Pre-K Uses Their Senses!

Pre-K has been using four of their senses - see, hear, smell and touch - while exploring objects in science.  They are also observing some of the science critters and learning how to handle them!

Making observations.

The log feels smooth and bumpy.

The snail is eating the carrot!

The snail is slow.

The mealworms can move fast!

Using a magnifying glass makes them look bigger!

To touch or not to touch?!

I think it's eating.

They love to hide under the tent!

It has legs!

Pre-K focusing on their sense of touch, put their hand in a mystery bag and tried to determine what the object was by the way it felt.  Often, the temptation to look in the bag before deciding what the object was, was too great! But they all had fun in the process and learned new words to describe objects!

What is in bag 4?

I think it feels round.

It's squishy!

The pine cone is spiky!

A sea star!

It's a spoon!

The worm is long.

It feels slimy!

Earthworms are captivating!

  

Pre-K Explores their Sense of Hearing!

We were so surprised that we could hear so many different sounds when we closed our eyes!  Sounds from the classroom next door, in the hallway and even from Carroll Park across the street! Then we started exploring the sounds in the classroom.

Matching the sound to the image.

Shaking the sound shaker.

We wondered....

Does the size of the container change the sound it makes?

What happens when you add wax paper over the top?

What if we bang the top fast?

How tall can we make this before it falls?

We met some new classroom pets..

The snails are so slimey!

They love to climb on each other.

This one is the baby!