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Stream Searchin’

May 18, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We searched aquatic places all over Irvine’s grounds and also took a family field trip to the Hammerman Beach area of the Gunpowder River where it meets… Read more »

Tags: aquatic animals Chesapeake Bay crayfish spring activities stream search with preschool students streams

May Flowers

May 13, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered the amazing lives of insects and their relationship to flowers in Spring. Favorite Activities: We pretended to pollinate flowers like bees and slurped applesauce with… Read more »

Tags: bees best nature preschool flowers pollinators spring activities wild flowers

All a-Flutter

May 4, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We became birds! Favorite Activities: We loved making our wings and testing them out in the meadow. We made binoculars to observe our feathered friends and turned… Read more »

Tags: birds nests spring activities

In Our Garden

April 26, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We defined the difference between gardens and natura spaces througha  series of outdoor activities, games, songs and art projects. Favorite Activities: We planted our food garden! Students… Read more »

Tags: butterflies garden gardening with preschoolers insects spring activities vegetable garden

Earth Treasures

April 21, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We celebrated Earth treasures by cherishing its natural resources. Favorite Activities: Paper-making was a hit using recycled scraps of paper. We engineered our own games using recycled objects and… Read more »

Tags: adventures in the garden Earth gardening with preschoolers love the earth nature preschool spring activities

Rainbow Earth

April 13, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: It was a glorious week to search for nature’s colors! Favorite Activities: We painted rainbow stones for our garden plot and went on a color search in… Read more »

Tags: colors flowers nature preschool preschool rainbow lesson rainbows rocks spring activities

Make Way for Frogs

March 22, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered traits and habits of amphibians – namely frogs! Favorite Activities: From frog puppets to frog skeletons we learned all about their amazing adaptations. We also disovered… Read more »

Tags: amphibians bones frog calls frogs nature preschool spring activities tadpole experiments tadpoles

Turtle Splash

March 15, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We learned all about turtles! Favorite Activities: We got to meet a diamondback terrapin and compared its features to a box turtle. We pretended to move like… Read more »

Tags: aquatic life math ideas reptiles turtles

If I was a Snake…

March 8, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We learned about snakes! Favorite Activities: We loved meeting a real king snake and learned why it truly is “king” (it eats other snakes). We examined snake… Read more »

Tags: math ideas reptile lessons for preschooler reptiles snakes

What’s Hatching?

March 2, 2013 - Preschool Weekly

This Week’s Adventures: We discovered things that will be hatching this spring from all kinds of strange eggs! Favorite Activities: We searched for eggs in the water, trees, grass and under… Read more »

Tags: amphibians birds eggs nature preschool reptiles

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