Science and nature can be integrated through many different kinds of hands-on, real-world experiences.
See how we have been exploring Science and Nature!
Bright and colorful jelly bean science
After introducing the letter Jj this week, we reinforced our new letter’s sound with some j-j-jelly bean science.
Waking up our bears
We are waking our bears after a long winter’s sleep. Come and see our celebration of our hibernation in preschool!
Tucking our bears in for a long winter’s sleep
We are making caves for our bears to hibernate in all winter long.
Time to hibernate
We are stuffing bears and putting them down for a long winter’s nap for a lesson on hibernation.
Two second snow science
This simple winter science is just one example of keeping busy during the cold arctic days of a winter blast here in the midwest!
Exploring the sounds of glass
As part of our study on glass, we spent time exploring the sounds of glass in preschool!
Exploring and creating with sugar glass
Our pre-k class participated in exploring and creating beautiful designs and mosaics with sugar glass.
G is for [sugar] glass
Sugar glass looks and feels almost like real glass only it is made purely of sugar. I prepared several batches of sugar glass to take to preschool and explore.
Investigating the parts of a spider through fine motor play
I have always wanted to try gelatin play and finally took the time to put it together using our own version of spider parts and it was totally worth it.
Learning with leaves
After gathering a set of leaves, the children explored the leaves by sorting them on our table chart and making leaf confetti!
Scientists ask questions
Today I’d like to share an activity that we did with our pre-k students to extend our study of the tools scientists use and to encourage them to “think like a scientist.”
Exploring the tools of a scientist
We read the story “Meet Einstein” and then explored the tools of a scientist in our preschool classroom! A super fun filled day of scientific discovery!
Fall flower water science
Yesterday I shared with you how we explored and collected the colors of fall flowers and today I want to share with you our fall flower water science.
Exploring the colorful flowers of fall
Since our leaves haven’t changed color yet we introduced fall colors by exploring the flowers of fall and soon we will explore fall leaves.
Will the animals eat our apples?
We went outdoors to find the answer to our question “Will animals eat apples?” for our science and discovery in preschool.
Make and explore watercolor science
Our preschool class explored the process of making their own watercolor paint plus a simple paper towel science too!
Five fun ways to teach with tape
Introducing five fun ways teachers can use tape in the preschool classroom to promote learning and play!
The magic of tape
Somewhere towards the middle of the school year, I put all of our colored tape on a paper roll holder for our preschool class to use for a project that I can’t even remember. I hadn’t intended to keep the tape on the holder but my students used the tape every day in all different kinds of ways so when you have such interest, you stick with it…
Colored water play in preschool
Exploring the process of mixing colors with this very intriguing and open ended water play station!
Sink or Float: an exploration with nature
Exploring the concept of floating vs. sinking with the help of nature items we collected around our preschool!
Make and play with Venus Fly Traps
Making and playing with the most unusual yet fun plant: the Venus Fly Trap in preschool!
Dandelion blow painting
This year we had more dandelions than I have ever seen surrounding our wooded area so we put all those dandelions to good work in our preschool classroom.
Drip-drop nature painting in preschool
Along with new growth comes an invitation to spend our morning hunting for different colors of nature and creating our own drip-drop nature paintings.
Five tips for taking preschool journals outside
Come and see these five tips shared for taking preschool journals outside.
Balancing bubbles in preschool
Exploring bubbles in a bottle gave us a unique way to explore many new scientific and engineering terms in our preschool classroom.
Exploring balance in preschool
This week, we brought out the levels and have been exploring balance in preschool.
Supplementing the preschool curriculum with My Big World from Scholastic
Exploring the wonderful resource provided by Scholastic and how we use “Our Big World with Clifford” in our preschool classroom.
Creating a mini-greenhouse in preschool
Creating a mini-greenhouse and planting beans! Now we can watch our beans grow in preschool!
Gummy worm science
Yesterday, I shared with you how we used live worms to create a worm farm. Today, I’d like to tell you about our gummy worm science.
Gummy worm science on Indiana Fox 59 morning news
Gummy Worms and Worm Farm shared by Deborah Stewart on Fox 59 Morning News!
Building a worm farm
A fun way to welcome spring is by studying worms. Last week, we created a worm farm.
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