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I took my school-age class on a nature walk on the outskirts of our very large school yard to discover what might be there. The children never use this part of the yard so it is open to new exploration.
The children were asked to find items that were tall, short, bumpy, smooth, small, new, colourful and so on. They found all kinds of different things on our walk and became very excited about their discoveries. The inquiries made on the walk made for additional research and projects with the children. This project was a wonderful experience for myself and the children involved.
This presentation describes activities of NGO Kraplynka which provides educational opportunities and psychological rehabilitation to Children from Internally Displaced families in Ukraine.
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The practical guide "Creative games" on the project "Let's share our games!" is an educational toolkit for teachers. In an accessible and interesting way, all partners shared successful practices, instructions and methods for conducting various Creative Games with children, teachers and parents. You can see what kids are playing in Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Greece, Romania or you can play whatever you want! Enjoy the creative games!
"Let's share our games!" is nice!
Creativity is the freest form of self-expression for a child. There is nothing more satisfying and engaging for children than being able to express themselves openly and without judgment. The ability to be creative, to create something out of personal feelings and experiences can reflect and nurture children's emotional health.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission and Bulgarian National Agency (project no: 2019-1-BG01-KA201-062605). This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission or NA cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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1. Comenius Project
2013-2015
Science and Pre-School Education as a Field of
Pedagogical Innovation
,,LITTLE SCIENTISTS”
2013-1-LV1-COM06-053962
Şcoala Gimnazială,,Dimitrie Cantemir’’ RO
Germencik Yedieylül İlkokulu TR
Rokiškio lopšelis-darželis "Varpelis"LT
Обединено детско заведение "Чиполино"BG
ISBN- 978-973-0-18973-5
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.‘This publication
[communication] reflects the views only of the author,and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
2. From the game to scientific research,
the way is much shorter than it seems at first glance.
The child goes easily and naturally on this way if you take
advantage of one of his greatest qualities which is curiosity. Small
experiments done with children at preschool age are not wasted
science activities allow the child a natural contact with the
surrounding time or exaggeration. Well prepared and carefully
guided by teachers, world. The activities won’t answer any
question the children have, but it will be a starting point for a
serious study, for new questions and will help, why not, to the
training of future scientists.
Come and enter together in a world of experiments from vital
’’water’’, ’’growing and sowing’’ to ’’astronomy’’ and ’’light-
shadow’’
EVERYTHING IS FASCINATING!
With much consideration and dedication
project teams from Romania, Turkey, Lithuania, Bulgaria
4. EXPERIMENT:
“WATER DOESN’T FLOW OUT
FROM THE GLASS”
4
EXPERIMENT:
“WATER MILL”
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Pour water from a container
into the mill hopper.
MATERIALS: mill,
container for the water, water
vessel.
WORKING
PROCEDURE:
A glass of water is covered
with a sheet of paper and
turned upside down
Materials: water,
transparent glass, a sheet of
paper
5. EXPERIMENT:
“WATER FEATURES”
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Observe the water samples:
color, smell, taste
MATERIALS: drinking water,
tubes, glasses
5
EXPERIMENT: “OBTAINING
HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES”
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Pour water into the tube. Add
different colored watercolor
MATERIALS:
water, tubes, watercolors
6. EXPERIMENT:
“THE RAIN”
6
MATERIALS:
a transparent glass, shaving
foam, spoon, plate, paint
brush, glass with blue
watercolor.
WORKING PROCEDURE:
The transparent glass is filled
with water. The remaining
space is filled with shaving
foam by using a spoon. Take
blue watercolor with a paint
brush and drip it slowly in the
shaving foam glass
7. EXPERIMENT:
BUILDING “A DROPPER”
7
EXPERIMENT:
“THE CAPACITY OF RECIPIENTS”
WORKING
PROCEDURE:
Moving the same amount
of water from one
container to another.
MATERIALS: recipients
of different shapes and
capacity.
WORKING PROCEDURE:
The straw should be placed in
a glass of water and covered
with a finger. By raising the
finger and quickly cover the
straw, it works as a dropper.
MATERIALS: transparent
glass, water, plastic straw.
8. EXPERIMENT:
“THE FILTRATION OF WATER”
8
EXPERIMENT:
“WE HAVE A TAP”
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Take a bottle and make a hole
at the bottom, insert a plastic
straw.
Pour water in the bottle and
then pour water in a glass
through the plastic straw
MATERIALS: bottle, water,
plastic straw, glass.
WORKING PROCEDURE:
Put in a transparent
container water then sand
Shake well the mixture
Put in a funnel some filter
paper and gradually invert
MATERIALS: transparent
container, water, sand,
filter paper, funnel.
9. LIFE IS WATER
9
Water you are not only
necessary to life, you are
the life it self; you are the
irreplaceable treasure of
EARTH; you are the most
delicate, the most pure and
you are the soul of
EARTH”
10. 10
Teacher shows a picture expressing need of water.
Teacher shows a model of water cycle.
11. Teacher explains the importance of water by using
pictures and story telling.
11
Children observing what floats on water and
what sinks in water.
12. 12
*observing how oil floats on water;
*putting white carnation in coloured water and observing the
changes day by day;
13. 13
*Students put shaving foam over water and put liquid paint on the foam
then see how paint goes inside the water like a rain and foam is like a
cloud.
*putting a boiling water in a glass and a holding a plate over it,
students understand how rain is formed by seeing the water
drops;
14. 14
At the end of the lesson
students make water balloons and enjoy.
*heating ice bar and seeing how it changes
into liquid and gas;
15. 15
CHILDREN ASK:
“Why did the flowers fade?
CHILDREN ANSWER:
“The flower needs water”
CHILDREN ASK:
“Why must we wash our hands?”
