Kiwis- Lilla Vasaloppet

Lilla Vasaloppet- 2018

One of our international traditions is celebrating Lilla Vasaloppet. Every year we spent
the whole morning outside and participate in different outdoors activities. For this year,
we had to go through different stations with different tasks. We started our 1st station in
the forest (kids had to collect pine cones). The 2nd station was to make a circle and
choose their favorite song. The 3rd station was to jump 10 times. The 4th station was to
run towards the swimming pool. The 5th station was to play hot potato. The last station
was tug the war. After we finished all the stations, we had blueberry soup and bananas
for snack. The next day we rewarded our children with diplomas for completing the race.
Kids enjoyed a lot.

Purpose:

• To celebrate the preschool´s  traditions and ceremonies.
• To work as a big team and achieve the goal.
• To know about Lilla vasaloppet and get basic knowledge of winter sport in Sweden.

Lpfö 98 rev 2016:

“ Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures”

     Kiwis - Exploring the seesaw and balancing

We found some pieces of wood and the children tried building with them but the tower fell down so we had a think about what to do with the blocks instead. One child started standing on one block testing the weight on toes and heels. We all wanted to see how it was standing on them so we built a path, two blocks ended up on eachother creating a seesaw!

Purpose:

• Letting children's own interest stand in focus when developing ideas into activities.
• Practising balancing, and gross motorskills.
• Judging space between steps.
• Testing the effect of weight on the seesaw.  
• Using social skills like taking turns, helping and encouraging each other.

Lpfö 98, rev 2016:

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

Develop their motor skills.

Kiwis- Thanksgiving

                                       Thanksgiving Day 2017

Last week we celebrated thanksgiving by creating turkey using different materials. We enjoyed watching a play about that tradition was performed by big kids and listening to a song. Then we had special thanksgiving lunch. All of us enjoyed the day.

Purpose:

• To know and learn about thanksgiving and its specialities.
• To be part of international tradition and ceremonies.

Lpfö 98 revised 2016:

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

Kiwis- water drop

This summer party Will be one of the sourcesof donation for clean water to people in need of clean water. We are working with our kids to learn and understand about the importance of water for our life. Every week we are planning one activity relaterad to water. One of the activities, Kids have been asked to fill a drawing of water drop with blue colored water drops. Kids enjoyed filling the water drops. After that, we asked the kids to blend the sounds that form word water. They tried well.

Purpose: 

1- To know about water, its uses and its importance for us.

2- To develop their hand- eye coordination.

3- To develop their learning of Jolly Phonics.

Lpfö 98:

Develop their undestanding of science and its relation to nature.

Develop their fine motor skills.

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.

Kiwis- Forest fun

One of our main focus area is healthy living. That time we went to the nearby forest where kiwis liked to climb and explore new places and enjoy their time as Wall as keep their body healthy. It also helps them to develop their motor and their gross motor skills.

Purpose:

1- To keep their body healthy.

2- T develop their motor skills.

3- To play and learn.

Lpfo:

Develop their motor skills and their ability to maintain their body healthier .

Mathematics

Mathematics: kiwis had to match the number written on the mother fish by putting same number of baby fishes. Everybody took part in this activity.

Purpose: to develop their early math skills.

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

Kiwis-Yoga

One of our main focus areas is healthy living. Kids were stretching their bodies in different directions in order to make elephant. They were good at following the teacher's instruction, and they had great fun too.

Purpose:

-To maintain their body healthy.

-To know about yoga and how we can use our bodies in different directions.

Lpfo:

- 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- Children rights

Article 24:

You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water, nutritious food,, a clean and safe environment, and information to help you stay well.

We showed the kids two different kinds of food and water ( clean/ dirty water, good/ bad food). We asked the kids to try to eat and drink from both kinds. They refused to drink the dirty water or to eat the bad food. On the other hand they drank the clean water and tasted the good food.  We explained to them that everybody and every child in the whole world has the right to get clean water to drink and good food to eat, as well as safe environment in order to be healthy and grow strong.

Purpose:

- To learn about children's rights.

- To know that everyone has the right to drink clean water and eat good and healthy food.

- To know how we maintain our body healthy, strong, and energetic. 

Lpfo 98:

Develop their motor skills, ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintains their own health and well- being.

