Grouptime events

Add caption Spray painting to get various shades of blue water In this group time the children learned about the different forms of water. We played a guessing game of which water features they hear from the sound machine.  We looked at pictures and talked about the different features between oceans, islands, waterfalls, rivers, and lakes. After listening to the different water sounds the children danced along the music using scarves. They moved their bodies like calm water and ocean waves. The children noticed that each body of water has a different shade of blue and some have other colours like murky brown of a pond.  Some children played with blue spray paint to get the ocean blue water and some mixed dirt with water to get the muddy river colour. Allye's pond and Nico's waterfall

papier mache globe The world is mostly made up of water The children wondered about where all the water is in the world and the differences between oceans and streams.   First we looked at maps and globes to check out how much water we have in our world. The children were surprised to see so much water and asked where all this water comes from.  The oceans hold about 96.5% of the world. Using measuring cups and buckets we demonstrated what this might look like and the children were amazed by how much water there is on our oceans and seas.