PEG stands for 'Preps Explore Galore' and it's our version of a personalised, investigative, play-based programme designed to improve our students' outcomes in Oral Language skills and Writing. We run PEG three times a week and we set up various stations in all our Prep classrooms (and the hallway) and our students are free to explore wherever they choose according to their interests.
Here is a peek at one of our stations that proved to be very popular. Very simple to set up, yet it provided countless hours of experimenting, discovering and ....fun!
Sorry about the photo quality but you get the idea! Basically, it's a couple of clear containers filled with water and some food dye (inside the plastic container in the centre of the table). The students loved using the eye droppers to add colour to the water and watching what happens.
Such a simple idea that led to many interesting conversations. We didn't get a photo, but when we stirred the water really fast and then added the colour, we could clearly see a whirlpool....highly entertaining and fascinating...the kind of thing you can do over and over again and not get sick of it (or so it seemed for our five year old friends!)
So, if you're looking for a simple experiment that doesn't require a huge amount of preparation, this might just be the one for you! If you try it out in your classroom, we'd love to hear how it goes!
