Aviation Day is a great time to introduce kids to the world of flight and airplanes. Aviation Day in Canada is on February 23rd of each year, and in the United States it falls on August 19th. My 6 year old has asked me on more than one occasion: "How do planes fly?" It might take a couple years to fully explore that answer with her as there is so much one can learn about flight, and at her age, I will need to simplify and use play-based learning. Even so, there's still a lot a 6 year old can ...
Science
Forest Scavenger Hunt – Identifying Plants in Search of the Perfect Paint Colors
Our family lives in a forest, so I was very happy when I saw that the theme for the Poppins Book Nook this month is "Forests and Woods". Going along nicely with the theme, I chose the book A New Friend (The Adventures of Sophie Mouse) My daughter received this book as a gift. The cover looks cute and adorable but I will be honest, I initially dismissed this book as a good book for when she's a bit older. My daughter can read common kid words, but looking at the vocabulary of the book, I knew ...
Tracking and Learning About Temperature
We've been doing a lot of weather learning lately. It's usually a part of circle time for preschoolers or Kindergarten so I knew I wanted to include it somehow. After some thought, I decided on two weather related directions that I wanted to incorporate into our daily routine, at least for this year. The first I wrote about yesterday in Checking The Weather Forecast For Kids. The second, I wanted my daughter to do some learning about temperature. Concept of Below and Above Freezing The ...
Unit Study: DUCKS
Observing nature in your own backyard presents numerous learning opportunities. One such opportunity presented itself to us this winter. We feed the birds every winter. This year, the seeds that fell to the ground from the bird feeders attracted the attention of 2 ducks. Those ducks spent all afternoon in front of our window just sitting on the snow below the feeders. The next day we had 5 ducks. Those ducks told other ducks who told other ducks and we now have nearly 30 ducks who visit ...
