My Science Adventure - Nursery •Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development •Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning •Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed •Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment •Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning •Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.

1. MY SCIENCE ADVENTURE
Nurser y

2. My Science Adventure
Nursery
Textbook
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The Editorial Board
Author
Ceneza J. Miranda has masteral units in Education from the Ateneo de Manila University. She
graduated from Miriam College with a bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Education. She
has authored several preschool textbooks and teachers’ manuals. She has been teaching kindergarten
pupils for 16 years and has served as the Academic coordinator for Language Arts at the Miriam
College Child Study Center before she left for US.
Consultant
Mona R. Alagar holds a master’s degree in Pre-Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s College–
Quezon City and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College–Quezon City. She is a
college instructor and currently preschool area coordinator at St. Pedro Poveda College.

3. TO THE LEARNER
Science is all about discovery. Each day in your
life, you experience and discover something different
and something new to you. These discoveries lead to
learning. You may not know it, but there is science
involved in the things that you do everyday.
This book will help you in your discoveries. It will
explain to you what is happening, how it happens and
why it happens. This book will help you answer the many
questions you have in your mind. As you read along and
do the activities in the pages of this book, one discovery
might lead to other questions. Just keep on asking the
questions in your mind. All discoveries of our famous
scientists began with a question. Who knows, you might
be a famous scientist someday!
The Author

4. TO THE TEACHER
This Science book is all about discovery. This
is a book that will lead the students to ask questions
and discover new things as they search for answers to
their questions. Your role as a teacher is to explain
to the students through experiential activities how
the concepts happen and why they happen. To be able
to enrich learning, make your activities as interactive
as possible. Encourage an active participation from
your students so that they will learn by first hand
experience.
This book is only one of the tools that will help your
students learn. Your daily preparation in the classroom
will make the concepts in this book come alive. After
engaging the students in various hands on activities,
support your findings with explanations.
This book is also a helpful resource for parents
who should also be involved in the teaching and
learning process. There are review and enrichment
activities that may be done at home. By soliciting the
participation of parents, we are assured that learning
goes on even after school.
Have a wonderful discovery!

5. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1 Myself
Lesson 1 My Body ..............................................................................................2
What Am I .........................................................................................2
My Body Parts ..................................................................................9
Lesson 2 My Senses ....................................................................................... 20
My Sense of Sight.......................................................................... 21
My Sense of Hearing .................................................................... 38
My Sense of Smell ........................................................................ 43
My Sense of Taste ........................................................................ 48
My Sense of Touch........................................................................ 56
Lesson 3 What My Body Needs .................................................................. 65
Food .................................................................................................. 65
Water ............................................................................................... 66
Clothes ..............................................................................................67
Exercise ........................................................................................... 69
Rest and Sleep ............................................................................... 70
Lesson 4 How Do I Take Care of My Body ............................................... 72
Lesson 5 Being Safe at Home ...................................................................... 75
Lesson 6 I Am Growing .................................................................................. 77
Unit 2 Plants and Animals
Lesson 1 Plants ................................................................................................. 81
Different Parts of Plants ............................................................ 82
Leaves............................................................................................... 86
Flowers ............................................................................................. 89
Fruits ................................................................................................. 91
Seeds ................................................................................................ 94
Things Plants Need ....................................................................... 96
Things Plants Give to Us .............................................................. 99
Lesson 2 Animals ........................................................................................... 104
Pet Animals .................................................................................... 105
Farm Animals .................................................................................107
Zoo Animals ................................................................................... 109
Body Parts of Animals ..................................................................111
Movements of Animals ................................................................123

6. Sounds Animals Make ..................................................................128
Mother and Baby Animals .......................................................... 130
Things Animals Need ...................................................................134
Things Animals Give Us ...............................................................143
Unit 3 Things around Me
Lesson 1 Solids around Me ..........................................................................149
Things at Home ............................................................................ 150
Things in School ........................................................................... 157
Things in My Community ............................................................. 161
Lesson 2 Different Shapes of Solids .......................................................166
Solids with the Shape of a Circle .............................................166
Solids with the Shape of an Oval .............................................168
Solids with the Shape of a Square ..........................................170
Solids with the Shape of a Rectangle .....................................172
Solids with the Shape of a Triangle ......................................... 174
Solids with the Shape of a Diamond ........................................176
Lesson 3 Weight of Solid Objects .............................................................183
Solids That Are Heavy............................................................... 184
Solids That Are Light ................................................................. 184
Unit 4 Earth, My Planet
Lesson 1 The Planet Earth .......................................................................... 191
Lesson 2 Land .................................................................................................193
Different Landforms ...................................................................195
Uses of Land .................................................................................200
Taking Care of the Land .............................................................210
Lesson 3 Water ..............................................................................................212
Water Forms..................................................................................215
Uses of Water.............................................................................. 220
Saving Water ................................................................................ 222
Lesson 4 Weather......................................................................................... 224
Sunny Day...................................................................................... 225
Rainy Day ....................................................................................... 226
Lesson 5 Day and Night .............................................................................. 228
Daytime .......................................................................................... 228
Nighttime ...................................................................................... 229

7. UNIT
1

8. Lesson
1
What Am I?
Color the pictures of the girl and the boy.
Trace the word in broken lines.
I am a girl. I am a boy.
Dear Parents,
Help your child know about the characteristics of a girl and a boy. Let him
or her talk about clothes, toys, and other personal belongings as well as colors he
or she prefers. Tell your child what makes him or her special to you.
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9. Are you a girl or a boy?
Put a check in the correct box.
I am a boy.
I am a girl.
Myself 3

10. Circle all the girls in the picture.
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11. Check all the boys in the picture.
Myself 5

12. What do boys wear?
Color what boys wear.
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13. What do girls wear?
Color what girls wear.
Myself 7

14. Who wears these things? Draw lines to
match the boy and the girl with the things
they wear.
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15. My Body Parts
Sing the song below. Point to the body parts
mentioned as you sing.
head
ear eye
nose mouth
shoulder
knee
toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Myself 9

16. Draw your face and hair in the box.
Color your hair.
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17. Trace your right hand below.
Myself 11

18. Trace your left hand below. Then sing the
song.
I have two hands, the left and the right.
Hold them up high so clean and bright.
Clap them softly, 1, 2, 3.
Clean little hands are good to see.
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19. Trace each foot.
Myself 13

20. Circle the body parts that you have.
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21. Draw a picture of your body below.
Myself 15

22. Draw the missing part of each face.
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23. Draw the missing part of each face.
Myself 17

24. Draw lines to match the body parts with
their uses.
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25. Color the pictures that show what your
body parts can do.
Myself 19

26. Lesson My Senses
2
Name the five sense organs. Color the
pictures.
Dear Parents,
Your child will learn about the five sense organs in this lesson. Provide
activities that will help your child discover and learn more about the things
around him or her using his or her different sense organs. Make sure that he or
she exercises proper care for each sense organ.
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