Wondertock
Ten episodes, released twice a month. Each one has learning goals, a song and an at-home activity. Subscribe on YouTube or Rumble to catch them first.
Finn, Drip, Ms. June and Bristle explore evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, then sing the Water Cycle Song.
Learning goals: Name evaporation, condensation, precipitation; explain water moves in a loop; know the sun's heat starts the trip.
Try it at home: "Water cycle in a bag": zip bag with water + blue drops taped to a sunny window; watch droplets form and "rain."
Finn leads a shape safari! He, Drip, Ms. June and Bristle spot circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and spheres, count sides and corners, then sing the Shape Song.
Learning goals: Identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones; describe shapes by sides and corners; spot shapes in the real world.
Try it at home: Home shape hunt with a tally sheet; build shapes with toothpicks and playdough.
Ms. June opens her Sunshine Kitchen! Finn, Drip and Bristle learn how plants cook their own food from sunlight, air and water (photosynthesis), what roots and stems do, and that a giant tree is made mostly of air and water, then sing the Sunshine Song.
Learning goals: Plants make food using light, air (carbon dioxide), and water; most of a plant's mass comes from air and water, not soil; roots, stems, leaves have jobs.
Try it at home: Celery in colored water (watch water travel up); bean-in-a-jar growth journal for 2 weeks.
Learning goals: Recognize penny, nickel, dime, quarter and their values; count mixed coins; compare amounts (more/less).
Try it at home: Pretend store: price tags on toys, pay with real coins.
Learning goals: A map is a bird's-eye view; use a key/legend and cardinal directions (N, S, E, W); describe where places are in a community.
Try it at home: Draw a map of your bedroom or street with a key; "treasure hunt" using N/S/E/W clues.
Learning goals: A fraction is equal parts of a whole; read numerator/denominator; compare simple fractions with the same denominator or numerator.
Try it at home: Paper-plate pizza fractions; fold-and-color fraction strips.
Learning goals: All living things have life cycles (birth, growth, reproduction, death); compare butterfly, frog, and plant cycles; complete vs. simple metamorphosis basics.
Try it at home: Life cycle wheel (paper plate + brad); optional butterfly or tadpole observation kit.
Learning goals: Pushes and pulls make things move, stop, or change direction; a stronger push makes things go faster or farther.
Try it at home: Toy car ramp races at different heights; measure distance with string or blocks.
Learning goals: Earth's rotation causes day and night; shadows change length and direction during the day; patterns can be graphed.
Try it at home: Sidewalk-chalk shadow tracking at 3 times of day; flashlight-and-globe day/night demo.
Learning goals: Weather vs. climate; read simple weather data (temperature, rainfall) in tables and graphs; climates differ around the world.
Try it at home: One-week home weather station: jar rain gauge, thermometer log, bar graph.
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