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!
Give the earth a little spin
Spin up some Earth Day fun with this fun book and activity for preschoolers!
From seed to flower at the sticky table
Enjoying the sticky table experience as we explore the growth of seeds to flowers!
The wonders of bright and colorful gelatin
Exploring color, texture, water, and temperature through our play with gelatin squares in preschool!
Springtime easel starters
Using easel starters, our prekindergarten age children created paintings to show the growth from seed to flower!
Counting and planting seeds
Reading, counting, planting, and playing with seeds in our gardening center!
Exploring seeds in the gardening center
Exploring seeds in circle time and in our cardboard box gardening center…
Colorful and bubbly science exploration
Giving preschoolers more to do as they explore colorful and bubbly science in the preschool classroom!
Clouds in jars and on the table top too!
This was an intriguing process of exploring clouds and wonderful colors that our preschoolers just loved!
Exploring what will float or sink in preschool
Exploring sink or float with Styrofoam trays, plastic lids, and other simple materials…
Exploring pumpkin seeds in the preschool classroom
Exploring pumpkin seeds in preschool through sensory play, creative art, and science…
Planting and growing beans in our preschool window
Today we planted beans in a bag! Simple and fun activity to talk about the growth of a bean with your preschoolers.
Exploring spring sensory play with preschoolers
When I fill a sensory table, I usually have everything already in it that I think the children would like to play with. However today, I just set out set
Getting babies and toddlers outside to play
This week Childhood 101 is celebrating “Get Outdoors and Play” and that is one thing my nieces and nephews love to do. There are all kinds of fun things infants
Exploring seeds in preschool
This activity box is filled with a variety of dry beans and pasta for a little spring garden sensory play…. If you are wondering why there is pasta mixed into
Plastic egg color mixing water play science in preschool
They say to keep your titles short but I couldn’t decide what to call this so I threw in the all the words that describe this activity! This is a
Adding to the science and nature center in preschool
Lately, I have been trying to find items to add to our science centers. Filling baskets in the science center is an ongoing effort. I am trying to use items
Meet Einstein: Science made fun in preschool
Do your preschoolers know that Albert Einstein was a scientist? Learn more about Albert Einstein and introduce some scientific tools through this simple and wonderfully illustrated children’s book… “Meet Einstein” written by Mariela
Fun with colorful bubble science in kindergarten
As I have mentioned many times before, I love all the ideas you can find on other blogs but there are times that I will read an idea but not
A little milky science in preschool
I have seen many bloggers post this simple activity to try with milk and we finally got the opportunity to try it out in our school! First, you need to
Mixing colored water in preschool
This week has been all about colors. We have been reviewing all of our colors and having fun with a little color mixing and colorful cotton ball painting in the
Update on my Leaf Turkey
After a week, the leaves on my leaf turkey are starting to dry out and curl. I thought this was kind of a cool way to observe the changing leaves.
Participating in a preschool leaf exchange
One of the wonderful things about online networking in early childhood education is the chance to participate in unique activities like a leaf exchange… I hadn’t really thought about how
Crunchy leaf science and math in preschool
The trees in my back yard are all starting to change colors. I live in the middle of the woods so finding an ample supply of fall leaves is not
Viewing our world through a colorful lens in preschool!
The children in this classroom have a very colorful view of their world! This classroom has the luxury of four large windows down low at child’s eye view. I happened
Play dough nature printing in preschool
Today is National Play-Doh day! Shara Lawrence Wiess of Early Childhood News and Resources is great about remembering special or unique holidays and this one of them – be sure
Sharing things from home with your preschool classroom
Every teacher brings unique and special gifts to their students and every student will apply these gifts in their own unique and special way. Teachers often have brilliant ideas and
Natures color wheel in preschool
I saw a color wheel at one of our schools recently where the class glued colorful plastic flowers on each section of the color wheel. It got me thinking why
Farm week in preschool
Fun ways to explore farm life in your preschool classroom! Throughout the week, children spent time learning all about the farm through a variety of hands-on experiences. Shape Tractors They
Hi Deborah. Just a quick note to let you know I didn’t get a di formation for the classes that begin feb 13 th. I want to be sure everything is ok. Please let me know.. Thanks! Emry Quinn
Hi Emry! I see that you are all registered. Let me send your note to my tech support guy and he will send you the information you need for login ASAP! Let me know if there is any other concerns!
Deborah,
Like always I enjoy checking out all your ideas. I am having trouble with looking at your website. It allows me to click on a topic and then when I scroll down a form pops up for me to subscribe which I am already. Any ideas on how to keeping looking.
Thanks again
Lucille