Science
We did a lot for science this week, since we LOVE learning about the ocean.
Ocean Layers Activity
This was a great way to visualize the epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic and abyssopelagic layers they learned about at CC.
Tide Pool Sensory Play
If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you know I’m all about sensory play. We created a little tide pool from a discarded bird bath top (you could use any kind of container), play sand, pebbles, shells and mini sea creatures from the dollar store. Add water and let them play in their mini tide pool.
Ocean Layers Felt Board
My biggest boy and I made this scene out of felt scraps and it ended up being such a great tool to learn about which species live in each layer of the ocean. So fun!
Growing Overnight Crystals
My kids could not get enough of crystals at CC day and begged to do more, so we followed this lesson and they turned out amazing!
History Resources
The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
Fine Arts
To go a little more in-depth, I set out all of our instruments with some labels and had my big boy try and group them into types of instruments: percussion, strings, brass and woodwinds.
If you’re looking for a good book that introduces little ones to the orchestra, we LOVE this First Book About the Orchestra and can’t recommend it enough!
(This is the musical instruments set we used.)
Nature Study
This week was field trip week with Exploring Nature With Children, so we went to a local trail to search for tracks and wildlife signs. Luckily, everything in Colorado this time of year is super muddy – perfect for spotting animal tracks. We recorded what we saw in our nature journals and even played around with making tracks in Kinetic Sand.
Resources
You can probably find most of these at your local library, but we try to add our favorites to the shelf, because ALWAYS more books!
Oceans: A Journey from the Surface to the Seafloor (3-D Explorer)
See Under the Sea: Lift-the-Flap Book
Wild Tracks: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints
Tell me what you’re doing with your kids this week!
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