Science and Nature

Exploring what will float or sink in preschool

January 11, 2012

Exploring sink or float with Styrofoam trays, plastic lids, and other simple materials…

Exploring pumpkin seeds in the preschool classroom

October 22, 2011

Exploring pumpkin seeds in preschool through sensory play, creative art, and science…

Planting and growing beans in our preschool window

September 18, 2011

With all the bean measuring and play going on, we also took the time to explore how beans grow… This was a simple way to plant a bean. We started with cotton balls, water, plastic baggies, and a bowl of water… Each child dipped their cotton balls into water and placed them in their baggie. [...]

Experimenting at home for preschool

May 30, 2011

Sometimes I will come across an idea that I really love but can’t necesarily decide how I want to implement it in the classroom…. I have seen this idea a couple of times now with the first time being at Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning. I folded a paper towel into one long strip and [...]

Exploring spring sensory play with preschoolers

May 5, 2011

When I fill a sensory table, I usually have everything already in it that I think the children would like to play with but today, I just set out set out different items for Tristan to choose from… I set out a basket of rocks, some colorful green rice, a pile of plastic bugs, paint [...]

Getting babies and toddlers outside to play

April 17, 2011

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 and toddlers can do outside… My little niece Clara is having a ball swinging in her backyard… If this doesn’t look like fun, then I [...]

Exploring seeds in preschool

April 14, 2011

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 the mix – I can’t really say except that it provides a little more color and texture… As with any sensory activity like this, we [...]

Plastic egg color mixing water play science in preschool

April 8, 2011

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 fun little activity for exploring water and color mixing. I have written this post with examples of questions that can be asked as the children [...]

Adding to the science and nature center in preschool

April 1, 2011

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 that I find already available in our school and so I have been searching through the old materials in the school storage area… As you can [...]

Meet Einstein: Science made fun in preschool

March 1, 2011

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 Kleiner and illustrated by Viviana Garofoli is a brand new children’s book that promotes wonderful vocabulary and conversation about scientific tools that we see and [...]

Fun with colorful bubble science in kindergarten

January 26, 2011

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 really give it a chance. Sometimes, it isn’t that the children aren’t ready to try something new or different – the problem is that we [...]

A little milky science in preschool

November 26, 2010

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 gather some milk, food coloring, cotton swabs, and dish washing liquid. Then begin by pouring the milk into a wide, shallow container. Next, carefully add [...]

Mixing colored water in preschool

November 5, 2010

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 process. Today the children spent time exploring and mixing colored water and I got to help out! To start, we simply put a few drops [...]

Update on my Leaf Turkey

November 1, 2010

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. Order Deborah’s Children’s CD today! www.teachpreschool.org Copyright 2011 © Deborah J. Stewart All Rights Reserved! Contact Deborah for permission to sell, post, publish, or distribute [...]

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