Small-Group Time Planning Form

Originating Idea Love of Bubbles Materials Pie pan with bubble mix for each child, straws, open ended tin cans _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Curriculum Content
Approaches to Learning: Engagement

Beginning
Opening Statement

Talk about using bubbles in the room before, show the children there are different items that can be used to blow bubbles

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Middle
What will children do? Earlier stir the solution with the Straw suck the liquid up into the straw instead of blowing it out pop bubbles at random Middle exclaim about the size of their bubbles count how many bubbles there are poke their bubbles until they are all popped Later begin to notice cause and effect notice differences in their bubbles notice the colors in the bubbles

Strategies: How will you scaffold their learning?

Strategies:

Strategies:

acknowledge what they are Use words to comment on what ask them to predict what will doing they are doing happen if they blow hard or slow ask the children to blow like ask them to suggest a way to ask them to describe the difference Blowing out birthday candles blow bubbles that are large between tin can bubbles and straw Ask them to describe what they use descriptive words to encourage bubbles Are doing and imitate them them to describe what they notice add new vocabulary ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

End
warning and transition to next part of routine

put a large tub or bucket in the middle of the table and ask the children to dump their bubble liquid into the tub ask the children to move like bubbles to the next part of the routine

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow-up Ideas

Bring the pans outside with a variety of bubble blowers Encourage children to experiment with bubbles, Talk about other items that produce bubbles