto paper, let painting dry, and remove tape to reveal design.
Marble painting: place three drops of each color of paint onto paper in tray, spoon marble into tray, tilt tray to roll marble through the paint, marble will leave a trail of paint to create an abstract design, remove painting and hang to dry, clean tray and marble, return to shelf.
Using a scale to weigh miniature vegetables has been very popular; A simple transfer work for our youngest students while our older fives and sixes are working on estimation, weight, addition, and more.
An extension for the hundred board (my Mom's idea, thanks Mom!). I cut 10 small 1/2" slits on each side of a piece of cardboard (recycled), the child wraps yard around the cardboard to create a 10x10 grid, and fills in each square with a number to create their own hundred board.
Tying small pieces of yarn on a mesh grid to create a small rug...
Sewing a button onto a thin netting fabric (tulle)--great for seeing through to the other side and watching the needle as it moves through.
Sewing buttons onto felt hearts and then stitching two hearts together to make a small pillow.
Sewing a button onto a thin netting fabric (tulle)--great for seeing through to the other side and watching the needle as it moves through.
Sewing buttons onto felt hearts and then stitching two hearts together to make a small pillow.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Clouds In Our Classroom
It's so much fun to lay on the grass in our play yard at school and watch the clouds float by.
This was the inspiration for a whole unit on clouds.
Types of clouds identification and classifying.
Cloud push pin work.
Cloud books from our local library...
Some more cloud work in our practical life area. The sewing a cloud pillow was off the shelf being used when I snapped this photo.
Painting clouds with a clothespin and cotton ball. Excellent fine motor practice.
Painting clouds with a "dot painter". Great for Toddlers and younger threes, although the older children enjoy the work as well.
This was the inspiration for a whole unit on clouds.
Types of clouds identification and classifying.
Cloud push pin work.
Cloud books from our local library...
Some more cloud work in our practical life area. The sewing a cloud pillow was off the shelf being used when I snapped this photo.
Painting clouds with a clothespin and cotton ball. Excellent fine motor practice.
Painting clouds with a "dot painter". Great for Toddlers and younger threes, although the older children enjoy the work as well.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Seed Balls
Today we made seed balls!
It's a technique for planting in abandoned places, and often inhospitable land, that was developed in Japan by Masanobu Fukuoka, a pioneer in natural farming. And its fun.
1 part seeds, 3 parts compost, 5 parts clay. Mix in a little water to make the consistancy of play dough. Roll into small balls and let dry in the sun. Then the fun part....5,4,3,2,1...throw!
It's a technique for planting in abandoned places, and often inhospitable land, that was developed in Japan by Masanobu Fukuoka, a pioneer in natural farming. And its fun.
1 part seeds, 3 parts compost, 5 parts clay. Mix in a little water to make the consistancy of play dough. Roll into small balls and let dry in the sun. Then the fun part....5,4,3,2,1...throw!
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