Preschool

This week is lesson number 7 "Jesus Christ created the world for me"

Mon- Discuss and sing songs, they could include, Popcorn popping, Rain is falling all around, In the leafy treetops, The world is so big

Tue- Library books could include anything about the Earth, trees, animals, anything God created you could choose to focus on.  Since we just focus on Earth for our lesson a couple of weeks ago I though it might be fun to focus on water, so we will be getting books on water, and the water cycle.

Wed- Boil water and let them watch it evaporate, and do this science project. 
 Science - The Cotton Ball & Water Activity Ages 2+This is a really easy and fun activity for the youngest children.

Materials:  One cotton ball for every child, some flat pans or containers filled with about an 1/2 inch of cold water.

1.  Give each child a cotton ball to hold.  Tell them to pretend that they are holding a cloud. 
2.  Ask them how does the cloud feel:  heavy or light, soft or hard.
3.  Instruct the children to place the "cloud" (cotton ball) gently over the cold water.  Explain that water that has evaporated has traveled up to the cloud and it is a lot colder up in the sky, so the vapor turns into water, and it is filling up the cloud.  Ask: Can you see the "cloud" (cotton ball) filling up with the water.  
4.  Ask the children to gently pick up the "cloud" (cotton ball) from the pan.  Ask:  How does the "cloud" feel now?  Light or heavy.  Warm or cold?  What is happening with the water?  Yes, the water is dripping from the "cloud".  Why?  The cloud cannot hold all that water, is too, too, heavy.  What do we call when water falls  from the clouds because they are too heavy with water?  Yes, you are right, rain!  It is raining! And what happens to the water?  Yes, it is coming right back into the pan, and the pan could be a stream, river, ocean or the ground.  
Thur- Make your own little green house

Fri-  Get a big bucket of water and let them have water play.