A 5-day lesson plan introducing natural water sources, wells, and the water cycle. Kids explore clouds, learn the colour blue, and practice body coordination with bubble play.
What children learn
- Identify sources and bodies of water, including rain, puddles, streams, rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and wells.
- Trace water from larger sources to tanks and taps and practise using tap water without waste.
- Explore how groundwater enters a well through layers of sand and gravel.
- Understand that heavy, water-filled clouds produce rain.
- Recall the water-cycle stages of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
Key activities
- Sorting and discussing water-source picture cards and creating a water-body scene
- Building a model well with a can, tube, gravel, sand, and water
- Exploring clouds and rain with cotton balls and water
- Making a cotton cloud craft and Blue Rain dropper painting
- Constructing and labelling a playdough water-cycle model
- Performing a water-cycle role play and rhyme
You’ll need
water-source and water-body picture cards, paper, paint, brushes, crayons and markers, large cans and paper tubes, gravel and sand, cotton balls, bowls and water, cardboard, playdough and water-cycle labels, droppers and blue watercolour, blue flashcards and craft materials
Structure: 5 days; each day includes a Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, GMD, Cognition/Literacy, FMD, and Numeracy activities.