Snack: Graham Crackers, Nilla Wafers and Apple Squeezers
Book: Chicken Little by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
Science and Nature Education
Science and nature education provide open-ended experiences that expose children to the possibilities that exist within the physical and natural world. By participating in these experiences children practice observing, investigating, predicting, questioning, hypothesizing, and solving problems. As they explore, children begin to deepen their understanding of the characteristics of living things, the physical properties of objects and materials, and properties of our earth. Nature education provides children with a foundation for a life-long relationship between themselves, the earth and it’s natural resources.
We started our morning in our outdoor classroom, where children had many different opportunities for play. Some children chose to harvest carrots from our bed. While doing this many things were noticed; size, color, the creatures in the dirt, etc. We also used cooperation to help one another!
Then we shared our thoughts at morning meeting time.
Harlow: I helped pick some of these carrots. I picked the ones like this and used a shovel.
Harry: These two are the same color. This one is red. This one is smaller and this one is another color.
Brady: This carrot was really hard. I dug really deep!
Morgan: This guy and this guy, they are huge! Brady dig and I pull.
Carly: I just know hoe to pull out the little carrots and I did.
Jack: When this one I dug for came up, I think it shrunk.
Eloise: Well, I think this one l asked Lucy to pull out. I'm not sure actually.
Lucy: When we tried to get them out we had to wiggle them and then pull.
Izzy: Those are little. The shape of them looks like a wiggle. This one is not the same size, but their the same color. They are different sizes.
It will be fun to see what we do with the harvested carrots, so stayed tuned....
Book: Chicken Little by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
Science and Nature Education
Science and nature education provide open-ended experiences that expose children to the possibilities that exist within the physical and natural world. By participating in these experiences children practice observing, investigating, predicting, questioning, hypothesizing, and solving problems. As they explore, children begin to deepen their understanding of the characteristics of living things, the physical properties of objects and materials, and properties of our earth. Nature education provides children with a foundation for a life-long relationship between themselves, the earth and it’s natural resources.
We started our morning in our outdoor classroom, where children had many different opportunities for play. Some children chose to harvest carrots from our bed. While doing this many things were noticed; size, color, the creatures in the dirt, etc. We also used cooperation to help one another!
Then we shared our thoughts at morning meeting time.
Harlow: I helped pick some of these carrots. I picked the ones like this and used a shovel.
Harry: These two are the same color. This one is red. This one is smaller and this one is another color.
Brady: This carrot was really hard. I dug really deep!
Morgan: This guy and this guy, they are huge! Brady dig and I pull.
Carly: I just know hoe to pull out the little carrots and I did.
Jack: When this one I dug for came up, I think it shrunk.
Eloise: Well, I think this one l asked Lucy to pull out. I'm not sure actually.
Lucy: When we tried to get them out we had to wiggle them and then pull.
Izzy: Those are little. The shape of them looks like a wiggle. This one is not the same size, but their the same color. They are different sizes.
It will be fun to see what we do with the harvested carrots, so stayed tuned....