Every Friday I try to give the girls a science lesson, followed by an experiment, and concluded with art play. Throughout the week we reiterate what we learned through coloring pages, random questions to practice terms, and other fun projects. This week we learned about volcanoes!
We started with a lesson using a library book called "Investigating Volcanic Eruptions" by Ellen Rene, that we checked out from the kids room. Then we did a coloring page that we found to learn the terminology of a volcano!
Here's the link to the coloring page: http://homeschoolingmom2mags.blogspot.com/2012/12/magma-madness-and-experiment-gone-bust.html
After the lesson was over we moved on the experiment! I've seen lots of different preschool volcano experiments on Pinterest, so I combined a few different ones to make our own apple explosion! The girls loved it!! The youngest was squealing with delight and my oldest was amazed by the sound of the reaction!
Exploding Apple:
First you need an apple, baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring. Combine the vinegar and food coloring in a measuring cup. Pour the baking soda into the apple. Slowly add the vinegar, then be amazed!
I always try to let the girls do as much hands on activity as possible. It not only teaches them fine motors skills, but helps build excitement in learning!
We started with a lesson using a library book called "Investigating Volcanic Eruptions" by Ellen Rene, that we checked out from the kids room. Then we did a coloring page that we found to learn the terminology of a volcano!
Here's the link to the coloring page: http://homeschoolingmom2mags.blogspot.com/2012/12/magma-madness-and-experiment-gone-bust.html
After the lesson was over we moved on the experiment! I've seen lots of different preschool volcano experiments on Pinterest, so I combined a few different ones to make our own apple explosion! The girls loved it!! The youngest was squealing with delight and my oldest was amazed by the sound of the reaction!
Exploding Apple:
First you need an apple, baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring. Combine the vinegar and food coloring in a measuring cup. Pour the baking soda into the apple. Slowly add the vinegar, then be amazed!
I always try to let the girls do as much hands on activity as possible. It not only teaches them fine motors skills, but helps build excitement in learning!
After the fun of the apple volcano, we painted hand print volcanoes!