We explored ice this week. Ice cubes helped begin our study, and each child was given an ice cube and asked "how can you keep this from melting?" With materials available, some children wrapped their ice cubes with paper and yarn and tape, others left them to be in their cup, and found someplace COLD to keep their ice cube from melting. The one ice cube that was left in the classroom definitely melted! Our data collection showed that ice needs very cold temperatures to stay frozen.
We learned that the "recipe" for ice is water, in a container, left someplace COLD, makes ice.
We explored all sorts of art activities with ice in the sensory table as well: painting ice with liquid watercolors and salt, and painting ice with many watercolors using the melting water of the ice to get the paint wet. All of the properties of ice were looked at closely through these processes.
We witnessed the process of the ice melting, from solid shapes to watery shapes to a bucket of water from the drain.
A few children wanted to use snow in their container, but discovered quickly that the snow disappeared in the water!
We were able to witness history this week in our PreK classroom. On Wednesday, we talked about our new president and vice president and that he would be making a "promise" to our country when he was inaugurated. We talked about what a promise was (PINKY PROMISE!) and heard words such as "trying your hardest" and "saying that you will do something". We talked about the President's promise being an "Oath of Office", and that he promises to do his best to help our country be the best it can be. And then we watched! The children were excited to see "President Joe Biden" and "Vice President Kamala Harris" when they made their promises. Lady Gaga made quite an impression, too!
We brought the topic of promises into our classroom, and each child was asked to make a promise to help our classroom be the best it could be. We often talk about how our actions can help a space feel friendly and the effects of our behavior, so the children were able to make their own promises.
I was very proud of our group of children!
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