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Living and Learning at Home
Table of Contents
Activity
Page #
Melting Snow4
Whats the Sound? 7
Corn Cob Bird Feeders..9
My Favorite Place Through the Seasons12
Making Rain...14
Springtime Seeds..17
Whose Tracks are Those? ..20
How Tall is it Really? ....22
The Sun in the Sky.24
Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt .....27
Thank you!............................................................30
More {free} Preschool Resources........31
About the Author.32
Melting Snow
Question: How much water is in snow?
Materials:
measuring cup
spoon
snow
Procedure:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
into your
you have.
Melting Snow
Question: How much water is in snow?
Hypothesis:
Results:
Melting Snow
For Mom:
Talking Points
- Scientific Method (What do we do when we want to find
something out? Ask a question, think about what we know
already, make a hypothesis, do an experiment, find the results.)
Talking Points
The 5 senses (Focus on hearing. What do you
use to hear? What kinds of things do you hear?
Loud sounds and soft sounds, etc.)
Appreciating nature (sometimes it is good to
be quiet so we can appreciate beautiful
things!)
Obedience (Stop when mom says stop.
Obedience results in good things. In this case,
discovering something wonderful!)
Materials:
empty corn cob
peanut butter
Procedure:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
outside!
For Mom:
Talking Points
What kind of birds live in your area?
What do birds eat in the summer?
Are there as many birds around in the fall and winter?
Migration (some birds fly away during the cold seasons to a
place that is better for them to live in)
We can help take care of the birds that stay in the fall and
winter!
Extra Ideas:
You can add things other than nuts and seeds to your
birdfeeder, just make sure they are safe items for the type of
birds in your area. Some ideas might be: puffed rice cereal,
soaked raisins, or broken up pieces of popped corn.
If you dont have a corn cob handy, try making a bird feeder
out of something else! Coating an apple, doughnut, or pine
cone with peanut butter and adding nuts and seeds would
work great.
If you do this, consider replacing it throughout the winter. The
birds will get used to having food in your yard and may come
to depend on it until spring.
See how ours turned out at:
http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/2011/11/corn-cobbirdfeeders.html
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Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
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Talking Points
o Seasons (What are the seasons where you live? What is
different in each season? What is good about each different
season?)
o The 5 Senses (How can we use our different senses to observe
our favorite spot?)
o Astronomy (The Earth rotates around the sun. When it is farther
from the sun, our air is colder. When it is closer to the sun, our
air is warmer. How does the sun change things here on Earth?
Think about things like plants growing and water freezing.)
See what we did at:
http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/2012/02/visiting-yourfavorite-summer-spot.html
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Making Rain
Question: How is rain made?
Materials:
pan
water
ice cubes
pie plate
Procedure:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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Making Rain
What happens?
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Making Rain
For Mom:
Talking Points
- States of matter related to water (liquid-water, solid-ice, gasvapor)
- Definitions (Procedure, Hypothesis, Results)
- How do things change from one state to another? (change in
temperature)
- Water cycle (use the picture on the above page to help you
explain the basics)
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Springtime Seeds
Question: How do seeds grow?
Materials:
small flower pot
soil
seeds
Procedure:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
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Springtime Seeds
For Mom:
Talking Points
- Living vs non-living things
- What do plants need to grow? (Water, light, warmth, and soil)
- Why do seeds grow in the spring and summer? (Longer days
mean more sunlight, and the air is warmer.)
- Fruits and vegetables come from plants that start as seeds (not
from the grocery store!)
Seeds
Baby Animals
Trees
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Whose Tracks
Are Those?
First Tracks
Second Tracks
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Third Tracks
Fourth Tracks
Whose Tracks
Are Those?
For Mom:
Instructions
o Take your child on a walk, preferably to a park or
someplace where lots of animals live.
o Tell him to look closely at the ground as he walks to see if
he can find any animal tracks.
o Once he finds some, have him try to draw the tracks in the
first box on the previous page (or you can do the drawing
if your child is too little).
o Then have him guess what animal might have made the
tracks and draw it in the box next to the tracks.
o Keep looking to see how many different tracks you can
find!
Talking Points
o Explain what tracks are (maybe have your
child walk through a puddle or some dirt
and show him the tracks he made!)
o Habitats (Did you walk through a forest, a
beach, or a swamp? What kind of
animals did you discover live there?)
o Observation (If you take the time to look
closely, you can discover lots of things!)
See our adventure at:
http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/2011/06/science-activitylooking-for-tracks.html
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How
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TALL is it
really?
Far Away
Close Up
Height:___________
Height:___________
Height:___________
Height:___________
Height:___________
Height:___________
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How
TALL is it really?
For Mom:
Instructions
- Take your child on a walk. (Down the street will do just fine, or
anywhere youd like!)
- Look and spot something in the distance. (Perhaps a tree or a
car.)
- Have your child hold up a ruler and see how tall the item is (it
will be very small).
- Draw what you see and record the height.
- Walk right up to the object and see how tall it actually is (it will
be much bigger).
- Draw what you see and record the height (if you can!)
- Repeat the same steps for another object or two.
Talking Points
- Perspective (objects look smaller when they are far away)
- Estimation (can you make a good guess for what the height of
the object is?)
- Measuring (Has your child used a ruler before? If not, take this
as an opportunity to teach her the basics!)
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Talking Points
Have your child notice how the sun moved across their paper
as the day went on. Explain how the sun moves across the sky
each day too.
Depending on your childs understanding, show them a globe
and explain it is actually the earth that moves, not the sun.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Show on their paper how you can tell what time it is by looking
at the sun.
http://www.livingandlearningathome.com/2012/09/chartingsuns-movement-in-sky.html (To see an example.)
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A Bird
An Insect
A Tree Leaf
A Nice Smell
A Mammal
Something Soft
Something Red
Something Brown
Something Yellow
An Animal or Insect
A Plant
What is it?
What is it?
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Talking Points
This activity doesnt require much talking. Let your child
just enjoy exploring and learn to appreciate nature.
You may want to define some of the terms like mammal
and insect.
Use your 5 senses. Ask your child what they see, smell,
hear, and feel.
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Thank you!
Thank you for downloading these Preschool Science (&
Nature) pages! I truly hope you enjoyed using them with
your children.
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Hi, Im Amy! I am a homemaker, mother of
two children (ages 5 and 3), child of God,
blogger, and owner of Classical Copywork.
I love to learn, plan, and create. When I am
not teaching my children or spending time
with my husband, you will find me blogging
at Living and Learning at Home.
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