Mr McCoy invented the lubricating cup. This cup added oil where needed as needed rather than having to stop the train to lubricate the axles and bearings on the train!
So many inventors tried to copy McCoy's lubricating cup. Elijah McCoys lubricating cup! Oil and water do not mix! Give the children cups of water, pipettes and vegetable oil.
As they drop the oil into the cups of water, they will not only be working on their fine motor skills but also seeing that oil and water do not mix! Have the children help you to make these! The children can shake them to mix the water and oil and then watch as the oil and water separate! Materials needed: red, yellow, green and orange or black paper, scissors, glue sticks.
Have the children cut out large rectangles out of orange or black paper for the traffic light. Have the children cut or tear red, yellow and green paper and glue in the appropriate area on the traffic lights. Provide toy cars, toy traffic lights and a car mat or black paper and white crayons for the children to make roads with. These are investments that will be enjoyed for years to come in your classroom.
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Use a visual aid: A traffic light! Hold up a red light for them to stop, yellow to walk slow and green to GO!
Circle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme! Explain to the children what segregation was separating people by the color of their skin. Then decide how you will separate the children during Circle Time by attribute such as by boy or girl. Show them what segregation is by having all children with blonde hair stand on one side and brown or black hair on another side; or by eye color; or by who is wearing shoes and who is wearing sneakers.
After reading the book, display the book at the writing center. Provide markers or colored pencils and paper. Encourage the children to draw a picture about the story. While they are drawing, ask them to tell you about the story and their picture. Write down what they say to attach to their picture.
Bill "Bojangle" Robinson shook the entertainment world. It was awesome! He was on of the first African American performers to go solo. Not a big deal? Sure it was! There was a rule in Vaudeville at the time called the "two colored rule" when performing onstage. He overcame that! The movie I referred to above with Shirley Temple? He was the first African American to headline a mixed-race Broadway production.
You should read up on Mr. The list goes on and on! Materials needed: Different sized washers and yarn not string. Tie the yarn to the top of the children's shoes keeping the washer at the bottom of the shoe. We tried using CD's but they were too slippery and didn't make the cool sounds the washers did!
You can use these to teach rhythm, count taps and just free dance! Provide large, baseball-shaped papers with the word "Dodgers" on it and bingo daubers. For more baseball ideas, read through my Sports Theme for baseball themed ideas you can use to discuss Mr.
Introduce the children to Sarah "Madame" C. Walker, the inventor of the pressing comb. Make your dramatic play area into a hair salon by providing combs, brushes, dolls with hair, chairs, foam curlers, play hair dryers or old ones with the cords cut off , spray bottles with water, empty shampoo bottles.
Baby dolls with hair if you have them! For dolls with hair, the children can deliver them to the Dramatic Play Hair Salon when done shampooing. Woods invented the Telegraphony. It was a combination of the telegraph AND voice machine. It allowed people to use the same wire to send telegrams and messages on trains!
Tie off knots to the ends of 3 foot lengths of yard. Place the knots into the bottoms of 2 paper cups. One child places the open part of the cup to their ear.
Another child places the cup over their mouth. Voted 1 Preschool Blog ! Featured on:. Privacy Policy. Preschool Cubby. I KNOW, I know , you spend hours of time developing your preschool themes, activities and preschool lesson plans each week.
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Director Home Community. Workshops Store. Preschool Cubby Product Reviews. This activity focuses on the differences in skin color and how differences make us unique. Give each student a difference colored piece of construction paper. You could use colors that represent skin colors, or do more wild colors like red, purple, and green. Then, tape the hands to the wall. Have them all touch each other to represent holding hands.
Alternate colors to show that people with different skin colors can be friends. Studying black history month in preschool is a good way to slowly introduce important subjects to young minds.
Sarah Breedlove Walker, also known as Madam C. Walker, was the first female self-made millionaire in the United States. Walker created beauty products for Black women. She opened beauty schools that catered to Black hair. Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologic surgeon and inventor. She invented a tool that minimized cataracts in The LaserPhaco Probe has been widely used overseas.
Discussing cataracts may seem like a big topic for preschoolers. Consider focusing on eye-health. The picture book, Douglas You Need Glasses!
Sarah E. Goode owned a furniture store and answered the call of her customers who had small apartments and needed to maximize space. Sweet Dreams Sarah is a picture book for kids by Vivian Kirkfield, that chronicles her life from slavery to entrepreneurship. The inventor of the closed-circuit television system better known as CCTV, Marie Van Brittan Brown is credited with creating the first home security system.
The system included a camera, television monitors, and microphones and revolutionized surveillance. You can take creative liberty with this topic. Incorporate some spy or detective activities to go along with the Black History Inventors trace and color printable.
Mary Beatrice Kenner held many patents, including one for the all-important toilet paper holder. Save up those toilet paper rolls and get to crafting. Elijah McCoy invented the steam engine lubricator. He was a mechanical engineer whose patent helped save time and money for steam locomotive engine crews.
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