The Early 3’s know what ingredients you need for a good time! They made waves that they can keep forever in a plastic bottle. All you need it a water bottle with blue food coloring, some cool glitter and a little vegetable oil. Oh, and a good strong arm to shake the bottle and make the waves!
This week during small groups the children practiced pouring goldfish from a cup to a bowl. We talked about math, science, and volume. The boys and girls also took turns painting fish as the easel blue (color of the month).
Last week the Toddlers explored the theme of birds. During small groups, the children took turns matching shapes on eggs. They used their fine motor skills to put the eggs together and pull them apart. They also painted ovals (our shape of the month) with feathers!
The Toddlers are having a blast exploring at the sensory tub this month. It is filled with (Easter) grass, tongs, and lots of bugs! The boys and girls used their fine motor skills to pull out the insects hidden in the grass. They love to tell us about all of the different bugs they find!
During small groups, the children took turns placing bugs in a line from big to small. We also talked about the bugs and different characteristics the children observed. For example,colors, wings, spots, stripes, legs, etc.
We combined science with math today and sorted our classroom animals by the type of habitat they live in. We will begin talking about the desert habitat next month as we explore ancient and current day Egypt.
We explored some items from Madagascar today and made predictions whether or not we thought they would dissolve in water. After we made predictions, we tested them to see if we were correct!
The Early 3’s explored ice and what makes it melt! We placed 3 ice cubes in 3 different bowls of water- hot, cold, and salt water. The children made predictions about what kind of water would melt the ice quicker. Then they observed to find out. They found that in this instance, hot water melted the ice the fastest!
We explored the property of heat during our science lab today. We made predictions about what would happen to both a marshmallow and a bar of ivory soap if we added heat. We used our classroom microwave to conduct our experiment and look at our results…WOW!
We put on our lab coats and safety goggles today as we hit the science lab! We made predictions about what might happen to the M&M’s when we placed them into the warm water. Then conducted our experiment to find out if our predictions were correct! Many predicted they would melt while others predicted they would grow bigger. After our experiment, we found out that the color dissolved off of the M&M, but the M’s on the candies peeled off and floated to top.
Science is so much fun!
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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