Remember When We. . . Made Discovery Bottles?

In a strange twist, today's "Remember When We…" post originally took place almost 2 years to the day!

After looking at several examples of discovery bottles online--and searching Pinterest for inspiration and directions!--we dove into the project with our K-5 librarian friend Ms. Taylor from Shuler Elementary in Waukee, IA. 

How did the bottles turn out? Take a look:

All 3 of us were able to take 6 bottles to our libraries to use as a center. Some of the bottles were school colors-related, some were beach-themed, and others were ABC-related. We even had magnetic discovery bottles! While the project took a lot of planning and a full morning of construction, the bottles remain one of our students' favorite centers!

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Discovery Bottles as a Library Center

Thanks to some wonderful blogs by other teacher librarians and elementary teachers, we were inspired to create our own discovery bottles to use as a library center. A friend and colleague--along with our children and their friends--joined us to put all sort of trinkets into our bottles of colorful rice!

Once we had everything prepared, we made DC-G bottles in red and white, beach bottles, themed bottles (food, colors, nature), and a magnetic discovery bottle. Look for them this fall as a library center along with many other new additions!