Penguins doing yoga.

Keep calm and do yoga!

Today we had our relaxing yoga with the light of and calm yoga music, everyone sat down on the big round carpet and followed the teacher's moves. We stretched up our legs and arms, then our backs and bums. All tried and enjoyed doing yoga and some did some moves and just had a relaxing quiet time.

Purpose

To develop their motor skills.

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their ability to coordinate,awareness of their own body,as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.

Kiwis - Math activity

We talked and played with 2D shapes like: square, triangle, rectangle, circle, star. We collected different objects around the room in these shapes and we made a Frame craft using those also. Each child chose his favorite shape to make a  frame with it and pasted his own picture inside.

Children's interest: All our children took part in activity with pleasure. They went all over the class to find shapes and to match them on the carpet. They were also excited to paste the shapes frames on with their pictures.

Purpose: To learn to recognize shapes through fun matching and craft.

Connection to Lpfo: “Develop their ability to use mathematics to investigate, reflect over and test different solutions to problems raised by themselves and others.”

Ducklings, Art: Making a Funny Potato Face

As we introduced the vegetable potato by learning a new song: “one potato, two potatoes”, we encouraged the children right after that to make a potato face according to the image of a real potato. The children were given pipe cleaners, soft paper, googly eyes, filt and a big piece of brown paper. Then we did an art activity by decorating with all these different materials, and it finally became a big funny potato face. The children enjoyed this activity!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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.

Cockatoos- Making an Igloo

For our water and sand theme, Cockatoos glued, painted, and squeezed colors onto an igloo made of cotton. The Cockatoos had alot of fun dropping the colors onto the igloo. It was their favorite part.

purpose- to understand that some houses are made from snow that comes from water.

Lplö98- to develop their fine moto skills

to develop their creativity.

Flamingoes: Building an Igloo!!!

Flamingoes: Building an Igloo!!!!

It was lovely to see snow again! The flamingoes went to the hill for sledding. The children really enjoyed it.  After sledding the children spontaneously decided to built an igloo. As our theme for this year is houses and homes , it was great to see  flamingoes building the igloo  with amazing determination and team spirit !

Pedagog : Why are you rolling the snow ?

Child A: We are going to put them together to make an igloo.

Child B: Yes, we are making an igloo.

Child C : We will make an igloo for the people who do not have homes.

Connection to the Lpfö:

Develop their motor skills and ability to coordinate.

Develop their curiosity and enjoyment as well as their ability to play and learn

Develop their team building skills, cooperation and decision making.

Penguins having jolly phonics circle time

Jolly phonics circle time

This week the penguins started to have a jolly phonics circle time, we started to sing “ssssssss” the snake is in the grass and doing the body/hand movements. All the children really enjoyed and wanted to sing the song again and again.

Purpose

Learning jolly phonics songs

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms such as song and music.

Ducklings: Lilla Vasaloppet

We had Lilla Vasaloppet in the whole preschool. We left the preschool from 9:00 am in the morning and walking through the forest in the backyard and made the journey to the small park first. The children had the chance to do different educational activities on the way at different “stops”, they were feeding the birds, collecting natural objects like pinecones, branches, climbing ups and downs, walking zigzag in the small park. After that we were awarded blueberry soup at the last stop in the small park. After that we walked to the big park following the signs, and there they made their journey on the grass of the big park and played kicking the colorful balls to each other. At last they were awarded with bananas! Then we started to head back to the preschool! All the children were so tired but they challenged themselves and finally made the journey back to the preschool! At last, everyone was awarded medals by Principle Adriana who waited at the end point (preschool). We are so proud of your children!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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

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

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

Ducklings Math and Baking: Learning about Colors and Amounts of Tomatoes and Baking Tomato Pizza

We had circle time in the construction room by singing good morning songs and vegetable songs with the penguins. We showed the children different kinds of tomatoes (normal tomatoes, plommon tomatoes and cherry tomatoes), differ in their colors and sizes. The children also got the chance to practice counting as well as learning about colors and quantities of the tomatoes. Then we went downstairs in the dining room to make pizza with different kinds of tomatoes. Each child got the chance to touch and taste the different tomatoes and put the tomato pieces on the top of pizza dough. They have also a lot of fun tasting the tomato sauce as well.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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

To develop their curiosity and enjoyment as well as their ability to play and learn.

Cockatoos - Vasaloppet 2016

On the 8th of February we did Vasaloppet. First we went to the forest and put bird food in the trees. Then we went to the small park and had different stations. We also had a short break with blueberry soup. We walked all the way to the big park where we did the last station. The cockatoos did a great job and didn't complain at all. When we got back to school, the children got a medal from Adriana. 

Purpose: To learn more about Vasaloppet.

               To move their bodies.

Lpfö: Develop their gross motor skills.

         Develop their respect for nature.

         Develop their understanding of traditions.

                     

Celebrating Mini vasaloppet

Mini vasaloppet

Today we celebrated mini vasaloppet, we didn’t have snow but we had sport activities which was fun, all the penguins enjoy and worked really hard to reach the goal. We rolled down hill,ran, jumped and climbed, we had one stop where we rested and drank yummy blueberry soup.

When we reached the school,our principal gave us gold medals and diplomas for a  the obstacle course.

It was an interesting day,and everyone was so happy and liked being outside.

Purpose

Celebrating vasaloppet

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their motor skills. 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.

Kiwis - Water cycle

We talked about water cycle in circle time. We used props like boiling water to observe its vapours, sun, clouds, rain, thunder, raindrops, snowflakes flashcards to explain the process of the water cycle and its importance for all of us.

Children interest: Everybody was interested to observe the water vapors and excited to ask questions about raindrops and about the way water turns into snowdrops.

Purpose: To learn about water cycle through observing and listening.

LPFÖ : Develop their interest and understanding of the different cycles in nature, and now people, nature and society influence each other.

Penguins tomatoes sensory activity

Mashing tomatoes

This week we introduced the vegetable tomatoes for the children, today we made a tomato sensory activity, that some were a bit skeptical about at first but when a teacher showed how to do,they all tried and like it alot.

Some even tasted the mashed tomatoes, and smelt the peel of the tomatoes.

Purpose

Develop their senses

Develop their fine motor skills

Lpfö revised 2010

• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.
• Develop their creative abilities in many different forms.

Flamingoes: Color Changing Experiment!!!

Colour Changing Experiment

Milk was poured into  a plate and the children took turns to drip some different food colouring into the milk. Then they were asked to predict what would happen when a swab of liquid soap was added to the it and they never expected that there would be an an explosion of colours! The children were so fascinated and amazed.

Purpose: 

Fun and easy learning experience for the children.

To develop their  interest in Science.

To stimulate their curiosity and their drive to be inquisitive.

Lpfö:

To develop their interest and understanding of science, chemical processes and physical phenomena.

To develop their curiosity and ability to reflect, explore and to think independently, to analyse their findings and develop problem solving skills

    

 

Kiwis - Outing

Purpose: To train our gross motor skills and prepare for Vasaloppet event

Children interest: All our children were excited to see and explore new places.

LPFÖ : Develop their motor skills.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.

Ducklings Art: Making Circles with Cucumber Pieces and Green Water Color

We introduced cucumber by showing flashcards and videos last monday, and listened to the new cucumber song. For the art activity we did cucumber and carrot stamping painting with cucumber and carrot pieces. We learned the colors orange and green and the children used both orange and green water colors to paint on a piece of hard paper by stamping big and small circles with the vegetables. The children loved touching the vegetables and colors as well as drawing with them!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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.

To develop their motor skills.

To develop their curiosity as well as the ability to play and learn.