Week 11

Predict, then find out

Committing to a guess out loud and discovering you were wrong. Being wrong on purpose is a skill, and it is far easier to learn at three than at thirty.

The work

  1. Sink or float, properly

    You need: A bowl of water + a stone, a cork, a coin, a leaf, a spoon, a lime

    She predicts FIRST and puts the object under her guess on the mat. Then she tests. Anything she got wrong moves across, out loud.

  2. Check on the bean

    You need: The cup from week 10

    "What is different from yesterday?" She has the language to describe change over time — make her use it.

  3. Ice in the sun

    You need: Ice, two bowls

    One in the sun, one in the shade. She predicts which melts first, then comes back in an hour to find out.

Every week, not just this one

Practical life

Running the experiment herself — filling the bowl, carrying it, mopping up afterwards.

Her body

Do the whole thing outside and let her get properly wet.

Optional — watch together

Sink or Float for Kids and More Preschool Songs Ms Rachel · 64:05

Optional. Pause before each object and make her commit out loud.

"Sink or float?" before every single object. Then watch.

Week 11 · real objects on the mat

Predict first

I think it will SINK
I think it will FLOAT

Sort first. Name it only once sorting is easy.

Liv · Predict first
Week 11 · tape it up at her height

Planting a bean — steps

  1. 1fill the cup with soil
  2. 2make a hole with one finger
  3. 3put the bean in
  4. 4cover it
  5. 5water it
  6. 6put it where the sun is
  7. 7water it again tomorrow

Tape this by the cup so she can run it without being told.

Liv · Planting a bean — steps
Week 11 · for you, not for her

What I noticed

Week 11 — Predict, then find out. One line a day is plenty. Write what she did, not what she got right.

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Liv · What I noticed
Week 11 · English + ไทย

For whoever is at the table

Week 11 — Predict, then find out

Set out before she sits down

  • Sink or float, properly — A bowl of water + a stone, a cork, a coin, a leaf, a spoon, a lime
  • Check on the bean — The cup from week 10
  • Ice in the sun — Ice, two bowls

Every day, away from the table

  • A real job: Running the experiment herself — filling the bowl, carrying it, mopping up afterwards.
  • Her body: Do the whole thing outside and let her get properly wet.

How to run it

  • She predicts BEFORE testing, out loud. A guess after the fact is not a prediction.
  • When she is wrong, celebrate it: "you found something out!" Never "no, wrong."
  • Outside, and let her get wet.
  • Make her describe what changed with the bean, in her own full sentences.

วิธีทำ

  • ให้เธอทายก่อนทดลอง และพูดออกมาดังๆ
  • ถ้าเธอทายผิด ให้ชื่นชม: "หนูได้ค้นพบอะไรบางอย่างแล้ว" อย่าพูดว่า "ผิด"
  • ทำข้างนอก และปล่อยให้เธอเปียกได้
  • ให้เธอเล่าว่าต้นถั่วเปลี่ยนไปอย่างไร เป็นประโยคเต็มด้วยคำของเธอเอง