Ice Cube Painting
Art & Creativity
Ice Cube Painting allows children to explore the visual arts by using their own creativity and exploration of mixing colors. Children will use tools to simulate writing while drawing with the ice. They will explore and questions the different methods of creating friction to melt the ice. The children will develop their understanding of the properties of water by experimenting through hands-on interaction of making and melting ice through different techniques. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.
What's Missing
Language & Literacy
What’s Missing is an activity that supports the development of comprehension skills and encourages children to verbally express their thinking using descriptive language. Children will develop language skills indicating the location and direction of items, such as next to, beside, in front of, or after. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.
Same Sound Sort
Language & Literacy
Same Sound Sort is an activity that supports the children’s literacy development of identifying letters and their sounds. This lesson provides children with the understanding that every letter makes a sound and putting the sounds together creates words or names of objects. Children will use their fingers and hands picking up and moving random household objects into groups by the item’s beginning letter sound. This activity promotes critical thinking by comprehending and sorting the similarities and differences of letter sounds. Children will use mathematical skills to count and analyze the ending results of the sorting of sounds. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.
Bigger Than, Smaller Than, Smaller, Equal To
Mathematics
Bigger Than, Smaller Than, Equal To is an activity that supports developing mathematical skills of measuring and comparing objects by size. As children’s abilities progress, they will build upon math concepts of counting, identifying small quantities of items, and connecting the numerals to their quantities. This hands-on activity provides opportunities for children to engage using mathematical tools that encourage scientific inquiry, developing critical thinking skills. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.
Magnetic or Non-magnetic
Science & Technology
Magnetic or Non-magnetic is an activity that supports children’s natural instinct to question and explore curious things. Children use magnets as a scientific tool to investigates different materials, such as iron, to determine if they are attracted to each other. This activity is engaging and hands-on, where children are interested in testing their thinking, making sense of which materials are magnetic or not. The children will classify the objects based on their finding of which materials attract or repel and establish how many in each group by practicing their counting skills. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Mindfulness
Social-Emotional
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Mindfulness is a grounding exercise that supports children to manage their intense feelings, such as being worried, nervous, or afraid about something uncertain. This is a tool for children to take care of their feelings allowing them to follow behavioral expectations. The children will use their five senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste to be present in the moment by exploring their immediate surroundings, calming their fight or flight responses in their brain. Please click on the Learn More button to see the complete lesson plan. It provides a more in-depth view of how this activity is authentically and developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children.