The children have been looking at
fountains. They recently saw photographs
of fountains projected onto the wall and we were talking about how the water
moves. The children seem interested in
the movement of the water and how it sometimes goes “down then up” in a
fountain and how sometimes it goes “up then down.”
Since this seemed to be something the
children were interested in, we decided to expand on it. We printed off some photos of more fountains,
and put them on the light table. We then
covered the table with cellophane and gave the children dry erase markers. We wanted to see if the children would use
the markers to trace
the path of the water as it moved down
(or up!)
The children seemed to be excited
about how the water moved. Although it
is still difficult for some children to manipulate their markers the way they
want, they were able to demonstrate through actions and words what they knew
about the path of water down a fountain.
Words like “fall,” “down,” and “move” were used by the children. Some of the children moved their arms to show
us how the water moves.
