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Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Annie Sullivan

Children never cease to wonder.

Pre-schoolers cannot accept that things just happen- they need to know why they happen. Reinforcing these emerging cognitive functions can be done using simple activities at home or at school. By reinforcing these skills early on, you are helping set the foundation for academic skills later on.

Some activities that you may find helpful in developing their sense of discovery
- small pieces of paper or index cards
- pen or marker
- old bag / wide mouthed bottle
- research material
- availability to go to the library or bookstore
- art paper
- art supplies: markers, crayons, paint

Method
Think of common questions that children want to know the answer to, i.e. where does the sun go at night? Why is grass green? How come there are no flowers in the winter? Etc.
- Write a different question on a sheet of paper or index card.
- Place all of the questions in the hat.
- Ask the child to pull one question out. Read the question for the child.
- Now, journey to the library, bookstore or Internet to find some possible answers. Read the information with your pre-schooler.
- When your child has answered the posed question, have him/her provide an illustration to depict what they learned.

This activity can be done as often as you want. There are an infinite number of questions that can be placed inside the hat. These questions can also be put into groups or categories what may be of particular interest at the time.

Mixing colors is popular with preschool. This method gives the child more control and allows them to experiment with results.

What You Need:
- Ice cube trays or egg cartons
- Water
- Eyedroppers
- Food coloring

Method
1. Fill four sections of the tray with water.
2. Add a few drops of food coloring to each to create four colors.
3. Let the children use the eye droppers to mix colors in the remaining empty sections.
4. Talk to them about what they see. Ask the children to predict what might happen and describe what actually occurs.

Give the children other opportunities to mix colors. Provide them with colored frosting and let them decorate cookies or just fingerpaint with primary colors.

We would soon be coming up with the following

Coloring Pages : Great cartoons you could print and give your child to color

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