{"id":893,"date":"2018-01-16T20:13:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/?p=893"},"modified":"2018-01-16T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:13:05","slug":"cool-summer-water-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/cool-summer-water-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Summer Water Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"
Summer is here, and whether you have summer camp programs or year-around school, many hours will be spent outside. Summer and water go together, even without a nearby pool or beach. Not only are wet activities fun, but they also provide opportunities for children to discover how things work.<\/p>\n
So our focus this month is on water activities in the outside environment. Following are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing. (Please, excuse the pun.)<\/p>\n
In the Garden and Playground<\/p>\n
Wet Science Experiments<\/p>\n
Just For Fun<\/p>\n
Tips for Success<\/p>\n
The extensions and lessons are endless when it comes to water. You might decide to make the lessons less structured, talking about topics of conservation and environmental impacts. Biology lessons focus on the need for our bodies to have water, and how we are largely made of salt water. Experiments can explore the different forms of water: ice, steam, liquid, dew, or mist. You’ll have many other creative ideas about incorporating water into all areas of the curriculum.<\/p>\n
Last summer I dropped by a Montessori school at the end of the day. The teachers were at their weekly meeting after the children had gone home. They were outside under the playground canopy seated around the wading pool with their feet in the water.<\/p>\n
Remember to cool yourself at the end of the day, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer is here, and whether you have summer camp programs or year-around school, many hours will be spent outside. Summer and water go together, even without a nearby pool or beach. Not only are wet activities fun, but they also provide opportunities for children to discover how things work. So our focus this month is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yycmontessori.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}