In the afternoons, all of the preschool classes combine for aftercare. The other teachers and I create a calendar before each month of the cooking, art, and science projects we will do each day.
Carrying out science experiments with 30+ preschoolers is tough, so a teacher will usually lead the experiment as the children observe. Today, we started a peep experiment. Yup, marshmallow easter peeps!
I put 5 cups on a tray; 2 had plain water, one had vinegar, one had soda, and the last one was a soapy water mixture. I asked the kids to guess what was in each cup. Then came the marshmallow peeps. I put a peep in each cup, except for one of the water cups - I put a yellow peep and a pink peep. The rest of the afternoon, the kids checked on the peeps to look for any reactions. They noticed the water in the cup with 2 different color peeps was changing color, and the peep in the soda was starting to "grow warts".
Tomorrow we will check the peeps again and make before and after inferences. The kids loved it!!
