Turtle making out of recycled materials

Turtle craft

The children made a turtle made of egg cartons. They diy it first and we let it dry. The teacher prepared a turtle body and the children will paste it together.

Purpose:
To develop their creativity and to recycled material.

Lpfö:
Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions, thoughts and experiences in many different forms such as plays, pictures, songs, music ,dance and drama.

Ducklings: Sensory Activity with Jelly

Sensory Activity/Play with Jelly

We did a sensory activity using jelly in the water room. We had 2 different flavoured jelly for the activity. The children touched the jello, felt it, mashed it with hands and even tasted it. Some children likes the taste and some didn’t like. They They had a lot of fun playing with Jelly. 

Purpose: 

To develop their sensory skills.

To develop their fine motor skills.

Lpfö 98 rev. 2018:

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

Yoga 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️

Today we  had Yoga in the drama room. They did  the yoga very well and they enjoyed  Yoga time. We  finished Yoga with Nameste. Having Yoga was  fun 😍 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️

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        Lpfo:


                         Develope their motor skills. Ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body,as
                         well a understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-
                         being.
                       

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Celebrating World Down Syndrome Day

The children and teachers wear different socks in honor to celebrate the world Down syndrome day.
It’s a simple but very powerful meaning.

Purpose:
That every child should be treat same with or without disabilities.

Lpfö:
Develop openness,respect, solidarity and responsibility.

Learning Jolly Phonics with AR app

We were in the ICT room. We learned jolly phonics sounds useing AR app.
All the kids enjoyed this activity and they wanted to do again and again.
It was a lots of fun.

Lpfö:
       
           Develope their understanding of technology.
           Develope their ability to identify technology

Purpose:
           
               Develope their curiosity and enjoyment as well as play and learn.

               

penguins feeling birds

Today we were in the forest and feed the birds. We put bird food in their houses. The children enjoyed it and they were so happy.

Purpose:

To be able to the children expose, enjoy and valde the nature.

LPFÖ:
Respect for all forms of life, as well as care for their immediate

environment.

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Cockatoos Garage band

We were  working with Garage band app. for do more interactive our learning, The kids choose the music and them they played with the iPad. When they finished we used for week Imovie and we send to the parents.

They enjoyed a lot with the iPad and created the music.

LPFÖ: To develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life, and explore how technology works. 

Playing together with the Ipad and learning to take turns : ) 

Ducklings: Toy Sharing

Toy Sharing and Play Day

We had a play day/toy sharing day. The children brought one of their toys from home. They played   with their own toys and also shared their toys with each other and played together very cooperatively. They were so happy for sharing their toys with their friends. 

Purpose: 

To learn about sharing, to take turn and to play cooperatively.

Lpfö 98 rev. 2018: 

Develop openness, respect, solidarity, and responsibility. 

 

Exploring with jaramba table🦖

Today we are in the ICT room and played with jaramba table. Kids feed the Dinosaur. They feed it with different yummy food for hungry Dinosaur. So we all  enjoyed a lot 🦖

Lpfö:
           
              Develope their understanding of technology.
              Develop their ability to identify technology.


Purpose:

              Develope their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as play and learn.

Ducklings: Montessori Math

Montessori Math: Learning About Shapes and Colours

In the Maths and Construction room we did a Montessori Math activity by making a penguin using  colour papers cut in different shapes. The children made penguin’s head and with black square, body with white circle and feet & beak with orange triangles. The activity helped them to learn about shapes and colours.

Purpose: 

To develop their cognitive skills.

To develop their early maths skills.

To develop their motor skills.

Lpfö 98 rev 2018:

Develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and the basic

properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurement, time
and change,

penguins toy sharing

We have a lovely day today. The children brought their own toys and shared it to everyone because sharing is loving 😍🥰❤️❤️❤️

Purpose: the importance of sharing 

Lpfö

• develop their identity and feel secure in themselves,

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

Science-Cockatoos

How certain foods can change.

We were working with finding out about how certain foods can change.

We talked  to the children first and find out how much they know.

We asked them how to make an ice cube, what happens

when you boil pasta or an egg, what happens when you leave ice-cream

out in the sun, etc.

Then we gave them the opportunity to experience of some of these changes.

Making Jelly, ice cream and Bread!

The kids really like to make food and experiment all these changes :)

LPfÖ:

Develop their ability to distinguish, explore,document, put questions about

 and talk about science.

