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Mother's Day Children's Book List by Dollar Teacher's Club
RAIN CLOUD IN A JAR
RAIN CLOUD IN A JAR
Before starting this cloud in a jar experiment, discuss with your preschoolers how rain is made. Inside a cloud, there are many water droplets. These water droplets move around in the cloud bumping into each other.
As they do, they stick to each other making raindrops. These raindrops continue to get bigger and bigger until they’re so heavy the cloud can’t hold them anymore. When that happens, they fall to the ground as rain.
Materials
Mason Jar
Shaving Cream
Liquid Food Coloring
Instructions:
Fill your jars with water to about 2 inches from the top. If you fill your jars too full, you won’t have enough room to make the “cloud”.
Spray a layer of shaving cream on the top of the water in each jar. This will represent the cloud. Be sure that you don’t make your “cloud” too compact, or the “rain” will have trouble getting through it. Make sure to spray it loosely on top.
Once kids have their clouds “just right,” let them squirt a few drops of food coloring around the top and sides of the shaving cream cloud. They can use all one color or multiple colors. The food coloring will start to drip through the shaving cream as if it were raining.
Earth Day Children's Book List by Pocket of Preschool
DIY Birdfeeder with Recycled Materials
Materials:
Birdseed
String
Scissors
Bamboo skewer
Butter knife
Cardboard Tube
Peanut Butter
Directions:
Using scissors or a skewer make a small hole and bottom of each side of the cardboard tube
Then through the top set of holes, tie one end of the string to each side.
Through the bottom set of holes, push the bamboo skewer through to make a resting perch for the birds
Pour birdseed into a shallow dish.
Using a butter knife, spread a thin layer of peanut butter over the cardboard tube. Immediately roll the tube in birdseed or press birdseed against the sides.
St. Patrick's Day Children's Books List by The Best Children's Books
Growing Strawberries! by Ms. Betina (Preschool Prep)
Materials:
newspaper for table
strawberry jar (found in garden centers, they have openings or pockets on the sides)
gravel (small size) for bottom of pot
potting soil
nylon socks
strawberry plants ( 1 for each opening or pocket in your pot)
water
Directions:
Cover table with newspaper.
Place about 1" of gravel in bottom of pot.
Add potting soil until it is level with the first opening or pocket.
Place some soil and the roots of ONE strawberry plant in a nylon tube. Place into the opening of the pot so the plant is on the outside of the pot but the soil and roots are mostly inside.
Continue filling the pot with soil to each pocket until you have planted them all.
Top off with more potting soil, water and put in a sunny place.
It takes a few weeks for them to grow!
Extended: Make observations and keep a journal as you watch your plant grow!
Reading Scavenger Hunt for March! (Ms. Cate and Ms. Betina)
Here is a fun and creative way to celebrate March. Use the daily key words as book themes - explore the books on your own shelf, borrow from friends, or contact your local library!
Valentine's Day Children's Books List by @Hereweread
Be a Chef: Pizza by Ms. Cate
( Preschool Prep)
Materials:
Pizza recipe tailored to your family's interests and associated ingredients
Directions:
Bake a Pizza with the family for Dinner one night. Count the pepperoni and other additional toppings easy to count and recognize! Fun for the whole Family!
Candy Heart Sort & Count by Ms. Cate (Preschool Prep)
Materials:
Candy Hearts
Sorting mat attached
Directions:
Sort the candy hearts into the colored categories on the mat and take it a step further and count the categories after sorted. Best results are two or three conversation heart boxes.
Random Acts of Kindness Bingo
February 17th is National Random Acts of Kindness day! Celebrate with ECHO by showing acts of kindness with your family and neighbors.
Tag @Echo_Library_and_Resource of your family participating in Random Acts of Kindness!
Gross Motor Activity Dice (Library of Michigan)
Print, cut and fold on the dotted lines to enjoy a fun family activity for everyone. Roll the dice and act like the animal that it lands on!
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