Materials
6 small tins with covers
Spray paint or contact paper
Clear caulk
Water (very warm, warm and cold)
Instructions
1. Collect six tins of identical size.
2. Using spray paint or contact paper, decorate themso they look alike. (Adults do this step.)3. Fill the tins with water. Two tins get very warm water, two get slightly warm waterand two get cold water. Put on the covers. (If the tins leak, put some clear caulk on the insideseams and refill.)4. Invite a small group of children to feel the water in the tins with their fingers and hands. Askthem to describe the temperature of the tins using words like warm, very warm and cold.
5. Ask the children to match the tins by their temperature (for example, to put the cold tinstogether, the warm tins together, etc.). When they are finished, ask the children how theyknew which tins to pair together.More to doStorytelling: Read or tell the story of The Three Bears. Give the children the three covered tins(filled with very warm, warm and cold water) and pictures of the three bears. Ask them to pretendthat the tins hold the bears' porridge and to guess which tin belongs to which bear. Aftermaking their guesses, they place a picture on the tin of the bear whose porridge is too hot, toocold and just right.
