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Table Clouds

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC2.4d
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Read Could I Sit On A Cloud? by Kay Barnham. Talk about the characteristics of clouds and then help the children make their own clouds. Cover a table with several towels to absorb any spilled water. Provide each child with an individual clear container filled 2/3 full of water. Place four cups of colored water in the middle of the table for all of the children to share. Provide pipettes for each child. Encourage the children to add a “cumulus cloud” to each container by squirting nontoxic shaving cream on the top of the water. Have them add drops of color on top of the shaving cream. Observe carefully as the color makes its way through the “cloud.”  This can be done in small group.  

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