Ducklings: Matching colors

We played a color matching game in the Construction Room. The students were given pom-pom balls, beads and crayons of different colors and given the task of matching each object to cups of the same colors.  They had a great time! 

Purpose: To develop their early math abilities.

                    To develop their motor skills. 

The Lpfö we have been working on:

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 mathematical skill in putting forward and following reasoning.

Ducklings: Valentine's Day

For our Valentine's Day activity, the children got red pieces of paper each that were folded into cards. They decorated the cards border with glitter, confetti and other shiny craft materials. They were super enthusiastic about it and the card frames turned out great! Later on we had their pictures printed and placed in the middle of the card. The children had a great time and loved surprising their parents when they came to pick them up!


Purpose: To develop their creativity and early fine arts ability.

Lpfö 2010:
Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions and experiences in many different forms, such as play, pictures, song and music, dance and drama.

Ducklings: Math activity

We had circle time in Math and Construction room. We played a game called ‘Number Triangle’, where we made triangle and round shapes using construction paper. With colored sticky balls, the children had to match the round shapes on the triangle with the correct color and, finally, count how many balls were there. They were very excited about it and all did a great job! :-)

Purpose:
Develop their early math abilities.
Develop their motor skills.


Lpfö 2010 revised:
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.

Penguins Making a birthday book

Making a birthday book

Today all the children made a birthday book for two of the children in the group. They picked if they wanted paint,crayons or pen to draw something nice, they also took a bunch of birthday stickers and put it on their drawing. They had fun adding different colors on their drawing, and the children who got the book was very happy.

Purpose

To celebrate a birthday

To develop their fine motor skills

Lpfö Revised 2010

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

Ducklings: Friendship Color Mixing

We had Circle Time in the Gym. We introduced two new jolly phonics sounds “W” and “X”. We counted who was present with the Ducklings Family Tree by putting apples flashcards on the tree with the children’s pictures. Later on, we introduced the meaning of “Friends”, who we love to spend time with, to help as well as to cooperate with. Then we had an art activity called “Friendship color mixing”: every two children made a pair and chose a color to paint their hand with. They mixed the color with their friend’s color on the hand to create a new one. Finally they used the new color to create hand prints on a big piece of white paper. All the children had a lot of fun while playing and helping each other as well as learning about the color theory.

Purposes:

To develop their creativity skills

To develop their early science skills

To develop their ability to work in group

Lpfö:

Develop their ability to build, create and construct using different techniques, materials and tools.

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

Penguins showing different emotions

Different emotions

This week we talked and acted our feelings out, looking into the mirror and making different emotional faces. Everyone got halved piece of  plate and glued on a  Popsicle, looked in the big mirror and made a face, we teachers helped drew a  eg. happy,sad,excited..etc face on the plate, we got to change our emotions, while looking in the mirror.

Purpose

Develop their awareness of the different emotions.( sad, happy, angry, sleepy)

Develop their ability to express their feelings and also how to change it. Eg when she/he is sad what do we do to make him/ her happy.

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their understanding the different emotions and how to change it.
• Develop their ability to express their emotions according to the situation.

Ducklings: Making Face Art Crafts with Different Emotions

We reviewed the emotions we learned last week with flashcards and then the children were divided into two groups doing an art activity about emotions. The children were given round colored construction paper to represent the faces and also googly eyes, pipe cleaners  and colorful stickers as five senses on the face. The children made different facial emotions with the help of the teachers like happy, sad, scared, sick and surprised faces.

Purpose:

To develop their fine motor skills.

To learn about different senses on their faces (IPC All About Me: My Body)

To develop their early knowledge on emotions and emotion management.

The Lpfö we have been working wtih:

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.

Ducklings: Sense of Touch, How it Feels…

We did a sensory activity about hands. The children were presented with different types of materials: feathers sponge, sandpaper, furs, wood piece and cotton. This trained their sense of touch and they learned about the feelings of bumpy, hard, soft, very rough, spongy, scratchy, furry, smooth and fluffy. The children liked the activity and all the children tried to feel everything. This is also part of our activity of the week: all about my hand according to our IPC Unit All about Me- My Body.

The Lpfö we have been working with:

To develop their ability to listen, reflect and express their own views and try to understand the perspectives of others.

To develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts.

To develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk about science.

Penguins Hair activity

Adding hair to our face pictures

We all had a picture of our faces but now hair, we talked about the different colors that we have on our heads and that we wanted to add hair to our pictures. All the children one by one picked the color of yarn or twigs that they wanted and and glued it on their face picture. It turned out really good, one child wanted to have blue felt so he got it. He got very satisfied.

Purpose

To recognize their hair color and to develop their creative abilities

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms, such as pictures.

Ducklings- Five Senses: Smell with Your Nose

We made these Sense of Smell Swatches as part of our Five Senses learning activity. The kids loved to feel and smell the different boards and swatches as it gave them hands-on tactile objects to explore and manipulate. Swatches for smelling: Rose petals, sichuan pepper, coconut flakes, black pepper, coffee, cinnamon and tea leaves. The children got to know that we smell with our nose and there are different kinds of scents from those swatches.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

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

To develop their acquire and be able to differentiate shades of meaning in concepts, see interconnections and discover new ways of understanding the surrounding world.

Penguins Montessori math

Big and small

   

Today we had a math activity by introducing BIG and small objects, the children got to touch the objects (toys) and compare the sizes. We also talked about the shape circle, that we sit in a circle for activities and making a circle using our hands.

Purpose

Develop early Mathematics abilities 

Lpfö revised 2010

Develop their understanding in shapes,location and direction.

Develop their ability to distinguish and express and use mathematics concept 

Ducklings Marking Art: Body Tracing Activity

This week we are so excited to start our first art activity for the new term! We had done an art activity about “My Body” which is called body tracing. This is a part of our IPC Unit “All about me”-- my body. We pasted two big pieces of white butcher paper that suit the children’s body and chose two children and let them lie down. Then the teacher traced the children’s body with a marker. Later on, all the children decorated the portraits as desired with  crayons, felt, fabric scraps or decorative papers, etc.  They really enjoyed the activity and had a lot of fun. We will pick two children per week to lie down and have their body traced for all the ducklings children to decorate!  

The Lpfö we have been working on:

Develop their motor skills.

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.