Magnifying Glass

Some of the children were looking at all of the shells using a magnifying glass and they were holding the magnifying glass right against their eye and looking.  We discussed what a magnifying glass does and how we might use it.  The children discovered through experimentation the proper way to use the magnifying glass!!

The children were using magnifying glasses all over the classroom.  They were looking for letters around the room and discovered how big they looked.

AT HOME:  Provide a magnifying glass for your child to look through.  Look for letters, numbers and a variety of materials.  Allow your child to describe what they see.  When we were looking at shells, the children were coming up with description words:  bumpy, smooth, stripes etc.