Transition Song: Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy (the children all chose which body parts to bounce. Most popular were head, shoulders, toes).
Materials: feathers, bean bags in fun animal shapes, bouncy balls
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: bounce/bouncing/bounced, yes/no, does/does not, high/low, roll/rolling/rolled, high/low, fast/slow, me/mine/my, He/She, Hers/His, Who/What/Where, experiment, drop, fall, float, flop, soft, squishy, my turn, negation - not
Miss Carrie introduced the word experiment. We even clapped out the syllables ex-pe-ri-ment. To do an experiment is to do something to see what will happen. We can even guess what will happen. This experiment was called Will It Bounce?.
First, Miss Carrie brought out a box of feathers. The feathers felt soft. We held them up high, counted 1-2-3, and dropped the feathers to see if they would bounce. The feathers fell or floated. They did NOT bounce. Everyone talked about what happened to their feathers.
Then we tried beanbags. They were squishy. We help them up and counted 1-2-3 and dropped them. They fell and flopped. They rolled. They did NOT bounce. Hmmm. Everyone wondered what we would try next.
Miss Carrie brought out a big black bag. What was inside the bag? BALLS! Everyone was certain that balls would bounce. We held them up and counted 1-2-3 and dropped them. Guess what happened?
The balls bounced! Sometimes they rolled. We bounced them to each other. We bounced them to teachers. We bounced the ball and tried to catch it ourselves. Our experiment was a success.
DO THIS AT HOME: What bounces at your house? Pick three objects and try the experiment. Bubbles? Blankets? Shoes? Do you have a bouncy ball? Consider other experiments that you might try such as does this taste sweet/salty/crunchy (try different foods) or feel cold (tepid water, dryer-warmed blanket, ice cubes). Talk about what you are doing. Use a lot of descriptive words.
