Kids kronor- letter Jj - Jellybean experiment

  Conclusion of the experiment 

     I love science as a kid.  I personally think that we should teach kids to look at things in a cause and effect type away.  I believe that everything happens for a reason and if you teach that kid to learn  that everything they do have some affect it'll be easier for them in the future. (I use this type of discipline with the kids often like if you through that book I will take it.  And then when they throw the book I take it I always ask him what caused you to lose the book.  It makes them look deeper into what is going on.)  at the preschool age I do not get into huge detail on why the experiment is going the way it went, when I have older kids present we go into more detail.  But even with the preschool age we make a hypothesis and then we find our conclusion. Thank you Teach Preschool for the idea, we did change it up a little but it worked great for our Jj letter. 

 ice water, room temperature water, hot water 

What you need to conduct the experiment.....

•  Three clear jars so you can see what's going on 
•  Microwave or a way to make the water hot 
•  Water 
•  Ice cubes 
•  Two jellybean per kid

Adding the jellybeans

How to conduct the experiment....

•  Warm up one of the waters, I put in the microwave for 45 seconds.
•  Add water to the other two jars 
•  Add ice cube in one of the jars 
• Each kid two jelly beans 
•  Make a hypothesis 
•  Let sit for two hours but check on it every 30 to 45 minutes 

 Our hypothesis 

 The jellybeans will change the watercolor , they will get bigger,  and softer.  All the water will turn the same color.

here is what happen to our jellybeans

11:00 - right away the jellybean in the hot water jar made the water change to a bright red and the Candy shell started to come off. 

11:45- The Candy shell came off all the jellybeans. The room temperature jar and ice water jar both turned very light pink. 

12:15 - all the jellybeans where white

What was the conclusion of the experiment?

 The hard candy shell seem sick color of the water hot water became a darker color. All the jellybeans turned white. They did not get bigger but they became very slimy. They were very soft compared to a hard jellybean (One that was not in the water). They still tasted the same the same, very yummy. 

Have you tried this experiment with your preschooler? What would you do to change it to fit your needs? Use more and different temperature water, different color jellybeans; there so many ways to change his experiment into something fun. Let me know how you changed it for you.

More letter Jj 

Kids kronor- letter Jj - lesson plans

Kids kronor- letter Jj - making J Jellyfish

Kids kronor- letter Jj - toast with Jam

Kids kronor- letter Jj - toast with Jam

Final Project 

     I found this on Pinterest and thought it was the cutest project. Thank you for posting your idea Creativity takes flight, I loved it.  But like always we changed it up a little bit. 

Things you need

Here is what you need to make 3 of the project.... 

• 3 piece of white paper
• 3 piece of colored paper
• Scissors 
• Glue 
• Brown marker or crayon
• Paint and paint brushes 

Getting ready for project

What teacher needs to do to prep the project .....

• Cut the paper into quarters 
• Draw bread on the paper and cut it out 
• Cut big oval out of the color paper

Kids  doing their project 

What the kids will do to make the project......

• Color the bigger bread brown
• Glue it on the oval
• Glue the smaller bread on the brown bread
• Paint on the white part of the bread 

While you are doing the project sneak in some education.  

• What colors are we using? Math Readiness skill
•  What letter does bread, paper, jam start with? Reading Readiness skill
• How many piece of bread is there? Math Readiness skill
• Which piece of bread are bigger? Smaller? Math Readiness skill

    Isn't learning so much fun? The best part is the little ones are just having fun with the project and picking the important things too. 

More letter Jj 

Kids kronor- letter Jj - lesson plans

Kids kronor- letter Jj - making J Jellyfish

Kids kronor- letter Jj - making J Jellyfish

Finished Project

 

   This is an easy and fun project. I say this post on Pinterest from Crystal & Co. I decide to put our own spin on it. This project wasn't only art project, it also worked on their reading readiness skills and their math readiness skill.

Things needed for the project

Here is what you need to do the project for 3 kids....

• 1.5 black paper
• 1 orange paper
• Scissors 
• Glue

Getting the project ready

Here what teacher does....

The big jellyfish 

• Cut out an J out of the black paper. I fold the paper half and cut 2 at a time. 
• Cut 3 half ovals out of the orange paper. You want to cut them the size of the top of the J
• Cut out 12 curve legs. I made them 1/2 the size of the J. 

The little jellyfish

• Cut 6 little oval out of orange paper, 2 ovals per kid
• Cut out 24 little legs, 8 per kid

Little men doing their projects

Here is what the kids will do to make the project.....

Big Jellyfish 

• Glue the 4 big legs on the top part of the J
• Glue the big oval on top of the J

Little Jellyfish

• Make 2 big glue circle
• Put 4 little legs in each glue spot 
• Put a half circle over the legs. 

How to make this project educational, while having fun. Ask questions, that's it ask questions about what they are doing. 

• What color is the J? Math Readiness Skill
• What color is the jellyfish? Math Readiness Skill
• What letter did you make? Reading Readiness Skill
• What sound does J make? Reading Readiness Skill
• How many jellyfish did you make? Math Readiness Skill

     I love this way of teaching. The kids learn from their art project so much. They don't know I'm teaching they think we are having fun doing an art project. Plus they get their parents a cute project.

Kids kronor- letter Jj - lesson plans

     This week is letter Jj. It will be the last letter until the new year. I have some fun things that we are going to do with the letter Jj.

I love that my library carries these books 

     

      We are going to 1st introduce the letter Jj with My "j" sound Box, by Jane Belk Mancure. We also sing the letter j song from LeapFrog: Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set. I think these are fun ways to introduce the letter Jj. 

     We will also learn new songs this week that start with the letter Jj. 

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      I also will be using a Utube video to help the kids learn about Jj form Sesame Street.

     I love Pinterest! I find so many fun ideas on there. You can check out my Letter Jj board at Missy Life Of Working Mom. I found a fun science project thanks to Teach Preschool. I found ideas for letter J art projects jellyfish, toast with jam, and jellyfish in a bottle. The kids are going to have so much fun.

     We will also count the date we are on in English and Spanish. We will sing our ABCs. We will have learning book time in the morning. During snack time we will have reading time. We also play a board game everyday too. 

     What are your little ones working on this week? Let me know I love new ideas!!