The children were challenged to pick up fake creepy crawlies with tweezers. We noticed that these buggers sank right to the bottom even if we stirred them up. We described them as being heavier than the water.
We used spoons to try to pick up the bouncy ball eyeballs and discovered these would float even after being in the water for a long time and being pushed to the bottom. We decided that they must be lighter than water.
What made this project extra fun was crumbling up Alka-selzer tablets and dropping them in the water to see the "brew" fizz and make tiny bubbles.
And, just because it's fun to be imaginative, we talked about what we would do with our potions if we were truly magical! Would you want to make a growing potion??? Or turn into a frog??? What would you do if you could?
We also made magnificent masterpieces with paint, glitter, googly eyes, and yarn.
These are monsters you see, and every monster is different! You can't do this art wrong. :)
Our monsters each were wonderful in unique ways, and it was fun to think of ways to describe our own monster's colors, body shape, number or placements of eyes, personality, and hair style. The final product will be displayed near the preschool entrance for parental viewing pleasure!
