Wondertock
Ten episodes, released twice a month. Each one has learning goals, a song and an at-home activity. Subscribe on YouTube or Rumble to catch them first.
Learning goals: Name evaporation, condensation, precipitation; explain water moves in a loop; know the sun's heat starts the trip.
Try it at home: "Water cycle in a bag": zip bag with water + blue drops taped to a sunny window; watch droplets form and "rain."
Learning goals: Identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones; describe shapes by sides and corners; spot shapes in the real world.
Try it at home: Home shape hunt with a tally sheet; build shapes with toothpicks and playdough.
Learning goals: Plants make food using light, air (carbon dioxide), and water; most of a plant's mass comes from air and water, not soil; roots, stems, leaves have jobs.
Try it at home: Celery in colored water (watch water travel up); bean-in-a-jar growth journal for 2 weeks.
Learning goals: Recognize penny, nickel, dime, quarter and their values; count mixed coins; compare amounts (more/less).
Try it at home: Pretend store: price tags on toys, pay with real coins.
Learning goals: A map is a bird's-eye view; use a key/legend and cardinal directions (N, S, E, W); describe where places are in a community.
Try it at home: Draw a map of your bedroom or street with a key; "treasure hunt" using N/S/E/W clues.
Learning goals: A fraction is equal parts of a whole; read numerator/denominator; compare simple fractions with the same denominator or numerator.
Try it at home: Paper-plate pizza fractions; fold-and-color fraction strips.
Learning goals: All living things have life cycles (birth, growth, reproduction, death); compare butterfly, frog, and plant cycles; complete vs. simple metamorphosis basics.
Try it at home: Life cycle wheel (paper plate + brad); optional butterfly or tadpole observation kit.
Learning goals: Pushes and pulls make things move, stop, or change direction; a stronger push makes things go faster or farther.
Try it at home: Toy car ramp races at different heights; measure distance with string or blocks.
Learning goals: Earth's rotation causes day and night; shadows change length and direction during the day; patterns can be graphed.
Try it at home: Sidewalk-chalk shadow tracking at 3 times of day; flashlight-and-globe day/night demo.
Learning goals: Weather vs. climate; read simple weather data (temperature, rainfall) in tables and graphs; climates differ around the world.
Try it at home: One-week home weather station: jar rain gauge, thermometer log, bar graph.
We'll email you each new episode with its printable activity sheet.