My Science Adventure - Kinder •Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development •Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning •Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed •Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment •Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning •Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.

1. MY SCIENCE ADVENTURE
Kindergarten

2. My Science Adventure
Kindergarten
Textbook
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Author
Marie Beth F. Flores earned her bachelor’s degree in English Studies from the University
of the Philippines, Diliman in 2000. She is presently pursuing a master’s degree in Childhood
Education at Miriam College Graduate School. She is a Kindergarten teacher at the Miriam College
Child Study Center. She has previously authored two preschool textbooks—Early Adventures in
Language and My Math Adventure both for Nursery. She has also conceptualized activities for a
supplementary interactive CD for the Early Adventures in Language textbook.
Consultant
Mona R. Alagar holds a master’s degree in Pre-Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s College–
Quezon City and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College–Quezon City. She is a
college instructor and currently preschool area coordinator at St. Pedro Poveda College.

3. TO THE LEARNER
Science is all about discovery. Each day in your
life, you experience and discover something different
and something new to you. These discoveries lead to
learning. You may not know it, but there is science
involved in the things that you do everyday.
This book will help you in your discoveries. It will
explain to you what is happening, how it happens and
why it happens. This book will help you answer the many
questions you have in your mind. As you read along and
do the activities in the pages of this book, one discovery
might lead to other questions. Just keep on asking the
questions in your mind. All discoveries of our famous
scientists all began with a question. Who knows, you
might be a famous scientist someday!
The Author

4. TO THE TEACHER
This Science book is all about discovery. This is a
book that will lead the pupils to ask questions and discover
new things as they search for answers to their questions.
Your role as a teacher is to explain to the pupils through
experiential activities how the concepts happen and why
they happen. To be able to enrich learning, make your
activities as interactive as possible. Encourage active
participation from your pupils so that they will learn
through firsthand experience.
This book is only one of the tools that will help your
pupils learn. Your daily preparation in the classroom will
make the concepts in this book come alive. After engaging
the pupils in various hands on activities, support your
findings with explanations. The explanations found in
this book will help you in explaining to the students the
different concepts that you have introduced.
This book is also a helpful resource for parents
who should also be involved in the teaching and learning
process. There are review and enrichment activities that
may be done at home. By soliciting the participation of
parents, we are assured that learning goes on even after
school.
Have a wonderful discovery!

5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1 Self
Lesson 1 My Body .................................................................................................2
A Boy and a Girl ..................................................................................2
Things a Boy and a Girl Wear ...........................................................6
Lesson 2 Different Body Parts ....................................................................... 11
Lesson 3 Senses .................................................................................................19
Sense of Sight .................................................................................. 20
Care for the Eyes............................................................................. 38
Sense of Hearing.............................................................................. 40
Care for the Ears ............................................................................ 44
Sense of Smell ................................................................................. 46
Care for the Nose .............................................................................51
Sense of Taste ................................................................................ 53
Care for the Tongue ....................................................................... 62
Sense of Touch ................................................................................ 63
Care for the Skin ............................................................................. 76
Lesson 4 Things I Need to be Healthy ....................................................... 80
Lesson 5 Keeping My Body Clean and Well-groomed ............................... 88
Lesson 6 Being Safe Always .......................................................................... 93
Lesson 7 I Am Growing..................................................................................... 95
Unit 2 Plants and Animals
Lesson 1 Plants ................................................................................................ 100
Parts of a Plant ............................................................................... 100
Roots ................................................................................................. 101
Stem or Trunk ............................................................................... 103
Leaves .............................................................................................. 106
Flowers ............................................................................................ 108
Fruits ................................................................................................1 1 1
Seeds ................................................................................................1 1 1
Places Where Plants Grow ...........................................................113
How Plants Grow .............................................................................. 116

6. Needs of Plants .............................................................................. 118
Taking Care of Plants .................................................................... 120
Things We Get from Plants ........................................................ 122
Lesson 2 Animals .............................................................................................. 129
Pet Animals ..................................................................................... 129
Farm Animals .................................................................................. 130
Wild Animals ................................................................................... 131
Places Where Animals Live ......................................................... 133
Body Parts of Animals .................................................................. 137
Movement of Animals ................................................................... 150
Sounds Animals Make .................................................................... 153
Mother and Baby Animals ........................................................... 155
Things Animals Need .................................................................... 158
Taking Care of Animals ................................................................ 164
Things Animals Give Us ................................................................. 168
Unit 3 Things around Me
Lesson 1 Solids................................................................................................. 174
Lesson 2 Liquids .............................................................................................. 178
Lesson 3 Useful and Harmful Liquids ......................................................... 189
Unit 4 Earth
Lesson 1 Land ................................................................................................... 194
Landforms ........................................................................................ 195
Uses of Land .................................................................................. 201
Caring for the Land ......................................................................202
Lesson 2 Water ...............................................................................................203
Water Forms ..................................................................................204
Uses of Water ...............................................................................209
Using Water Properly .................................................................. 2 1 1
Lesson 3 Air ..................................................................................................... 212
Uses of Air ..................................................................................... 214
Care for the Air ............................................................................ 215
Lesson 4 Weather .......................................................................................... 216
Safety Measures during Certain Types of Weather ............ 226
Lesson 5 Day and Night ................................................................................ 227

7. UNIT
1
Self

8. Lesson My Body
1
A Boy and a Girl
Color the pictures.
I am a boy.
I am a girl.
Dear Parents,
In this lesson, your child will learn about the similarities and differences
between a girl and a boy. Let him or her compare the features of a boy and a girl.
Talk about the clothes and other things that belong to a girl and those that belong
to a boy. Explain to your child that there are some clothes and accessories that
can be used by both girls and boys.
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9. Draw yourself in the box.
Circle the word girl or boy below your
drawing.
boy girl
Self 3

10. Circle the girls in the picture using your
red crayon.
Underline the boys using your blue crayon.
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11. Count the boys and girls that you see in the
picture.
Trace the numbers.
3 boys and
3 girls
Dear Parents,
Reinforce your child’s pride for national identity by talking more about the
different groups in the country and the distinct qualities of each group of people.
Self 5

12. Things a Boy and a Girl Wear
Name and color the things shown in the
picture.
These
are worn
by girls.
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13. Name and color the things shown in the
picture.
These
are worn
by boys.
Self 7

14. These things can be worn by both girls and boys.
Name and color them.
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15. Draw lines to match the pictures of the
boy and the girl with the things they wear.
Self 9

16. Write B on the line if the things belong to a boy.
Write G if they belong to a girl.
Write BG if they belong to both a boy and a girl.
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17. Lesson
2 Different Body Parts
Listen as your teacher reads the names of the
different body parts.
forehead
neck
eyes
nose chest
thigh
knee
leg
feet
head
ear
hair
shoulder
mouth hand
waist
fingers
Dear Parents,
Help your child identify the different parts of his or her body. Tell him or her
that most people have the same body parts as he or she has.
Self 11