Kiwis- Swedish Circle time

We have Swedish circle time twice a week. We asked the kids to pick one cards on their own choices and then we sing in Swedish. Each child has the opportunity to participate and get to learn new words and rhymes in Swedish.

Purpose:

- To learn new words in Swedish.

- To have the opportunity to show their interests.

- To develop their social skills.

Lpfo 98:

Develop their spoken language and vocabulary in Swedish.

Kiwis real experience of caterpillar in a cocoon

Our theme of this school year is Changes. 
The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of our main tools to get our kids understand and know the meaning of Changes. After we have read that story, we showed the kids how the caterpillar ,that they found in our preschool yard, has build a cocoon around herself. They saw that part in the story and then in the real life. They were so excited 😆and wondering when is it going to change into a butterfly?🤔 We explained to them that, it needs some days in order to change into a butterfly then they can see it in real. 

Purpose:

-To learn about the life cycle of the butterfly.

-To learn new vocabulary and terms.

-To improve the kids' interests and curiosity.

Lpfo 98:

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

* Develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary, and concepts.

Kiwis - Garden week

We learned how to plant different seeds like grass, red pepper, radish and dill seeds. We watered and place them in the sun light but we also took care of them during the week. 

Purpose: To learn about gardening and planting.

Children's interest: All the children were curious to see different seeds, to touch the soil and help the teacher in the whole process of planting.

LPFÖ: Develop a respect for all forms of life, as well as care for their immediate environment.

Kiwis - Toy Day

Our children brought toys from home and showed those to everybody. Each one came in front of the group and described them.They played with their toys and shared their toys with their friends in the class.

Children's interest: Our children were proud to show and tell something about their favorite toy. They played together and shared their toys with other children.

Purpose: To encourage free speech and sharing toys within the group.

LPFŌ: Develop their self-autonomy and confidence in their own ability.

Kiwis - Math Day

We counted the parts of the umbrella and put the same number of sticks with those. Some of us could recognize the number also.

Purpose: To continue practice counting, matching quantity with number and recognizing number symbols.

Children's interest: Every child liked to count colored sticks and to find the number symbols on the umbrella

LPFÖ:

Kiwis - Circle Time

    We learned about different water vehicles like cruise, sailboat, skijet, etc. We also learned about various water sources like lakes, rivers and oceans. We showed the  pictures to children to understand it better.

Children's interest: All the children were curious to see how a river or a cruise looked like and they answered to teacher's questions.

Purpose: To learn about ocean, river, lake.

LPFÖ: Develop an interest in pictures,text and different media, as well as the ability to make use of interpret and talke about them.

Green screen

Kiwis learned how to use the green screen. We have been working about water animals and creating puppets. The children acted out themselves in the sea and pointed out the water animals. 

Children's interest : Everybody was so excited. They participated pushing keys and downloading pics.

Purpose: to introduce digital education as a tool for learning.

Lpfö : to develop their interest in different media and technology.

          To develop their creativity and imagination.

Kiwis - Revising shapes using Rangoli

We recapped 2D shapes like: circle, oval, square, rectangle using indian Rangoli . Each child had different Rangoli choices like  printed shape on the paper, a pattern in playdough or a model on the floor to fill these with different colored seeds.

Children's interest: All the children wanted to try different choices and and they were happy to see the result.

Purpose: To recap shapes using indian Rangoli.

LPFÖ: Develop their ability to distinguish, express, examine and use mathematical concepts and their interrelationships.

Kiwis-Rainbow counting

Purpose: To learn counting in a row up to 7.
Children's interest: All our children were happy to count the rainbow's colours.
LPFÖ: "Develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and the basic property of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurements, time and change."

Cockatoos-Green Screen Weather Activity

The peacocks, flamingoes and kiwis were all introduced to working with the green screen a few weeks back. They had a lot of fun exploring the different environments and then watching themselves on the green screen afterwards. Each group explored a different environment and had to listen for instructions as well  as come up with their own lines. Some even added their voices to the animals sounds using Puppet Pals. These multi step projects are great for working on communication, listening, and creativity skills. Overall, they were amazed to be able to interact in these new environments.

Purpose: To introduce digital tools as a tool for learning and exploration.

Lpfö98- To develop their ability to have fun and learn
To develop their interest in different media and technology.
To develop their ability to listen and communicate.

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.”