Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Why is there gelatin in the sensory table?


Set up:
sensory table, molds of clear gelatin, pipettes, straws, liquid watercolors

Inspiration:
Bev Bos

Intention:

Discovery.
Wonder.
Surprise.





Five minutes:
Questioning.


"What are these?" 
"Why did you put these here, Ms. Ingram?"

Daring to touch.
"It feels like jelly!"
"It feels like a cracker!"
Laughter.





Ten minutes:

Curiosity.

Quiet.
Tentative.
Touching.
Testing.


"It reflects your fingers."




"It looks like bubbles."



Pipette to gelatin.
"The color goes in!"
"Mine is changing color!"
























Twenty minutes:

Delight.

"The paint is going in! See!"
"Look how many straws I got!"
"It is a birthday cake!"

Thirty minutes:

Enthusiasm.

Breaking gelatin with dropper.
"See, more pieces!"
"It's swippery!" [sic]



Forty minutes:  All in!

Boisterous laughter.
Hands together.
Squishing.
Smashing.
Peeling.
Stretching.
Sliming.
Wallowing.




Fifty minutes:

Transformation.

Some:
"Yuck. I am not touching that."
"It is gooeey oooey, I don’t like it." [Big smile, but NOT touching.]



One, undeterred. 
Searching for more materials to extend the play – 
Oh, funnels!  Yes!”  



Sixty minutes:  Done.

Let's clean out the table....






2 comments:

  1. We made gelatin in egg shaped molds, so this becomes an "Easter egg coloring" activity. See this an all our ideas for teaching the science of eggs to little ones at https://inventorsoftomorrow.com/2017/04/18/egg-science-2/

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