Curriculum Work
2/7/06 Classroom observation
2/21/06 what winter and water the element of winter means to us.
- Discussion of what we notice in nature about winter
- Weather
- Animals
- Plants
- Discussion of what we notice in ourselves,
- Emotionally
- Physically
- Each child’s impression of Winter through water color
2-28-06 Drops of Water
- Discussion of what a drop of water is and how powerful it can be as a single drop or cumulative
- Drop of water experiments
- Toothpicks and single drop of water to form a star
- Eye dropper and ½ tsp how many drops to fill
- Eye dropper and penny or dime how many drops will it hold
- Each child to prepare a watercolor using single drops of paint and then blow them around on the paper in patterns with a straw much like the wind might.
- Water overview
- Experiment with water
- Density what and other objects what floats in which liquid water, salt water, oil and honey.
- What objects float and their shape
- How to make a magnifying glass from water
- Water poetry
- Read a water poem
- Write a water poem collectively
- Transition to spring
- Seeds to be planted in clear plastic cups with the dirt and water carefully measured.
- Black slip made for the cup
- Journal made to record changes in what happens above the ground and also below.
- Ruler made to measure the changes in the growing plant and the roots when the black slip is removed.
- Measuring cup used to measure the water given to the plant throughout the week.
