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MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.2: Recall information for short periods of time and retell, act out, or represent information from a text read aloud, a recording, or a video (e.g., watch a video about birds and their habitats and make drawings or constructions of birds and their nests).
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Logic and Reasoning/Reasoning and Problem Solving: Classifies, compares, and contrasts objects, events, and experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 2: Participate actively in discussions, listen to the ideas of others, and ask and answer relevant questions.
Watch Together: “Painting with Water” (PEEP live-action clip)
STEM Key Concepts: Wet things become dry as the water evaporates (changes from a liquid to a gas)
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Tell children they are going to watch a video clip about children painting with water. Watch PEEP and the Big Wide World “Painting with Water.”
Play through the video once without pausing.
Replay the video and after viewing, ask questions such as,
- What kinds of things did the children in the video discover about the ice?
- What happened to their water paintings? Why do you think that happened? How is that similar to what happened to your ice paintings?
- What helped the water to evaporate?
- What new things did you see in the video that you want to try with your water explorations?
Educator Tip: Watching and discussing the selected PEEP stories and live-action video clips can spark and extend children’s interest and understanding of water. We suggest that children watch the video clips after they have had an opportunity to do their own initial exploration of water. That way your children can compare their experiences and discoveries with those shown on the video clip and think about what additional water explorations they might like to try.
