Tue, Nov 10, 2015 6:48 PM in Weather and Elementary
I see how this is a tough item to show kinder gardeners because it is hard for them to decipher the difference between the seasons. What I would do is first start with winter and symbolize Christmas with winter. Then I would symbolize summer with pools, beaches, and water parks. When they start getting to know the difference between summer and winter then I would implement the other seasons.
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Tue, Nov 03, 2015 10:52 PM in Gender Differences in Science
When I did this project for an elementary class it worked really well. Both genders loved it. I did a project on plant and animal cells and how they are different. I used cookies, icing, Skittles, Tootsie Rolls, Nerds, Sourpatch Straws, and Twizzlers. The cookies were for the nucleus, the icing for the cytoplasm, Skittles for the chloroplast, Tootsie Rolls for the mitochondria, Sourpatch Straws fo...
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Thu, Oct 22, 2015 11:17 AM in Weather and Elementary
I am also observing a Kindergarten class where the teacher talks a about the weather each day. During recess, different students are assigned to collect data on certain parts of the weather. For example, they had to determine if the weather was sunny or cloudy, warm, hot, or cold, windy or not, etc. When recess was over, the students who were assigned to check on the weather go to a chart in th...
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