Intentionally Craft Scenarios
Design activities in stimulating environments where each object in play can teach a lesson. For example,
For teaching the concept of different states of matter, a pretend cooking session can be introduced in an afternoon upon science for preschoolers. Theme setting can be done as ‘Ice and Fire’ and an open forum of discussion can be initiated among kids about why water(liquid) turns ice (solid) on freezing and into vapour on heating. Engage children to make lemonade, let them pour and let them spill. Let them keep it in the fridge to see how soon it turns into ice. While heating it, you can let the children watch from a distance and simultaneously teach them that fire is off limits for them. You can introduce the concept of density, shape, size, properties of matter to the kids. After giving a demonstration to the whole group, you can let them freeze other liquids and come to you for heating others. It will surely motivate the children to explore their own questions independently and to investigate and challenge their assumptions.
