WATER UNIT: Friday Read aloud and Activity:10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle: Ten little rubber ducks float around the world10 Little Rubber Ducks w/ Words, EFX & MusicScience/STEAM:The object of this activity is to figure out how to make your plastic egg sink like a submarine. Using a collection of beads, pom-poms, pennies and quarters children will try to sink plastic egg submarines. Ask children to guess whether or not the submarine would sink or float, and set each egg in the water. (If your eggs have holes in the ends, you will want to use a bit of clear tape to cover them.)Click here for the activityMath: Children can count how many drops of water it takes to fill the dots using eye droppers. Since they are all different sizes, it will be fun to compare. (if you do not have droppers, get creative and use cotton balls or a sponge to absorb and squeeze liquid out) Click here for the activityMs. Nicole tells how to make a water sensory table!water sensory tableSend pics or video of counting and singing to Dojo!Five Little Ducks Thursday Ms. Lule wants to see you dance to this song!Send a video or pictures to us on Dojo!!There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea | Kids Songs | Super Simple SongsRead aloud and Activity:Floating and Sinking by Honey Anderson Floating and Sinking Science/STEAM:Makeclouds For this experiment it is important to remind children that this activity shows how the water gets heavier on the top of the cloud and gravity makes it fall as rain. Let them know that we use the shaving cream and food coloring to represent the different forms of water we can easily see. • Fill the cup with water (air) • Add a thin layer of shaving cream (clouds – water vapor) • Place drops of blue food coloring on the top of the shaving cream (water droplets) Wait forthe “rain” to fall Click here for the activityMath: GoldfishCountingactivity:Each participant needs their own mat (color or black and white) and a handful of goldfish crackers. Take turns rolling one dice and counting the dots. Then place a fish cracker on top of a fish with the same number. Continue playing until all the fish in the bowl are covered. Click here for the activityMs. Nicole asks: sink or float?sink or floatMs. Nicole makes a rain cloud: make a rain cloud Wednesday Hi Families!This is one of my favorite childhood books. While listening or reading with your child, label the colors and have them point to or label colors for you too!Enjoy!Ms. LuleThe Rainbow Fish [Read AloudMs.Nicole's FAVORITE song:Baby Shark Dance | Sing and Dance! Read aloud and Activity:What Floats in a Moat by Lynne BerryInvestigate the differences between objects that sink and objects that float. Click here for a YouTube videoMath: Use green construction paper to create number lily pads. Children can use one to one correspondence to place the correct number of objects on each numbered lily pad. (If you do not have frogs at home you can use household objects such as legos, blocks, pennies, cotton balls etc.) Check out "Previous Activities" Ms. Lule did this yesterday! Science/STEAM:Float a toy boat in a clear tub filled with water. Have students find ways to sink the ship in the tub. Students may wish to add items to weigh the ship down, so it is important that they use items that are waterproof. Explain that you can water log the ship by tipping it over and filling it with water. Have children predict why the boat sinks when it tips over. Explain that air inside the ship helps the boat float, but when it tips over, the air escapes and water fills that space. Thus, the boat sinks. Tuesday:Read aloud and Activity:Create a pond sensorybin using various toys around the house, construction paper or painted paper. If you have time, try drawing some of the animals with your child and have your child identify them!Click here: In the Small Small Pond by Denise FlemingMath: Pom Pom Scoop:Write 1 to 10 on ten plastic drinking cups using a black sharpie. Children can scoop pom poms out of the water with a slotted spoon and put it into the corresponding number cup. Children can count the pom poms to ensure they have the correct number in each cup.Check out this video from one of our fellow teachers at Joan Snow E29th StreetScience/STEAM:Bubble paintingClick here to check out this AWESOME craft Let's take a walk in the rain and finds water!Finding Water! Let's make it rain!Make it Rain Craft!Hi Families!This is a fun at-home activity that can be made with any kind of materials/objects you have at hand!What you’ll need is:1) Green paper or white paper colored green, or whatever other paper you have...2) A pencil to draw out the lily pads...3) A scissor to cut out the lily pads...4) A marker to outline the lily pads, and to write out 1-5 on your five lily pads...5) You MAY use a blue background BUT it is not necessary for counting fun!The intention behind this interactive at-home activity is to promote one-to-one correspondence as your child places the correct number of objects on each numbered lily pad. Count out your objects together!You don’t need to use frogs as objects. ANYTHING will do - refer to my project, in the photos provided, as an example!Enjoy!Ms. Lule Monday Read aloud and Activity: Float by Daniel Miyares Click here to watch and listen!MathChildren can create boats using aluminum foil and place in a tub of water. Add pennies to their boats and count how many pennies it takes to sink their boat. Foil BoatsScience/STEAMSink/ Float – Gather an assortment of small items, predict which items will sink and which will float and test theories by placing each item in a container of water. create a chart and check off if the item sinks or floats. (car, foam block, paper clip, rubber band, counting bear, ping pong ball)• Talk about if they think the object might sink or float Critical thinking questions: • Was your prediction correct? • Why do you think something floats? • What do you notice about the sinkers’ weight? Floaters’ weight? • What is something else you think would float/sink? Walking Water with Ms. NicoleCool Water Drop Experiment