Dinosaur Egg STEAM Station

One of our favorite aspects of Mother Goose Time preschool curriculum is the STEAM stations. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math.  Each day, our lesson includes an activity that focuses on building  STEAM skills.
In the interest of full disclosure, I'd like to reiterate that we receive Mother Goose Time for free in exchange for sharing the journey with our blog readers. With that in mind, let me tell you about the latest STEAM station that my kids are begging to do again and again...
Frozen Dinosaur Eggs!




These activities do require some prep work and materials outside of what's included in our monthly subscription box.  For instance, "frozen dinosaur eggs" required me to purchase latex balloons and spend time stuffing dinosaur counters (included in our subscription box) and water into the balloons. It had to be done the night before, in order to allow time for the "eggs" to freeze. I'm not the biggest fan of activities that require advanced preparation on my part, but in fairness... how were they going to mail me frozen eggs?

With a little prep, we had these!

The kids enjoyed exploring the eggs and squirting warm water over them using some plastic condiment containers I purchased at the local dollar store. The warm water helped our eggs to "hatch." Not to mention, my kids love anything that means they get to play with water. Why is that?

Anyway, we did several eggs. The children had so much fun that we ended up repeating the activity every day that week! Those little frozen eggs led to some fun conversations about hatching eggs, melting and freezing water, and hot vs. cold.

But the best part, was the way they helped each other! More than introducing STEAM skills or all the fun spin off conversations, I am grateful for the community that activities like this foster. Mother Goose Time already includes community building activities every day and that's awesome. But what I love is how the STEAM stations, literacy activities, and math games all foster a sense of community by encouraging the children to work together and help one another learn and succeed.