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Wonders of Water

7/30/2023

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"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."
​-Loren Eiseley
​Children are always generating ideas about the world and how it works based on evidence from their own experiences.

Playing with water can be a wonderful tool for laying the ground work for future mathematical and scientific learning as well as a fun, hands-on learning experience rich with discovery.
As the children play and investigate they are researching:
  • How water takes the shape of its container
  • How water flows down to the earth pulled by gravity
  • How water sticks to itself (cohesion)
  • How water sticks to other materials (adhesion)
  • How air makes bubbles in water and rises to the surface
  • How water can turn things into mixtures or solutions
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We explored more about water and liquids in our art projects! Painting with water and oil, painting with frozen paint, and watercolors with salt to name a few.
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Water Books

Some of our favorite books about water got us really excited about the water cycle!
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Water Life Cycle

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Then we created several diagrams of the water cycle together.
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We danced around the sprinkler singing the Wheel of the Water by Tom Chapin.
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WILL IT SINK OR WILL IT FLOAT?

​In Sink and Float experiments children can explore the forces of buoyancy, displacement, up thrust, porosity, density, as well as make predictions.

We gathered items from around the garden, made foil boats, and made hypotheses of what would happen when we put them in a large tub of water.

A lot of the learning comes through meaningful conversations between the teachers and the children that supports scientific inquiry.  

Inquiry is a process that includes foundational skills like exploring, wondering, and raising questions, and more sophisticated practices like collecting and recording data and analyzing previous ideas in light of new evidence.
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Water Testing 
Mama Ashley brought in testing kits so the kids could test their own drinking water to determine its pH! 
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Check out the video Mama Ashley made of all her water testing results!
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Flower Essences
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We loved learning about the scientific experiments done by Masaru Emoto which show how water holds memory and carries thoughts and intentions.

Flower essences are a wonderful example of this. Essences are made by imprinting the frequency, or vibration of the flower on water. 
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We used the borage flowers as they are well known for making a flower essence that helps calm down fear. The word borage comes from the latin word 'borago' which means courage.
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What fruit is made up almost entirely of water?
WATERMELON!!!
The kids got to quench their thirst while building watermelon pizzas!
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Making Pom Poms for our Kindness Jar!

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Thank you Joia for making this homemade play dough! 

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We LOVE our tiny creatures!

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Garden Helpers

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Homegrown Saurkraut

Kids love to pummel cabbage!
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Thank you Lunch Bunch Helpers!

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Making Popsicles

Another great liquid investigation!
These popsicles are simply coconut milk sweetened with vanilla stevia to taste.
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Sweet Friends!

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See you next time! 

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