PROCESS:
The dirty background is touched
The hands are washed
CHILDREN ANSWER:
„There are a lot of bacterias on
the hands.”
16. 16
CHILDREN ASK:
„What melt in the water?“
MEANS:
•Glasses, teaspoons
• Sand, paint, salt
•Water
Process:
•The individual jars with teaspoon
are filled with colour, salt, and
sand . Observed, how it is melt in
water.
OBSERVATION TIME – 10min.
CHILDREN ANSWER: „In the water melts salt.
The paint not only melts but colours the water too.”
17. 17
CHILDREN ASK: “How does the water change to ice?”
MEANS:
• water
• gouache
• cups
PROCESS:
• Pour into cups simple and
colored water and freeze it.
OBSERVATION TIME:
2 days
CHILDREN ANSWER:
“The water converts into blue
and white ice and it increases
its capacity”.
18. 18
CHILDREN ASK:
“What will happen
when we put the egg
into salted water?”
CHILDREN ANSWER:
“the water will be unclear
And the egg will float
On the top of water”.
CHILDREN ASK:
“what will happen with the
uncooked egg when we put
it in the drincable water?”
CHILDREN ANSWER:
“The egg will be wet and
fall down”
19. 19
CHILDREN ASK:
„why is it not allowed to eat snow?“
MEANS:
Magnifying glass
Conteiners
Snow
PROCESS:
Watching the snow from
the yard
OBSERVATION TIME:
2 hours.
CHILDREN ANSWER:
„The melted snow is very dirty“
20. 20
CHILDREN ASK:
„How does the drop look like?”
MEANS:
Microscope
Pippete
Different size cons
Water
PROCESS:
It is estimated that the number of
drops can fit on different sizes of
coins
OBSERVATION TIME:
10 min.
CHILDREN ANSWER:
„The drop of water is clear and small“
24. 24
GERMINATION PROCESS puts children in the position of
making small research through handling, observation,
exploration and investigation of the seeds
The children are involved in the seeds research by asking:
”What is inside the seed?”
25. 25
In every stage of the germination process children
explore the seed which becames plant.
29. 29
Carving the gourds and filling them with soil then painting the gourds
and seeding the soil…an attractive activity to have students love
seeding and growing..
31. 31
An enjoyable activity for kids: making grass men.Students are very
excited while grasses are appearing. They fill nylon women socks
with sawdusts and grass seeds then use buttons for face making.
32. 32
Students cut the plastic bottles making little circles and plant
onions in the circles.The onions grow over the circles.
33. 33
Purpose: to sow, grow, observe and explore the plants in the
immediate surroundings.
OLIMPIAD OF SEEDS
The idea
To find out which
of the selected
seeds faster
germinate in a
damp wool, soil.
SEEDS IN A SOIL
THE SEEDS IN A COTTON
- different seeds germinated differently.
34. 34
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
IDEA
To explore the seeds
germination in the
greenhouse conditions.
Greenhouse effect accelerates the germination of seeds;
35. 35
MATERIALS AND DIVERSITY
of flowerpots
Idea
To explore the seeds germination in
various conditions and different
materials: water, earth, sawdust,
plaster, egg shells, pots
(glass, plastic, clay, ecological)
Water
Earth Sawdust
36. 36
Air Gypsum
Seeds in egg shells
Findings
In disadvantage conditions
seeds did not spring up:
In glass pot seeds roted,
because water cannot flow;
In a sawdust the onion did not put
the roots, because they are not
suitable for plant germination.
37. 37
CREATIVE WORK
Idea
To use a variety of available
materials, seeds, vegetables
for children's creative artistic
piece of work.
38. 38
The teaching excursion allows students the possibility to observe,
investigate and to know directly a wide range of issues.
39. 39
The creative and dynamical student detaches himself from
information, moves freely within knowledge, showing initiative
and independent spirit.
48. Integrated Activity
„The Universe – Earth, the blue planet” finalizing the map of the
projec DLC “Language and communication”
Retelling of „The Little Prince”
48
53. 53
Students are making telescopes and
observing planets
Students are making sun using yellow balloons
and coloring them
54. 54
Children built model rockets, modules and Martian exploration monthly
surface, satellites, a model of the Solar System and an astronaut suit
from concrete working conditions and what they must do.
63. 63
Active methods used during lessons illustrate their instrumental
function: the student himself achieving the objectives, they aware
them as their own finalities
65. 65
Procedure:
Light a torch and light
headed toward the
mirror, table or
cardboard
Receiving and scatter light
fixtures are called light
fixtures.
65
66. In terms of light passing through
them, the bodies are as follows:
transparent (light switch and it is
obvious object behind them),
translucent (light switch but
there is clearly subject) and
opaque (no light passes)
Light travels in a straight line.
66
67. 67
Experience Crystal MAGIC
Instructions:
1. Turn off the light in the room,
close the curtains and light the torch.
2. Sit in front of a white wall and you "crystal" in one hand
67
68. 68
3. With other hand, take the torch and light it.
4. Rotate slowly "crystal"
View all reflexes multicolored on wall?
5. You can also realize experience using sunlight and
place the flashlight
69. 69
Demonstration method serves to facilitate understanding of new
knowledge through observation and analysis of an intuitive material,
and the correct execution of some activities.
70. 70
The light and shadow experiments facilitate the learning
process making the activities more appealing!
71. 71
Learning develops naturally, from what knows the student, to
discover the variety of nature and of the phenomenon he
experiences.
76. 76
The experiment can create favourable emotional states,
may lead students to use their experiences after making further
experiments and in other future activities
78. 78
The assessment is less criterial and more reflexive, integrating
alternative methods of assessment;
79. 79
Active methods used during lessons illustrate their instrumental
function: the student himself achieving
the objectives, they aware them as their own finalities.