Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop | Young Scholars Academy

 

Mother Goose On the Loose and the Junior Kindergarten program is at it again! This time we’re exploring a science activity and welcome you to follow along!

The supplies within this lesson are pretty preschool-specific but you could use objects around your home to still accomplish or order the kit here;

STEM Starters: Egg Drop 

We planned for this around our science time because we had the kids first hypothesize what they think would happen to the egg. This was  a small, intimate small group session where of course we started by reading Humpty Dumpty, of course! Since many of the students have grown up in the preschool program, they knew the nursery rhyme but were excited about the question. Could YOU break Humpty Dumpty’s fall? With sass, they all knew the egg would drop from the small group discussion but thought they were smart enough to create a barrier!

They then split up into teams to design! We used the STEM starters kit but had each set of kids build their own barrier together, you could use other objects around your home if you’d like too.

Next, on a sheet of paper the kids wrote their predictions! The scientific process can and should be introduced at this age (4.5 years old) since it triggers multiple parts of a child’s brain! They have to think 2 steps ahead, slow down and use their imagination to predict possible outcomes and work together as a team to succeed. That’s a lot for a four year old!

So here’s how it went. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Feelings were mixed about the yoke, no pun intended. Glad it was a happy, impactful lesson!