Curriculum

Fizzing Rainbows

Set this fun experiment up with plastic cups, plastic egg cartons, or plastic pot trays. Either set out baking soda in small bowls or containers with spoons or scoopers, or have the baking soda already in the plastic containers. Set out colored vinegar (in rainbow!) with droppers so the children can drop into the baking soda and watch it fizz! Set in sensory bins or water proof trays to contain mess.

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Wax Paper Rainbows

Set up the full table with wax paper taped down, or set up individual spots. Set out cups with colored water (food dye) and droppers. If you are worried about spills, put these is paint cups with lids on. Let the children drop water down. Set out toothpicks or popsicle sticks to allow the children to move the water drops around the paper. You can also set this up with the colored drops already on the wax paper, and just give toothpicks to move it around.

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Ways to Make Rainbows

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20212 min read

Size Sorting

Using the print out as a guideline, either make your own arches out of dough or cardboard, or just cut out the arches. You can color these to be in rainbow order or leave blank. Let the children play with fitting them into each other in size order. They won't know they actually are learning pre-math!

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Making Rainbows; An Ongoing Study

There are a few different ways to make rainbows. Rainbows come from mixing light and water. Figure out how you want to do this. You can put things out at your science center for children to explore, or you can do this as a gathering activity. This could be done all in one day, but the idea here is to keep trying all the ways to figure out what works best. It's a study and the children can practice being scientists.

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Art Set Up: Play Dough

Set up your table with a solid mix of play dough toys- rollers, cutters, shape outlines, etc. Leave out only white play dough, enough for all children. You can do this by filling old play dough tubs (always save those!) with just white play dough. Making play dough is so easy and affordable. Bonus- you don't feel bad about throwing it away after it's been coughed and sneezed on. Just picture it sitting in that damp, dark, warm container... perfect habitat for germs to grow. G

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Blossom Play School

Fizzing Rainbows

Wax Paper Rainbows

Ways to Make Rainbows

Size Sorting

Making Rainbows; An Ongoing Study

Art Set Up: Play Dough