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8 courses
Science · Preschool
Olly the owl shows children how to look closely: name colors and shapes, count small parts and look more than once. Children compare two things to find what is the same and what is different, then turn something they notice into an 'I wonder' question. A short walk with a grown-up puts the habit into the real world.
Science · Preschool
Children meet their five senses and the body part that goes with each one, then choose the sense that answers a question such as 'Is it soft?' or 'Is it loud?'. They learn that a magnifier makes small things look bigger and practise the safety rules that keep exploring safe: only taste food a grown-up gives you, and never look at the sun.
Science · Preschool
Children touch and describe everyday things with words like hard, soft, bendy and stiff, then sort a pile of objects using one question at a time. They compare which of two things is heavier by holding them, and discover that a big thing is not always the heavier one.
Science · Preschool
Children guess and test which things roll (round things and things with wheels) and which slide. They find out that a push makes a still thing move, that a bigger push sends it farther, and that a higher ramp sends a toy car farther, using a simple ramp at home and Olly's ramp simulation.
Science · Preschool
Children learn that plants need water, light and a place to grow, and compare a cared-for plant with one left dry. They put the steps of a bean plant's growth in order (seed, sprout, bigger plant) and start their own bean in a cup, watering it and looking at it each day with a grown-up.
Science · Preschool
Children learn that animals need food, water, air and a safe home. They match animals to the foods they eat and the homes they live in, give each pet its own bowl of water, and practise kind, safe ways to be around animals, such as asking a grown-up before petting a dog.
Science · Preschool
Children look out the window and name the weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy or snowy. They choose what to wear and bring for each kind of weather, then keep a simple picture chart of the weather for a week and count how many days were sunny or rainy.
Science · Preschool
Olly needs a tall tower and a bridge for a toy car. Children learn the builder's cycle: build it, try it, change one thing and try again. They choose materials that stay put instead of rolling away, find out that a wide bottom helps a tower stand, and build and improve their own block bridge at home.
