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WEEK 1: Pour, Squirt, Drip, DropDiscover different ways to make water move. Experiment with water drops.

Morning Circle25-35 MINUTES

Learning Centers15-30 MINUTES

Guided Activity20-30 MINUTES

Closing Circle10-15 MINUTES

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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5Introduce Water(15–20 min.) Water is everywhere. What do we know about it?

Explore and Play: Let’s Get Wet!(10–15 min.) Play with water and different containers—what do you notice?

Read and Discuss: I Am Water (15–20 min.) Water is all around us.

Explore and Play: Sponges (10–15 min.) What can a sponge do?

Read and Discuss:A Cool Drink of Water(15–20 min.) Photos of people all around the world drinking water.

Explore and Play: Can It Hold Water?(10–15 min.) Which containers can hold water? Which ones can’t?

Watch and Discuss: After the Rain(15–20 min.) Children look at water drops after it rains.

Explore and Play: Make Water Drops(10–15 min.) Learn how to make water drops.

Read and Discuss: Drip, Drop(15–20 min.) It’s raining and Pip Squeak’s house is leaking.

Explore and Play: Leaky Cups(10–15 min.) What happens to water in a leaky cup?

Library Center Technology Center Water Table Mini Water CenterArt Center

Splash and DripExperiment with water using your hands, cups, bottles, and basters.

Pour and SquirtExperiment with new water tools: sponges, funnels, and tubing.

From Here to There Use different water tools to move water from one place to another.

Drop by Drop Experiment with water drops on plastic plates.

Different Surfaces How do water drops behave on different surfaces?

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WEEK 2: Puddles, Streams, Dams, and WaterfallsExplore where we find water in our daily lives and make waterways outside.





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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5Read and Discuss: I Get Wet(15–20 min.) Review some of the things you’ve discovered about water. Explore and Look: Puddle Pictures (10–15 min.)Let’s look at puddles and what we know about them.

Watch and Discuss: Make Your Own Stream(15–20 min.) Watch children visit a stream and then make one of their own.

Explore and Look: Streams and Rivers(10–15 min.) Look at photos of streams and rivers.

Read and Discuss: Water(15–20 min.) Look at all the different places there’s water!

Explore and Play: Draw Waterways (10–15 min.) Draw beautiful water, like in the book.

Watch and Discuss: Dry Duck, Pt. 2(15–20 min.) Quack’s pond has mysteriously dried up. Is Beaver Boy the culprit?

Watch and Discuss: Beavers’ Buildings(10–15 min.) Watch some real beavers in action.

Watch and Discuss:Building Dams I (10-15 min.) Watch children build a dam and block water.

Watch and Discuss: Building Dams II (10–15 min.) Watch children build dams and play a trick!

Library Center Technology Center Water Table Art CenterWater Drop Center

Make PuddlesExperiment making puddles outside on different surfaces.

Make StreamsHow far can you make the water flow?

Make Winding StreamsCan you make a stream that winds and turns?

Build a DamBlock the flow of water and see what happens.

Make a WaterfallWhat are ways we can create a waterfall?





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WEEK 3: Sink or FloatExplore objects that sink or float. Make boats that float.





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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5Watch and Discuss:Fish Museum (15–20 min.) Quack makes a museum for the fish with objects that sink to the bottom of the pond.

Explore and Play: Make a Fish Museum (10–15 min.) Which objects sink so that fish can see them?

Watch and Discuss: Floating Fun(15–20 min.) Watch children test whether objects sink or float.

Explore and Play: Fruit Float(10–15 min.) Does an orange float? What if you peel it?

Read and Discuss: Toy Boat(15–20 min.) A boy’s toy boat is threatened by a stormy sea.

Explore and Play: Water Globes (10–15 min.) Put objects in a bottle of water; flip it over. What happens?

Read and Discuss: Who Sank the Boat?(15–20 min.) Was it the cow, the donkey, the sheep, the pig, or a little mouse? Explore and Play: Sink the Boat! (10–15 min.)How can we sink a boat?

Watch and Discuss: Sinking Ships(15–20 min.) Watch children make boats that float and sink.

Explore and Play: Clay Boats (10–15 min.) Compare a lump of clay to a clay boat.

Library Center Technology Center Water Table/Boat CenterSink or Float?Art Center

Sink or Float?Test out different objects.

Floating and Sinking BallsWhich balls float? Which ones sink?

Gently Down the StreamMake a stream outside and see what can float down it.

Boats AfloatMake boats that can float.

Penny Boat Make a boat that can hold lots of pennies and still float.





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