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Making Crystals with Preschoolers
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we decided to create beautiful crystals! The kids designed their own shapes and were able to take home a gift for a loved one. The larger heart was formed in a leftover...
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Phases of the Moon with Preschoolers
This week, I introduced the phases of the Moon to our Future Scientists. We covered the New, First Quarter, Full, and Last Quarter Moon phases. We started off by looking through several books on the...
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Learning About the Water Cycle with Preschoolers
This week, we learned about the Water Cycle! In preparation, I checked out every book on the Water Cycle from the library. I put out a bunch of the books for the kids to look through. The kids LOVED...
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Clouds and Cloud Dough With Preschoolers
After learning about the water cycle last week, I thought that it would be fun to do a review of what we learned and have some sensory play! I began by using the felt water cycle illustrations and...
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Growing Bean Seeds with Preschoolers
I think that I speak for most of us in Michigan when I say, I AM READY FOR SPRING! So ready, in fact, that I decided to skip to some of my spring lessons. We began by reading “The Seed Song” by Judy...
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Exploring Seeds with Preschoolers
Last week, we looked at one seed, a bean seed. This week, we examined and studied several different seeds. In the above picture are the materials that I gathered for this week’s class. I had small...
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Growing Heads with Grass Hair
I put out the books for the children to go through when they were finished with their snack. We have been talking about seeds for a couple weeks now. I have had these books with me each week. At...
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Experimenting With Eggs
Lately, we have been learning all about seeds. We are switching now to exploring how different animals grow. With Easter coming, we decided to start with eggs. I began by reading Guess What is...
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Learning About the Life Cycle of Frogs
This week, we learned about amphibians and the life cycle of frogs. We started out by looking through many books about frogs and their life cycle. The kids loved looking at the pictures and pointing...
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Learning about the Life Cycle of Butterflies
The perfect lesson after last week’s on the life cycle of the frog (found here) was to learn about the life cycle of the butterfly. I first have to apologize for the quality of the pictures. I...
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