The kids this year really seemed to enjoy our space exploration, and we slowly transitioned from that exciting topic into the night and day sky, and weather.
Ivory Soap Cloud Experiment
To build some excitement about clouds and weather in the sky, we tried the classic Ivory Soap in the microwave experiment. In all my years of teaching, this is actually the first time I've ever used it!
It was like magic. :)
The resulting clouds are puffy and crumbly, and made for a fun sensory experience.
After we explored their initial texture, we tried adding water. At the end of two preschool classes, what was left was a soapy slime mixture that most of the kids did not want to touch, but it was fun to stick stuff into it. I somehow missed taking a picture of that though.
We paired our cloud activities with Eric Carle's book, Little Cloud, and created some squishy cloud art inspired by the illustrations. Each of our cloud creations turned out differently, and we decided what we thought they looked like. It was fun to hear each response- kids this age can be both literal and imaginative, so some thought their clouds looked like "a cloud" and some thought they were like a "puppy" or a "doughnut with a lot of holes."
Later in the month we also explored rain with another favorite cloud book, Cloudette.
Raining Cloud Experiment
This is one of my favorite processes to use with preschool students because it always looks so cool. We fill up the clouds (shaving cream) with colored water until it starts to rain.
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