Question by h0llister_fRK: I need a preschool science activity that involves gross motor/large muscles
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Answer by R.
Hmmm...using large motor for science???! A tough one...
How about SEARCHING for CRITTERS (Bugs) Go out for a walk and see what you can see...
SPOTTING OR KEEPING?
Let the kids decide if you want to "catch" what you see or just spot what you see. Your group may decide to just observe critters and chose to learn more about "what the critters do and how they live."
WHERE?
Try a garden, yard, park, flowerbeds, hedges, and under rocks or logs. Lift up anything on the ground and find little bug worlds "underneath".
Many bugs hide among their favorite plants. Katydids are green just like the leaves. Many moths are brown and look just like the bark on their favorite trees. Butterflies are drawn to red, orange and pink flowers and also like phlox, alyssum, verbena, and herbs such as marjoram and thyme.
Look for beetles under fallen logs or rocks.
Crickets love cracks in sidewalks and buildings.
You might find the woolly bear caterpillar crawling across a sidewalk or on plants.
Keep your eyes open for ants of all sizes---they are everywhere.
Nature walks in general are good. http://after-school-care.com/Replies.aspx?Post=59
Of how about---Water and Ice Concept
Talk about water and ice --in that water is a liquid and ice is a solid.
To demonstrate this-- give each child a 1 gallon ziploc bag with crushed ice in it. Add ice cream salt..and place a smaller bag filled with kool-aid, lemonade or juice in the larger bag. Instruct the children to shake the bag.
If you play music while the children shake their bags, the drink mix will usually become ice-by the end of the song.(large motor comes in with all the shaking and moving to music)
Also any cooking and making play dough is science (anything that turns liquid into a solid is science) With stirring, mixing, and rolling--large motor would be used. http://after-school-care.com/Replies.aspx?Post=51
Oh! Building is a science. Have the kids make a giant village with all the blocks, duplos, pulleys, etc.
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