Sink or Float

**Note: This is our last Storytime for this session!  Storytime will be back in the fall, but don't despair!  Summer Reading is almost here!  Look for more details soon!** 

THE PLAN

Playtime
We put together our Dr. Seuss puzzle today for Playtime.

Two Little Hands
We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cold and snowy.  Snow!  In May!!  

Read & Listen:

We read M. Christina Butler's One Rainy Day for our Read & Listen.  The kids were really engrossed with this book.  They wanted to know what was going to happen to Mole and the Mouse family.  The kids were also really fascinated by how the umbrella was sparkly in the book.

Learning Time:

Little Hedgehog and Mole float in the river using the umbrella, so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to talk about sinking and floating.  I filled a very large Tupperware container with water and I gathered some items: a paper plate, some balls, crayons, rocks, and buttons.  I had the kids guess to see if they thought if an item was going to sink or float.  Leslie also showed the kids how to pick up an ice cube using a piece of string and salt.  Another trick that she used was putting a napkin in a cup, turning the cup upside down, and putting it in the water.  The kids were amazed to find that the napkin was still perfectly dry!

Overall, this activity was really good for the kids.  It allowed them to experiment and make hypothesizes about what would sink or float.