Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Opposites Hunt
Hunt for opposites around you, like hot and cold or rough and smooth, and draw each pair.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- vocabulary, comparing, observation
What kids do
“Find things that are opposites! Draw each pair.”
- Opposite pairs I found
- A new pair of opposites I thought of:
How to run it
- Hunt around the room or the house.
- Feel things as well as look.
- Add your own pairs.
Talk about it
- Which pair was hardest to find?
- Is anything both at once?
- What’s the opposite of you?
Take it further
Make an opposites book.
Pairs well with
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