  

          

Chinese New Year celebration

This week we celebrated Chinese pig new year by painting pink plates and making them into face masks. We went into the gym where the mirror were decorated with the new year theme, Poh ling (flamingos teacher)  was dressed up and explained of how we should celebrate this tradition and showed us what all the decoration ment. Each one of us got a lucky envelope with fortune inside and a clementine. In the afternoon the  whole school ate noodles with vegetables using chopsticks.

Purpose

Celebrate Chinese new year

Develop fine motor skills

Lpfö 98 Revised 2010

• Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.
• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms.
  

  
  

                                   Sink and float   

During the Week, we introduced the concept of floating and sinking. For this activity, we asked the kids to play with water and some fruits and vegetables as well as other objects. It was good experience of introducing the concept of floating and sinking. While playing, we talked to the kids about things float and others sink. They experienced the knowledge through practice and actual involvement. We extended the learning throughout worksheet activity.  Each child was trying to put different food and objects in water, then they pasted pics of the same objects on paper with pictures of two containers of water. Many kids were able to reflect their understanding of the concept on the paper, while few kids needed some help.

Purpose:

• To achieve the goal of Grid 10 and introduce the concept of floating and sinking.
• To know, experience and practice about sinking and floating.
• To develop their Cognitive skills.

Lpfö 98 revised 2016:

“Develop their understanding of science and relationship to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena”

        

Penguin: Learning About ICT

Learning About ICT

The children learned about some educational apps this week. With the help of some apps, they learned about counting and recognizing numbers, matching pairs and learning some words on iPad. This was really a fun educational activity for them and they enjoyed using apps and learning new things.

Purpose: 
To use ICT as one of our focus areas in children’s learning. 
To help to develop children’s knowledge and application of ICT.

Lpfö 98 rev 2018: 
Develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life, and explore how simple technology works.

Building gingerbread house

Penguins building gingerbread house 

Today we build our gingerbread house by decorating it with different color icing and chocolate chips as well as salt sticks, the children tasted everything we put on the house. It was a fun tasting Christmas activity.

Purpose

Building and decorating Christmas gingerbread house 

Lpfö 98 Revised 2018

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

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Fun with Shapes And Blue Bot

Fun with Shapes and Blue Bot !

Children were introduced to an array of shapes - the triangle, square, rectangle, circle,
pentagon and diamond shapes. To reinforce the concept of those shapes, we had some
fun games in store for the children! They had to roll a dice with the shapes on each face,
and  had to measure the number of steps it would take for Blue bot to get to the shape
rolled on the dice . Subsequently, they had to program some commands for the robot
in order for it to get there!

It was a great learning experience for children, they learned both about shapes and ICT.

Purpose:

To be able to  recognise and learn the names of the different shapes

To learn how the Blue Bot works

Connection to the Lpfö:

Develop their understanding of shapes and develop their ability to identify technology
and explore how simple technology works.

Thanksgiving celebration- cockatoos

Thanksgiving celebration

In our school we celebrated thanksgiving day. The cockatoos group were in the art room and we did thanksgiving cards for say thank you about something that they want it. They painted their hands and made a turkey in a paper. They enjoy with the diferents colors that they used.

Purpose: To be involve in different cultures and celebration and work with our fine motor skills and sensory skills. 

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

Penguins: Baking ginngerbreads (pepparkakor)

Baking Gingerbreads (Pepparkakor)

We baked gingerbreads (pepparkakor) for Lucia Fika. The children rolled the dough and made different shapes of Cookies (hearts, pigs, Christmas trees, stars, gingerbread man, elks etc.) using cookie cutter. The children learned about  counting, measuring and shapes. Some of them were very excited to recognize the shapes and tell the teachers what they were. Rolling the dough and making different shapes with cookie cutters helped them to develop their muscle control and eye-hand coordination. The activity also helped them to develop confidence in their abilities and as well as motivated them to work in a team.

Purpose:
To develop their fine motor skills.
To develop their understanding of shapes, quantity, numbers etc. 

Lpfö:
Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures. 

Ducklings thanksgiving cups

Thanksgiving turkey cups

 Today, we did our thanksgiving turkey cups. They glued feathers and turkey face on the cups.

Purpose

Celebrating tradition

Lpfö 98 revised

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