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4 Year Old Class - Water

Welcome back! We hope you’ve had a restful winter break and spent some quality time with family and friends. The children are much more confident after returning from winter break, and were eager see their friends again.

We began the week talking about what causes things to sink or float, and the children then went into a conversation about water. I then asked the question, “Where does water come from?” Here is what the children said:

  • Lily - Hose 
  • Taya - Fountain
  • Ava – Whale
  • Chelsea – Water Table
  • Ryleigh – Sink
  • Kai – Sea 
  • Aleah – Fridge 
  • Emma – In the Tub
  • Cade – Glass 
  • Anthony – Water Bottle
  • Mia – A Well and Ice
  • Matthew – Spouting Shark
  • Kris – Big Water Table
  
 We did an experiment to see if an orange would sink or float, and then what would happen if we peeled the orange. 

 

 We did another experiment to see what dissolves in water.
   
 Taya is mixing oil into the water. When I asked her “What happened?” She said “The water now has bubbles in it.”

We filled the water table with gel water crystals. Mia asked Taya, “Is it real water?” Taya replies “No, its jello.” Mia says “I like squeezing jello in my fingers.”

  Ryleigh spends most of free play at the water table, discovering what items float or sink. 


At the end of the first week back to school, it was great to watch the children’s team work. When cleaning up the blocks, Aleah, Taya, Tiffany and Cade found a solution. They made a line, passing the blocks down the line in order to put the blocks back on the block shelf. 

 

Taya passes the block to Tiffany, who then passes to Cade, who will put the block on shelf. The children were able to independently clean up blocks without instructions from teachers

 To end the morning free play, Taya reads her friends a story after singing the welcome song altogether.

Until next time!
~Jess
  

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