Today we
talked about how we could make bubbles using silly putty. In the beginning of the morning we just used
the silly putty without any other objects.
The children have been investigating with the silly putty and talking
about how they could make bubbles. We
have been making bubbles with the silly putty by stretching and folding the
silly putty many times creating "bubbles" or air pockets in between.
At the beginning of the morning the children would hold up the Silly Putty and watch it slowly fall back to the table. "Pop it!" They would "pop it" by poking a hole in the middle of the stretched out Silly Putty.
After just getting more of a feel for the texture and talking about bubbles and "popping it", small plastic cups were introduced to the Silly Putty.
What can we do with the cup to create a bubble?
The children had many different ideas of how they could use the cup and Silly Putty to make some bubbles. Some children put the Silly Putty into the cup making some interesting sounds. Some children began stretching it over the cup, waiting and watching to see what happened.
"Now we have to sit and wait and watch it make the bubble."
"Look at the bubble. See it's right there!"
"It's getting even bigger!"
The children found that if they put the Silly Putty over the top of the cup, covering the whole cup and letting it slowly fall to the table, then add little bits of Silly Putty to one side of the top of the cup it would slowly create a big bubble!
