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MY SCIENCE ADVENTURE Nursery

My Science Adventure - Nursery

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My Science Adventure - Nursery•Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilitiesthrough role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.

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MY SCIENCE ADVENTURENursery

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My Science AdventureNurseryTextbook

Philippine Copyright 2010 by DIWA LEARNING SYSTEMS INCAll rights reserved. Printed in the Philippines

Editorial, design, and layout by University Press of First Asia

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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ISBN 978-971-46-0167-3

The Editorial Board

Author

Ceneza J. Miranda has masteral units in Education from the Ateneo de Manila University. She graduated from Miriam College with a bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Education. She has authored several preschool textbooks and teachers’ manuals. She has been teaching kindergarten pupils for 16 years and has served as the Academic coordinator for Language Arts at the Miriam College Child Study Center before she left for US.

Consultant

Mona R. Alagar holds a master’s degree in Pre-Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s College–Quezon City and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College–Quezon City. She is a college instructor and currently preschool area coordinator at St. Pedro Poveda College.

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TO THE LEARNER

Science is all about discovery. Each day in your life, you experience and discover something different and something new to you. These discoveries lead to learning. You may not know it, but there is science involved in the things that you do everyday.

This book will help you in your discoveries. It will explain to you what is happening, how it happens and why it happens. This book will help you answer the many questions you have in your mind. As you read along and do the activities in the pages of this book, one discovery might lead to other questions. Just keep on asking the questions in your mind. All discoveries of our famous scientists began with a question. Who knows, you might be a famous scientist someday!

The Author

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TO THE TEACHER

This Science book is all about discovery. This is a book that will lead the students to ask questions and discover new things as they search for answers to their questions. Your role as a teacher is to explain to the students through experiential activities how the concepts happen and why they happen. To be able to enrich learning, make your activities as interactive as possible. Encourage an active participation from your students so that they will learn by first hand experience. This book is only one of the tools that will help your students learn. Your daily preparation in the classroom will make the concepts in this book come alive. After engaging the students in various hands on activities, support your findings with explanations. This book is also a helpful resource for parents who should also be involved in the teaching and learning process. There are review and enrichment activities that may be done at home. By soliciting the participation of parents, we are assured that learning goes on even after school. Have a wonderful discovery!

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Unit 1 Myself Lesson 1 My Body ..............................................................................................2 What Am I .........................................................................................2 My Body Parts ..................................................................................9Lesson 2 My Senses ....................................................................................... 20 My Sense of Sight ..........................................................................21 My Sense of Hearing .................................................................... 38 My Sense of Smell ........................................................................ 43 My Sense of Taste ........................................................................ 48 My Sense of Touch ........................................................................ 56Lesson 3 What My Body Needs .................................................................. 65 Food .................................................................................................. 65 Water ............................................................................................... 66 Clothes ..............................................................................................67 Exercise ........................................................................................... 69 Rest and Sleep ............................................................................... 70Lesson 4 How Do I Take Care of My Body ............................................... 72Lesson 5 Being Safe at Home ...................................................................... 75Lesson 6 I Am Growing .................................................................................. 77

Unit 2 Plants and AnimalsLesson 1 Plants .................................................................................................81 Different Parts of Plants ............................................................ 82 Leaves ............................................................................................... 86 Flowers ............................................................................................. 89 Fruits .................................................................................................91 Seeds ................................................................................................ 94 Things Plants Need ....................................................................... 96 Things Plants Give to Us .............................................................. 99Lesson 2 Animals ........................................................................................... 104 Pet Animals .................................................................................... 105 Farm Animals .................................................................................107 Zoo Animals ................................................................................... 109 Body Parts of Animals ..................................................................111 Movements of Animals ................................................................123

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Sounds Animals Make ..................................................................128 Mother and Baby Animals .......................................................... 130 Things Animals Need ...................................................................134 Things Animals Give Us ...............................................................143

Unit 3 Things around Me

Lesson 1 Solids around Me ..........................................................................149 Things at Home ............................................................................ 150 Things in School ........................................................................... 157 Things in My Community ............................................................. 161Lesson 2 Different Shapes of Solids .......................................................166 Solids with the Shape of a Circle .............................................166 Solids with the Shape of an Oval .............................................168 Solids with the Shape of a Square ..........................................170 Solids with the Shape of a Rectangle .....................................172 Solids with the Shape of a Triangle ......................................... 174 Solids with the Shape of a Diamond ........................................176Lesson 3 Weight of Solid Objects .............................................................183 Solids That Are Heavy ............................................................... 184 Solids That Are Light ................................................................. 184

Unit 4 Earth, My Planet

Lesson 1 The Planet Earth .......................................................................... 191Lesson 2 Land .................................................................................................193 Different Landforms ...................................................................195 Uses of Land .................................................................................200 Taking Care of the Land .............................................................210Lesson 3 Water ..............................................................................................212 Water Forms ..................................................................................215 Uses of Water ..............................................................................220 Saving Water ................................................................................222Lesson 4 Weather ......................................................................................... 224 Sunny Day ......................................................................................225 Rainy Day .......................................................................................226Lesson 5 Day and Night ..............................................................................228 Daytime ..........................................................................................228 Nighttime ......................................................................................229

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What Am I?

Color the pictures of the girl and the boy.Trace the word in broken lines.

I am a boy.I am a girl.

Lesson

Dear Parents, Help your child know about the characteristics of a girl and a boy. Let him or her talk about clothes, toys, and other personal belongings as well as colors he or she prefers. Tell your child what makes him or her special to you.

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Are you a girl or a boy?Put a check in the correct box.

I am a boy.

I am a girl.

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Circle all the girls in the picture.

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Check all the boys in the picture.

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What do boys wear?Color what boys wear.

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What do girls wear?Color what girls wear.

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Who wears these things? Draw lines to match the boy and the girl with the things they wear.

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My Body Parts

Sing the song below. Point to the body parts mentioned as you sing.

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,knees and toes,

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,knees and toes,

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

knees and toes.

headear

nose

shoulder

eye

mouth

knee

toes

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Draw your face and hair in the box. Color your hair.

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Trace your right hand below.

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Trace your left hand below. Then sing the song.

I have two hands, the left and the right.Hold them up high so clean and bright.Clap them softly, 1, 2, 3.Clean little hands are good to see.

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Myself 13

Trace each foot.

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Circle the body parts that you have.

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Draw a picture of your body below.

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Draw the missing part of each face.

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Draw the missing part of each face.

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Draw lines to match the body parts with their uses.

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Color the pictures that show what your body parts can do.

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Lesson 2 My Senses

Dear Parents, Your child will learn about the five sense organs in this lesson. Provide activities that will help your child discover and learn more about the things around him or her using his or her different sense organs. Make sure that he or she exercises proper care for each sense organ.

Name the five sense organs. Color the pictures.