Feathers or Fur

Explain to your children that birds have feathers on the outer parts of their
bodies, while other animals have fur. Find pictures of birds and other
animals in magazines and cut them out. Hold up each picture and ask your
children to tell you if feathers or fur cover the animal. What do the animals
covered with feathers have in common?

Popping Popcorn

What happens when you heat up corn kernels? Get an air popper and let the
 children watch the corn kernels pop. Be sure to let the children know that the
 container is hot. WARNING: Popcorn is a choking hazard and should never be
 served to children under the age of three. Children over the age of
three should be directly supervised while eating popcorn.

Sprouting Corn

Place dirt in a small zip lock bag. Add water and a few kernels of popcorn.
 Seal the bag and hang in sunny window. The popcorn kernels will begin to sprout in about a week.

Sprouting Indian Corn

Get an ear of Indian Corn and place entire ear in rectangular pyrex dish with just enough water
 to cover bottom of dish. Put in sunny place. Corn will sprout in about a week. Provide magnifying
 glass for close inspection. As corn sprouts some of the kernels fall of - these are great because
 it provides the children with opportunity to actually handle the sprouting corn and look at it closely.

Fun with Brown

Glue scraps of wood together to make sculptures.
Use cardboard cartons for stacking and building. Finger-paint brown designs
on a brown paper sack or paint with potato halves and brown tempera paint.

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