Thomas Edison Teaching Tip

Written by Freda J. Glatt, M.S.


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4. Edison is quoted as saying that "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." What do you think that means? Do you agree with it? How did he live his life by that motto?

5. When your students are frustrated and want to give up, relate that Edison tried 10,000 unsuccessful experiments on a storage battery. Did he give up? No! He said that he had "found 10,000 ways that won't work." Just change your approach and keep trying!

6. Have your children invent something of their own and write about it from inception ofrepparttar idea torepparttar 109195 finished results. Putrepparttar 109196 inventions aroundrepparttar 109197 room and have class presentations.

I hope these ideas have been useful and have ignited your own creativity.

And remember...Reading is FUNdamental!!

Freda J. Glatt, MS, retired from teaching after a 34-year career in Early-Childhood and Elementary Education. Her focus, now, is to reach out and help others reinforce reading comprehension and develop a love for reading. Visit her site at http://www.sandralreading.com. Reading is FUNdamental!


Making Science Less Abstract for Preschoolers

Written by Nicole Brekelbaum


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and vinegar portions forrepparttar experiment. They counted how many cups of milk were needed and how many tablespoons of vinegar to add. It was now time to blastrepparttar 109194 mixture intorepparttar 109195 microwave for two minutes. We recommend that an adult perform this part ofrepparttar 109196 experiment to avoid placing children in harms way. After two minutes,repparttar 109197 mixture was ready to be taken out ofrepparttar 109198 microwave. We allowed it to cool for several minutes and thenrepparttar 109199 children compared two samples ofrepparttar 109200 mixture before and after it was placed inrepparttar 109201 microwave. They observed thatrepparttar 109202 mixture was lumpier after being heated inrepparttar 109203 microwave. The children then strainedrepparttar 109204 mixture by using kitchen towels. What remained was a white, rubbery substance -repparttar 109205 curds. They were excited. They saw first-hand what Miss Muffet ate. Then they discovered through experimentation that curds can be separated from Miss Muffet’s curds and whey.

The children dyedrepparttar 109206 curds different colors using food coloring and made their own rubbery type of play dough. They loved touchingrepparttar 109207 curds and feeling its texture. Some children even shapedrepparttar 109208 curds into cool looking dinosaurs and flowers with our help. Atrepparttar 109209 end ofrepparttar 109210 dayrepparttar 109211 children were enlightened and had a great appreciation for science. They were all proud to show their parents what they had done. They were truly young scientists!

If you would like to try this with children at your childcare business we recommendrepparttar 109212 experiment for children ages 3 and up. The following materials are needed:

3 cups of Skim Milk

2 tablespoons of white vinegar

Microwave-safe bowl for mixing and heating Kitchen towels for straining

Nicole Brekelbaum is the director at Young Achievers Inc. - A home-based learning center for aspiring youth located in Pflugerville, Texas. She has been providing childcare in her home since her career switch from working engineer to childcare director and mom.


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