Describes several activities using water as an investigative, manipulative, and highly sensory science material for young children. (Author/PEB)

Young children are more comfortable in the light because they can more easily recognize their surroundings. In this article there are activities for preschoolers that include controlling a light source, playing with prisms, and shadow play indoors and outdoors. Each activity is described in detail and needed materials are simple. (MA)

Collections and classification activities are the topic of this article. Ways to structure an outdoor collecting venture are discussed. Once the materials have been collected, there are suggestions for introducing young children to the task of classifying their rocks, leaves, shells, and other collected items. (MA)

Describes some art activities for early childhood that also teach about science. Expresses concern that young children operating in a three-dimensional world are often expected to translate their world onto a flat sheet of paper. (TW)

Two identical boards and sets of playing pieces can help teach science vocabulary while improving skills in observing, describing, giving clear and complete directions, and listening to and questioning those directions. Children or groups communicate without seeing each other's board. Examples of topics/board design and suggestions for teachers…

Offers experiments and activities designed to help students understand the qualities of sound. Provides directives on how to construct simple musical instruments. Suggests ways to help students discriminate differences in pitch, dynamics, and rhythm. (ML)

Teachers can help children understand that sound is caused when something vibrates by using the suggested activities to help teach them to see, hear, and feel the vibrations all around them. Suggests reinforcing the lesson by having the children create musical instruments out of simple materials. (JN)

Provides examples of science activities in which children use their senses in manipulating objects and ideas. Suggests that these and other activities be extended to help children deepen their understanding of scientific concepts. (JN)

Describes early childhood activities that stimulate a child's curiosity about the action of dropping on various objects. Discusses the concepts that are developed from simple experiments, suggesting objects, and methods that illustrate the different effects of dropping. (CS)

Provided are recipes (with accompanying questions and activities) designed to help teachers and parents as they explore science and cooking with children. Recipes include those for orange soup, orange milk shakes, and yogurt. (JN)

Describes several simple activities to help children nurture their curiosity and order their experiences into simple understandings. These include: outlining familiar objects on paper; examining leaf patterns and flowers, moving water, and spiders; and touching and exploring various objects set up in learning centers. (JN)

Frequent spring showers provide many opportunities for rainy-day walks and playground activities. Examples of indoor and outdoor water-related activities are provided. Children could study ripples outdoors by dropping objects in puddles. Rain water could be collected in containers of various shapes and studied indoors, introducing students to…

Provides instructional strategies for using fall fruits/vegetables in science lessons, including activities related to melons, pumpkins, grapes, pears, squash, and yams. Suggests extending the activities over a month or more to allow children time to explore and investigate. (JN)

Suggests using "fasteners" as the basis of activities for nursery and kindergarten children. Fasteners include those worn by children (buttons, zippers, belt buckles, shoe laces, and others) and those used in such areas as art. A "fastener walk" is also suggested to observe such fasteners as hinges, clothespins, and others. (JN)

Various winter activities and experiences for young children are suggested. These include a getting ready for winter walk in the fall, winter birds, winter clothing, traveling in winter, winter sky watch, and others. (JN)