This program was
intended to introduce STEAM concepts through stories and exploration activity
stations to families with children ages 3-8 years old.
Intro song: Hello Friends
(sign language action song for the words hello, friends, math, fun, and time)
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
Hello friends,
It's time to say hello.
Hello science,
Hello science,
Hello science,
It's time to have some fun.
Demonstration and Storytime:
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Read the book What Is a Rainbow? by Harritet Blackford, illustrated by
Mike Henson (from the TechTots STEM Science series
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Show the word card for rainbow.
Talk about what this word means.
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Show the word card for colors.
Talk about what the word means.
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Show the word card for color spectrum.
Show a color spectrum chart. Be
sure to mention the “ROY G Biv” memory device.
·
Put the color words for ROY G Viv on the white board. Hand out papers with the colors on it. (Give the blue, indigo, and violet papers to
the older kids.) Allow the children to
tape their paper to the white board under the correct color.
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Instruct on how to use the stations.
Stations:
Station #1- Color roll game
The children roll the cloth die.
They then pick an action card that matches the up-top color on the die
and do the action. I used the ThinkFun Roll
& Play game.
Station #2 – Prism play
The children changed look through various shaped prisms to see the color
spectrum.
Station #3 – Beaded rainbow sun
catcher
The children create a sun catcher using pony beads strong on a length of
pipe-cleaners with one prism bead attached at the bottom. I got this idea from Rhythms Of Play website
at https://rhythmsofplay.com/rainbow-pony-bead-prism-suncatcher/.
Station #4 – Lego brick challenge
I found some free printable Lego Rainbow challenge cards from the Little
Bins for Little Hands website at https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/lego-rainbow-build-challenge-kids/. I set out a large tub of Lego bricks along
with these challenge cards.
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