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My Life With The Wave

Language: English

A sheer magical tale about a boy who brings home a wave is based on a story by Octavio Paz, and adapted by Catherine Cowan. LeVar explores the beauty and fascination of water, the rhythm and energy of waves, and visits people who are fulfilling the dream to save endangered sea life.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Does it float, or not?

Does it float, or not?

You will need:

  • bucket of water
  • variety of waterproof things such as an unopened can of soda, a plastic spoon, a wooden spoon
  • a metal spoon, a cup, paper clips, cotton ball, pencil, eraser, an orange, etc.

Directions:
Have your child place the items in the bucket one at a time to see if it floats. Help your child keep track by writing a list of the things that float and the things that do not.

Options:
Using the list, talk about why some items float and others do not.

  

For Little Squirts

Three easy water activities for little squirts.

Off to the Races
See who is first to push a ping-pong ball across a finish line using the spray from a water squirter.

Water Colors
Soak an old sheet in water and then hang on a line outdoors. Arm your little squirts with paint, brushes, sponges, or paint-filled squirt bottles to make colorful designs and pictures on the sheet. Not happy with the results? Squirt off the paint and try again!

Crystal Garden
For this experiment you will need:

  • alum (Look in the grocery store by the spices.)
  • boiling water
  • small clear glass bowl
  • small rocks, pebbles, or colorful stones such as those for an aquarium
  1. Have your child put small pebbles or rocks in the bottom of a small, clear glass bowl.
  2. An adult can combine ½ cup boiling water with 2 ounces of alum.
  3. Have your child pour the water-alum mixture into the glass bowl over the pebbles.
  4. Within a few hours crystals will begin to form.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • Water Dance by Thomas Locker
  • Here Is The Coral Reef by Madeleine Dunphy
  • Our Wet World by Sneed B. Collard, III

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