Cockatoos- making art

Cockatoos in the back yard threw eggs filled with different colors of paint on to a canvas to make art. They had a lot of fun and we finished the activity with colors everywhere :) 

Purpose

To have fun with art

Connection to Lpfö98`?

To develop their creativity

Ducklings Pretending to be Tigers near the Forest

Last Friday we went outing in the forest our backyard. We pretended to be little tigers by wearing the tiger masks we made on Monday and imitating the sound “Roar….” of tigers. We ate the rice cakes and fruit near the backyard and came back earlier to the preschool to prevent the harmness from the solar eclipse. However, all the children were having fun exploring the nature as little tigers!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their motor skills

To develop ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.

Flamingoes- Making the Terrariums

Flamingoes- Making the Terrariums

The flamingoes watched a short video to learn about how terrariums work, the water cycle and how we can build them . Then we made our very own terrariums!!! We first filled the jars with gravel, then the soil and seeds and finally we sprinkled some water and closed the jars. The children are looking forward to see their plants grow!!!

Purpose:  

To develop interest in different cycles in nature

Planting and caring for living things encourages discovery and a love for nature. 

To understand the water life cycle i.e evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

To instill a sense of responsibility for the environment

Connection to lpfö: 

To develop their interest in science, nature and develop love and care for the environment

Kiwis Maths activity

Kiwis learnt about small, medium and big (large). They identified various sizes of the porridge bowls and could paste those in sequence from small to big. We recapped The Three bears and Goldilocks story.

Lpfö: "develop their mathematical skill in putting forward and following reasoning."

Ducklings Math: Learning and putting different shapes on a letter "Z" Zebra

As we talked about the zebra and also that the zebra have different type of stripes shapes rectangular and triangular we also mentioned that Zebra starts with a “Z”. The children glued the different shapes onto the letter “Z”.  Each child got their turn to come in the front to pick a certain shape to paste on by themselves.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their early math skills.

To develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and basic properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurements, time, and change.

To develop their constructive skills.

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Cockatoos- Math Day

We had our annual Futura Math Day where we celebrate by doing a series of math activities.

Lpfö98-" develop their math abilities"

Flamingoes: suncatchers

BUTTERFLY SUN CATCHERS

To welcome the beautiful sunshine, in the Art room the flamingoes made suncatchers. We first talked about what suncatchers were and what happens when the light passes through them. Then they were given templates of butterflies and flowers and they had to cut and glue crepe paper on them. They also decorated them with glitter.We displayed them on the windows of the five senses room and when the light passes through them, it creates a really interesting effect. It was a fun way to decorate and brighten up our windows.

Purpose: 

To learn different techniques for art and develop their creativity 

To develop their awareness of their environment.

To develop their fine motor skills, patience and concentration

Connection to lpfo

Develop their creativity

Develop interest in nature

PEACOCKS - caterpillars at school

Caterpillars at school

On Tuesday March 10th we received a very small package at school that came all the way from England to Sweden. In the little box was a jar with 5 very hungry caterpillars!

In circle time we spoke about the life cycle of the caterpillar and about the caterpillars in the jar. These caterpillars have food at the bottom of the jar and they need to be in a warm environment and out of the direct sun. We found a good spot for them in the art room.

Every day since we have checked on them. They have been eating a lot and the children could see the difference with a week ago. They are growing and growing and hopefully they will go into metamorphosis soon.

Lpfö:

* Develop their interest and understanding of the different life cycles in nature

* Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, as well as knowledge of plants and animals

Flamingoes- Frog Art

In the Art Room, the flamingoes did an art activity of a frog which is related to the life cycle of a frog from the theme changes. They had to add salt to the picture of a frog which was outlined with glue. They then had to use a sponge to dab the paint onto the dried salt.

Purpose:  

For the children to learn different art techniques.

lpfö 98:

To develop their fine motor skills.

To develop their creativity.

PEACOCKS - life cycle of a plant

Life cycle of a plant

On Monday the Peacocks have started to discuss the life cycle of a plant. One of the activities we did was to make a Plantarium. First the children watched a movie about the Plantarium.

The children have planted some seeds in a jar filled with yell. Because of the yell the children can see the plants and the roots grow.

We leave it in a cupboard for one week. We will check the seeds everyday and will continue for the next few weeks.

We talked about what will happen to the seeds; how they grow, what they need to grow and how long it will take for one seed to grow.

In two weeks we hope to see a small plant growing from the seeds!

Lpfö:

* Develop their understanding of plant life cycle

* Develop their observation skills

* Develop their interest and care for nature

Ducklings: Math, Putting Different Shapes on a Sea Turtle as Shell Patterns

Last tuesday we talked about different shapes (circle and triangle). We made a big turtle with a empty shell design, which the children could design by sticking green paper shapes onto the turtle shell. The ducklings kids were very activated to come into the front to take part in the activity by turn. Some children can even say the word "turtle" very correctly. We are so proud of your children!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their early math skills.

To develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and basic properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurements, time, and change.

To develop their constructive skills.

Cockatoos- Going to the theater!

We went on an outing to täby theater for our lets pretend theme. We watched a dragon, a princess, and a knight in the theater. We even learned about accepting differences!

lpfö98- to develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.

PEACOCKS

Peacocks - life cycle of the frog

In the science room we talked about the life cycle of the frog.

For that we did three activities. In one the children had the lay down the frog life cycle in the correct order and match the objects to the pictures.

In the other activities the children had a frog memory card game and a drawing.

In the last activity, with careful observation, the children had to match the different frog pictures.

Lpfö:

* Develop their interest and understanding of the different cycles in nature

* Develop interest in pictures and sequencing of picture cards

Writing Calligraphy for Chinese New Year Celebrating

In order to develop their interest of their own culture as well as other cultures, we did a fun art activity to celebrate the Chinese new year “goat” year: Practicing writing calligraphy for the word “Goat” in Chinese. The materials needed for this activity are red construction paper, black water color and brush. Each child were given an opportunity to write their own unique calligraphy “goat”. This is also connected to our IPC theme animals. The children were learning to write according to the dashed pattern written already in pencil on the red paper, then they were guided by that in order to know how does the calligraphy strokes look like and to finish the writing with help of the teachers.

We have been working on the Lpfö:

To feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.

To develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions, thoughts and experiences in many different forms, such as play, pictures, song and music, dance and drama.

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