During the first week of April, I went on vacation in Florida and was able to bring back an abundance of exotic seashells. I had decided to focus on Nature Materials during April and this fit in beautifully. I laid out shells on trays with magnifying glasses and also included a book about shells. The conversation that was inspired was amazing. The children started their observations and immediately started commenting on the different types of shells, the different colors and sizes of the shells, and of course, how they could hear the ocean in the shells.
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Here is a child trying to match the shells on his tray to shells in the book. |
I continued to support the children by offering paper and pencils so they could trace shells, write about shells, and document what they saw. |