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Water Play with a Baster

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Materials

Water
Two containers (or more)
Plastic baster

Instructions

  1. Pour water into one of the containers.
  2. Demonstrate how to squeeze the bulb on the baster to take up water. Then, show the children how to release the bulb. The water remains in the tube.
  3. Show the children how to transfer water to the other container by squeezing the bulb.
  4. Encourage the children to practice the same procedure. The children can move the water from one container to the other indefinitely.

More to do:

Add food coloring to the water. Use several containers of colored water and encourage the children to observe what happens when two colors are blended. Use eyedroppers and small containers.
Art: Make drip paintings using eyedroppers and colored water on coffee filters.
Language: Build vocabulary with words such as squeeze, bubble, drip, pour, or even spill.
Science: Explain how the baster works. Squeezing the air out of it creates a vacuum and picks up the water.

Instructions

1. Read a book about worms to the children, then have a discussion about worms.

2. Give each child a wet paper towel and place a live worm on it.

3. Encourage the children to observe the worms for a few minutes, using magnifying glasses.

4. Shine a flashlight on the worm's head and observe what happens. Then, shine the light on the end of the worm and see what happens.

5. Talk about where worms live, what they eat, and why they are good for the soil.

6. Show the children how to return the worms to the soil, by putting them in a garden or a lawn area.

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