The Georgia Early Learning Standards Activity Guides may - gapitc

Foundations
for science
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Smelly Stuff
In three separate containers with lids, put a small amount of three foods with
strong, familiar smells such as tuna fish, orange slices, and peanut butter. Also
have enough of each food so each child will be able to taste it.
Invite one child at a time to close her eyes, smell each one, and see if she can tell
what it is.
Now have the children close their eyes and taste. See if they can name the items!
Always check for allergies before any activity involving food.
Gone With the Wind
Cut the center out of large plastic lids so only the rim is left.
Make streamers with strips of crepe paper, tissue paper, ribbon, or cloth and tie
them to the rims.
Invite the children to take them outside and watch the streamers flutter through
the air as they hold the rim and run around. Talk about how the air moves to
make the streamers wave in the wind.
When you come back inside, ask a few children to describe what happened.
Special Needs Tip
Allow a child in a wheelchair to hold the streamers up in the
wind as the wheelchair is pushed by an adult or child.
Star Light, Star Bright
You will need medium-sized plastic bottles, blue colored dish soap, glitter, sequins,
beads, and funnels.
Help the children use the funnels to pour the dish soap and a little bit of water
into the bottles about two-thirds full. This is messy; do it near a sink and have
paper towels ready.
Add glitter, sequins, and beads and screw the cap on tightly. Use hot glue to be
sure the cap is secure.
Enjoy the “stars” as they float through the bottle.
Ask the children to describe what they see and use words such as float, gentle,
slow, smooth, sparkly, and shiny.
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