At Little Zak’s Academy North Strathfield, we have been very busy engaging in many
sensory and science experiments. The children all enjoy being actively involved and using
their cognitive skills to explore with the science experiments. The children have been
using their fine motor skills as they manipulate the ice, sand and water. The educators
have also been actively involved and this causes much excitement with the children as
they are very keen to show their educators what they have discovered.
This science experiment allows the
children to explore different mediums to
hypothesis and observe whether the
objects sink or float. The children were
very interested in the activity and wanted
to know more. This experience promotes:
•Discussions about the weight of the
objects
•The different textures
•Promotes cognitive thinking amongst
each other
•Social interactions amongst their peers
and educators.
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The sand trough experience provides the children with the opportunity to
explore and discover with the dinosaur figurines and the sand. During this
experience the children also extend on their fine motor skills as they
manipulated the sand and dinosaurs using their hands. The children also
enhanced their social skills and language skills when interacting and
communicating with their peers. Sensory skills are exercised when the
children are feeling the different textures of the sand. The children also
engaged in role playing as they pretend to be dinosaurs.
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The trough with ice bergs and items in it allows the children to explore
science concepts of ice melting with the warm water. The children used the
ink droppers to transfer the warm water onto the ice to set the frozen items
free. This allows the children the opportunity to extend on their pincer grip
when manipulating the ink droppers as well as visualising the ice melting.
The children used their cognitive skills to explore with this science
experiment and hypothesise their thoughts.