Add shells and other sea creatures if desired. Gently rock the bottle back and forth and watch the wave. Mix blue food coloring with 1/4 bottle water, add mineral oil until the bottle is 2/3 full. One at a time, have a child choose an item and predict whether it will sink or float in a tub of water. Provide a variety of objects such as a cork, crayon, cotton ball, feather, small plastic toy boat, etc. Provide pattern strips with cutouts or pictures of the three ships - The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria - and have children create ship patterns. Columbus Day Math and ScienceĬreate a bar graph of which children have been on a boat before. Place the walnut boat into the playdough and screw on the baby food jar so that it stands lid-side down. Take the lid of a baby food jar and squish blue playdough for water. Give each child a walnut shell half, a small piece of playdough, a toothpick and a small square of white paper for a sail. Using the Puffy Paint mixture, have the children paint the boat and water. Make puffy paint by having the children mix together equal amounts of shaving cream and glue, along food coloring to the mixture. Using a black marker, have children draw a boat on water, or print out the boat template. Stick a toothpick with paper flag taped or glued into each egg carton, so the children will have three ships. Let them decorate or paint their egg cartons. Give children three individual egg holders from an egg carton. Then use blue fingerpaint to create the ocean around the ship. Have children create ships with construction paper or draw on paper. That's real devotion! Columbus Day Art Activities Columbus Day Songs and FingerplaysĬolumbus Sailed the Ocean Blue (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)Ĭhristopher Columbus (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)Ĭolumbus Sailed the Ocean (Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel) Here are some activies to teach young children about Columbus Day.
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