Science

Corresponding Manipulative Kit Available
Countdown to Spring

- Items and activities associated with Spring
- Math concepts: counting (1 – 10), 1:1 correspondence
- Forms of number representation
- Included in Four Seasons Bundle

Summer Fun

- Items and activities associated with Summer
- Summer Scavenger hunt
- Action verbs
- Included in Four Seasons Bundle

Fantastic Fall

- Items and activities associated with Fall
- Match object to activity
- Math concepts: survey and graph
- Sequence of raking leaves
- Included in Four Seasons Bundle

Winter Wonderland

- Items and activities associated with Winter
- Days of the week
- Winter clothing interview
- Included in Four Seasons Bundle

The Desert

- Southwest desert habitat
- Math concepts: counting, patterns
- Lizard and Snake Skin cooking activity
- Included in Animal Habitats Bundle

Pond Life

- Pond habitat
- Prepositions “in, on, around”
- Math concepts: patterns
- Frog life cycle
- Included in Animal Habitats Bundle

Ocean Creatures

- Ocean habitat
- Parts of a whole (match body parts to the animal)
- Sorting ocean and land items
- Math concepts: counting 1 through 9, patterns
- Included in Animal Habitats Bundle

Down on the Farm

- Animals found on a farm
- Associations: where each animal lives
- Anchor story includes backward chaining
- Math concepts: patterns
- Included in Critters and Creatures Bundle

A Trip to the Zoo

- Animals found at the zoo
- Identify animals by physical characteristics
- Math concepts: counting 1 through 9
- Arrange animals by size
- Included in Critters and Creatures Bundle

Pet Parade

- Animals that make good pets
- Supplies needed to care for pets
- Survey with graphing
- Math concepts: counting, backward counting
- Included in Critters and Creatures Bundle

Going Buggy

- Various backyard insects
- Prepositions “on, under, over, next to”
- Included in Critters and Creatures Bundle

How Green is Your Thumb?

- Life cycle of a plant
- Measure and graph plant growth
- Sequence the plant life cycle
- Go Dig! card game reinforces matching

My Body

- Major internal body parts and organs
- Bones, brain, heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, blood
- Place body parts on a human form diagram
- Fun facts about the human body

Landforms

- Introduction to common landforms
- General location of landforms on a map of the United States
- Supports Earth Science instruction

Solar System

- Names of planets
- Introduction of vocabulary planet, sun, moon, star, orbit
- Math concepts: ordering words (first, second, etc.)

Push and Pull

- Concrete examples of familiar “push” and “pull” activities
- Introduction to the concept of energy that creates motion
- Support forces and motion intruction