We continued our fall festival with momstown by inviting our Little Scientists to Family Fitness World for a “fall exploration and discovery day.” Science is all about exploration and discoveries. Providing the opportunity for momstown’s Little Scientists to explore encourages questioning and creativity! We had two centers open for discovery: one with leaves and twigs, and one with pumpkins.
For the leaf center, each child was asked to bring a small bag of leaves and twigs to share and explore. We provided contact paper for the children to make “leaf collages,” and magnifying glasses for up-close discoveries. Some of the children sorted leaves, some smelled leaves, and one even tasted the leaves! The best discovery we made at the leaf center was finding a couple of ladybugs that were hiding in our leaves. The children were so intrigued watching them crawl around on the table!
At the pumpkin center, we had cut open a couple of pumpkins and scraped out some of the seeds. We encouraged the children to feel and smell the pumpkin seeds and to scoop out more with their hands or with a spoon. Magnifying glasses were used to check out the seeds up close. Tasting happened yet again. Several of the children made the discovery that pumpkin seeds are slippery. It was so much fun seeing the children as they made their discoveries! We can’t wait to head back to Family Fitness World next month!
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