How to teach Science?

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You may find it encouraging to know that when your child is
making messes, taking things apart, and exploring in places
you would prefer left alone, he or she, is really just doing
what scientist do.

Scientists find things out and then systematically monitor,
organize, and report their findings. Preschool children learn
best when they \"do\" Science. Just like scientists, they ask
questions and find answers by trying out their ideas and
observing what happens.

Infants and toddlers do the work of scientists as part of their
everyday lives as they observe surroundings, test things out,
and make discoveries. Squeezing a banana, examining an
earthworm, and pouring sand through a sieve are a few ways
in which young children experiment with and observe the material
world. Using all their senses - touch, sight, smell, taste and
hearing... they discover relationships of change and growth
and cause and effect.

Toddlers on the move want to know how things work - opening
and closing doors, taking objects apart, making concoctions at
the sink... and if you are the parent of a 3yr old, you are probably
lliving through the beginning of the \"whys\" - endless questions abt
why, what and where things are happening and who's involved.


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Excerpt from : Preschool for parents by Diane Trister Dodge, Toni S, Bickhart and Cynthia Scherr

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buds:

You may find it encouraging to know that when your child is making messes, taking things apart, and exploring in places

you would prefer left alone, he or she, is really just doing
what scientist do.

Now I know why my sons left mess around for me to clear!!! :idea:

Sorry, just kidding.

Please go on, 洗耳恭听。

[buds]

Simple Experiments To Do At Home



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Simple Experiments To Do At Home



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[buds]

winth:

buds:

You may find it encouraging to know that when your child is making messes, taking things apart, and exploring in places

you would prefer left alone, he or she, is really just doing
what scientist do.

Now I know why my sons left mess around for me to clear!!! :idea:

Sorry, just kidding.

Please go on, 洗耳恭听。

There must be some rules prior to attempting any experiments.
1.Get PERMISSION from parents to do experiment.
2.Read the experiment to see what needs to be done.
3.Collect the materials needed.
4.Don't mix substances unless the experiment tells you to.
>>>Some things are harmful when mixed together.
5.Don't eat or drink any substance unless the experiment tells you to.
6.Some Science experiments can be dangerous, if you are careless.
Follow directions carefully.
7.Get an adult to help you if the experiment uses a stove, hot water or
a knofe.
8.If you don't understand what a word or direction means, ask an adult.

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DOING THE EXPERIMENT


1.Read all of the instructions before you start.
2.Decide what you think will happen. Mark your answer.
3.Follow the experiment steps carefully, and watch what happens.
4.Write down what happens. Draw a picture of the experiment.
5.Clean up!! Always clean up your work area and put everything
away. Encourage children to clean up after activity in the promise
of more exciting experiments to come. If they don't adhere....
well..... you can always say you're too tired to start a new experiment
due to the mess... reverse psychology. Ahak!
6.In some activity sheets, the sheet or book can be turned upside
down to read why the experiment worked the way it did. Ask an
adult for help if the children cannot read the words themselves or
do not quite understand what it means...
7.Have fun!

Here's another water related experiment. Simple to do. And cheap.
Go into the more challenging and more funding kinds after your
children are more efficient in clean up and when you have used
up all the things to use for experiments in your home. Ahak!
Save money. Scientist oso must know recession. Dun buy stuff
unnecessarily just so they need an inspiration to cook up something
fun for themselves, aye.. :idea:


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As an extension, the children in Montessori classrooms get to work
with a syringe. It can be for fine-motor activity to work with the syringe
or it can be a Math activity, if the facilitator has some measurements
for the children to work with. And coloured water is waaaayy more fun
to play with rather than the transparent one!

Rule of thumb - when conducting water experiments and individual
water play.... lay a placemat and use a tray to place all the jars or
containers to work with. Less mess. And always have a napkin for
child to self-wipe, in case of spillage.

Have fun!
:celebrate:

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What better way to introduce water conservation than in the home?

This activity can be done with older children to discuss the use of
water in the home. A drawing booklet can be done for children to
draw how they think water is being used at home and think about
various ways water can be conserved whilst continuing water usage
in a regular home routine.

The sheet below can provide a more overall visual view of a typical
house. Children can first point out which rooms wud require the use
of water for the people living in it. Facilitator can invite discussion
on water conservation with children and guide them to draw in their
booklets.


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If u are interersted in Pre-school Science assessments
this range available at Popular. There's Book 1-3.

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Now, in conjunction with the beautiful animal pictures

sized up by mincy and the flash cards by babyDad, I
too will go into animals then, ya!

For the concrete introduction of animals - have a
collection of model animals. In this case, say its
for the category of wild animals or zoo animals.


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Place the model animal collections in a basket or a nice
tray. In our classrooms, we set up each tray in almost
realistic habitat decor for the animals.

For example, for the wild animals we use plasticine of
browns and greens for the ground, dark brown for hilly
grounds... and add the plastic trees that usually come
with the model animal collection and even mock grass.
SPOTLIGHT and The Art Shop in Takashimaya has a
variety of stuff to decorate almost anything!

We also place name cards of all the animals to introduce
the print of the names of the animals, for our children to
match to the corresponding animals.

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Montessori lessons always go from concrete to abstract.

Maria Montessori believed, \"what goes through the hands
will go through the mind...\" Hence, Montessori lessons are
mostly hands-on.

Concrete lesson = see, touch, feel and play
followed usually by interesting craft activity
for children to bring home and show mummy.
There will also be discussion time for children
to share on the topic of the day.

Abstract lesson = flash cards, worksheets,
animal books, animal stories, etc


For younger children, it can be a 2D craft like this...
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For older children, it can also be 3D (depending on age range)...
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For a non-reading child cards look something like this.
A non-reading child is first encouraged to match the
same animal pictures.
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