Let's Think About... Change

Activities:

1. Some Things Change Quickly

Take a glass of water and add a few drops of food coloring. Watch as the food coloring interacts with the water and changes the color.

2. Changing Colors

Prepare finger paint for children. Have red, yellow and blue available only (use Vano starch and tempera or liquid tempera). Have children select only two colors at first. Watch and observe the change. Then add the third color and watch again. See how many different colors the children can make.

Make cinnamon toast for a snack. Taste the bread before it is toasted. Taste the toast afterwards. Does the bread taste the same? Does the bread look the same? Heat makes some things change

3. All Living Things Change

Have each child and teacher bring in his/her own baby picture. Place them on display. Take pictures of everyone in class. Match the pictures of how people looked when they were little to how they look now.

Bring in a bouquet of fresh flowers. Place flowers on the table and have children paint "the still life". Watch what happens in a few days. Do the flowers look the same or do they look different? You may want to take a picture when the flowers are fresh. And then take another picture when they are faded and wilted.