We hope you and your family enjoy our winter break.
We can't wait to say:
Happy New Year!
and to Welcome 2021
We will begin our next unit on January 4, 2021. Wind and Water is a great unit for young children. However, given our virtual nature, we will demonstrate the water activities and allow the children the opportunity to replicate the experiments with grownups at home as to not get water on the devices.
WIND AND WATER THEME
This theme allows children explore wind and water using observations, experiments,
and books to learn more about topics such as evaporation, weather, temperature, insulation, rain, and snow
Concepts for this unit include:
- Finding water in different forms - as rain (liquid), snow and ice (solid) and as steam (gas). Temperature affects the form of water.
- Water soaks into, or is absorbed by , some things but is repelled by others.
- Wind - moving air - affects things. Lighter things are moved a lot by wind. Heavier things are moved less by wind. The amount of wind changes with the weather. In storms, wind can blow very hard.
- Plants and animals need water to live.
- Water and wind provide opportunities for recreation.
Books for this unit include:-One Dark Night by Hazel Hutchins
-Rabbits and Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
-Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
-The Wind Blew - Pat Hutchins
- A Hat for Minerva Louise
