Preschooler Week 67

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How Is It Made?

Your child admires and adores you and thinks you know everything!  You know that your child is naturally curious and is learning more about the world around him.  He is wondering about things, making predictions, synthesizing information and developing more questions.  His brain is working overtime as he discovers  new things. There may be times when your child asks you questions you don’t know the answer to and it’s perfectly acceptable for you to tell him that you don’t know, but that you will do your best to find out the answer to the question.  These moments are ideal cooperative learning experiences where you and your child can work together to find out the answer.  It may require a visit to the library, an online search, a phone call to a friend or relative or a visit to a factory, but the answer will be found! 

Wondering how things are made is a natural curiosity.  As an adult I am still just as excited as the children when I go on a factory tour to see how things are manufactured.  Recently, a friend and her family went to a soda bottling plant and saw the production line in action.  The hands-on experience and visual effects helped her and her children see the process of how the soda gets into the bottle and how the cap is screwed on tight.  Now the children laugh as they struggle with the cap since they know the machine with the long arm screwed it on so tight!  See if there are any factories in your community that offer tours of how things are made.  If not, don’t fret, as you can just watch videos online of how things are made.  Your children can sit side by side with you as you walk them through the process, adding your own words to the video.

When you are reading books, looking at pictures or viewing real objects don’t forget to ask your child questions about where things come from.  For example, when looking at a jug of milk you can ask your child where they think the milk comes from.  Does it come from the store or a cow?  These discussions can be turn to further, deeper conversations!  You’ll be surprised at what your child knows and how his brain thinks.  If possible, let your child take apart an object.  We had an old radio in our home that no longer worked.  My kids enjoyed taking out the screwdriver and removing the back cover to see what was inside!  Just like that we had a whole new world to explore…and boy oh boy, questions began to erupt like a volcano! 

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