Ducklings: Finger Puppet show

We had a Finger puppet show with puppets made out of thermo balls and other craft materials. We sang the Five Fingers song and followed creating scenarios to explain about respect, friendship and help to others. It was great!

Purpose:

To develop their motor skills.

LPFO

• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.

Cockatoos - Solid and liquid experiment

We played with solid water colors by smashing them with a hammer into powder.We then sprinkled water and noticed how it turns from solid to liquid.
Children's interest: All the children were very excited to use the hammer and make powder but they were also interested to play with water bottles and to observe the change from solid to liquid.While they played they aske a range of questions about colors and about our experiment.
Purpose: To learn the change in the state of material from solid to  liquid
LPFÖ: Develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk about science.

Ducklings group:- Learn about dirty and Clean water

Activity:

During the celebration of World Water Day on 22nd March, 2017, we talked about water, why water is important for us, what is clean/dirty water and why we should drink clean water.

Purpose:To teach the children about difference between the clean & dirty water .

LPFO

Develop their understanding to differentiate between clean water and dirty water and use of clean water in day today life.

Peacocks Learn About The Water Cycle

Activity: 

In celebration of World Water Day on March 22nd and to get the children excited about our fundraiser Kids For Clean Water http://give.water.org/fundraiser/4934/ and summer charity party the children learned about the water cycle.  They also participated in activities that demonstrated precipitation and condensation.  

Purpose: 

• to teach the children about the water cycle

Connection to the Lpfö 98-revised 2016:

The preschool should strive to ensure that each child...

• develops their understanding of the different cycles of nature, and how people, nature and society influence each other

Penguins celebrating st.patricks day

Celebrating St. Patrick's day

This week we celebrated St. patrick's day on Thursday and on Friday. We baked green buns on Thursday they turned out to be really nice and tasty, we baked cinnamon and vanilla flavors. On Friday we made st. patricks hat and shamrock stamping using bell peppers and green paint.

Everyone had a lovely time and he all were green but happy .

Purpose

Celebrating st. patrick's day

Developing fine motor skills

LpfÖ 98 Revised 2016

• Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.

Ducklings: Jaramba Table

Jaramba Table

Jaramba table is enjoyable and meaningful learning for children. The children were so excited to play. All the children enjoyed playing and learning with Jaramba table. It was a new experience for them. We also played Jaramba on the ipad.

PURPOSE:-To develop their language

                  To have fun with Jaramba

Lpfo- Develop their ability to build ,create and construct using different technology works

- Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn.

Kiwis- maths Day

We celebrated mathematics day on Tuesday 13/3/2017. Peacocks kids have planed the activities for our kids with the help of the teachers. They have played game of prepositions by rolling the dices and made the clues in the papers. The second group was singing the song of ( There were ten on the bed) and countdown to one.

Purpose:

1- To celebrate Mathematics Day.

2- To learn abort prepositions in a playful way.

3- To learn how to countdown.

Lpfö:

Develop their understanding of prepositions and numbers.

Cockatoos Math Day

We visited Flamingos group and we played together for this special day.

Sorting lego by color children sorted different lego colors and build something with them using imagination

Shape hunt children looked after various shapes throughout the room: when they found them and matched they can play shapes car race      

Purpose: To revise sorting and shapes.To play with numbers and learn to cooperate within a larger group. LPFO: Develop their ability to use mathematics to investigate, reflect over and test different solutions to problems raised by themselves and others

penguins playing with jaramba

   

This week we started to play with the new table that is in the ikt & language room. It is called jaramba. Everyone was super excited to touch the table, at first it Didn't want to work, but in the end we made it work, and all the children started to press everything, open the new presents and so on. We also played jaramba on the ipad,which work even better, the took turns and played together.

Purpose

To develop their language

To learn more about technology

To have fun with Jaramba

Lpfö 98 Revised 2016

• Develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life,and explore how simple technology works
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn.

Circle time - Learning about Feelings

We displayed a range of pictures related to different feelings like: happy, sad, angry, surprised, scared, proud. We encouraged children to look  and to describe the pictures. They were very engaged in talking out loud and to express their opinions.We then used feelings masques made in front of the children and we changed the masques singing Feelings song.
Children's interest: Children were very happy to interact with teachers and imitate funny face expressions that shows a certain emotion like smile for happy, frown for angry, etc
Purpose: To introduce emotions names through game and pictures
LPFÖ:  Develop an interest in pictures, texts and different media,, as well as the ability to make use of, interpret and talk about them.