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![]() Okay this picture shows how it started....I brought some snow in the classroom. A little boy said to me, "Miss Dawn, you shouldn't have done that because that snow is going to melt." I said "hmmm, now why would it melt in here and not outside?" Everyone said the snow would melt because it was warm in the classroom and colder outside. And that is how the discussion started. From there we had a great dissusion on how to make snow melt; heat, from our bodies and from the sun, warm wind!, warm water, even salt! These are the things I love about teaching. You can plan one thing and sometimes it turns into something even better. You see, I had planned for next week to do some "experiments" to see how to melt snow but this smart group was way ahead of me. We then started to notice that as the snow melted in our hands that "it changes colour"! Everyone was very excited by this. I explained that it was now kind of transparent or see through. As everyone, was trying to get their snow to "get see through" I encouraged them to try to use the new word...transparent. Later I heard one little boy say to another, "Say transparent, it's the real science word." Ha I love these guys!!! It was a great day!
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Miss DawnI teach preschool in my home to 3 and 4 year olds. It's a wonderful adventure filled with lots of laughter and learning. Archives
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