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July 18, 2016 | 3 Comments

7 Tools For Exploring Water at Preschool

Tools for exploring water at preschool. 7 classroom supplies for preschool must have for water play The summer is a time for preschool teachers to review what they have in their classrooms, and what they still need. As a preschool teacher, my main focus after providing a safe, secure place that my students fee they can be without their primary caregivers is to give my students fun new experiences that spark their thirst for learning at their developmental level. Last week was Water Week ( click it for eve more ideas) for our summer camp program Camp Learn & Play and it sparked my interest in water play, and its role in the preschool classroom. So often we wait until it’s hot out to play with water in preschool but it’s a great year-round activity. Here are some tools that help you play and make exploring water at preschool even more fun inside and out.

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color mixing set

Color mixing is a great way to bring water into your classroom without huge splashes! This complete color mixing set from Montessori Services is the perfect option for any preschool class.

whisk

Whisking bubbles in a bin is so much fun ( check it out here), but one of the challenges is to get the right size whisk. These whisks are scaled to fit little hands!

 

exploring water at preschool - water activities pincher

I love these tiny pipettes for art using liquid watercolors and for free choice science and water transfer activities.

ezpz mat

This ezpz bowl is the perfect container for the transfer activities too. They are pretty much impossible to knock over by accident. I usually leave the middle empty and have my students try to fill it up. We use it for a bunch of other activities too.

water transfer

The simple pipettes are great for fine motor but really young learners can get easily frustrated with them. For toddlers try these bigger wiggly droppers are perfect.

water activities trays

If  ezpz are too spendy for your classroom budget try these divided trays – I get mine at the dollar store or on Amazon.

water table for exploring water at preschool

This is my favorite water table. We have had ours for five years, it’s sturdy, it’s easy to clean, and it’s not as deep as so many of the ones you find at teacher supply stores, which means that fewer kids go home with wet sleeves.

We use ours for so much more than just water as you can see.

WATER PLAY MUST HAVES FOR PRESCHOOL NO TIME FOR FLASH CARDS

What tool do you use in your classroom or homeschool to explore water? Tell me about it here in the comments, or over on our Facebook Page and let’s keep this list growing!

 

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, For Teachers, Preschool Activities, Sensory Activities, Water | 3 Comments

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3 Comments

  1. Karen says

    April 27, 2017 at 4:40 am

    Some items I add to my water table:
    water wheel
    sponges
    bottles with different sized “mouths” to fill
    measuring cups to fill/pour
    measuring spoons to scoop with
    sifter
    tweezers/tongs to pick things out of the water with
    objects that sink/float

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  2. Britt says

    April 27, 2017 at 7:57 am

    The link to the regular Pipettes doesn’t work 🙁

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  3. Allison McDonald says

    April 27, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Oh thank you – I will grab a new one right now!

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