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. 

Mathematics: Baking animal shape cookies

We baked some animal shaped cookies using flour, butter and sugar substitute. The children learned about  counting, measuring quantity/amount and also learned about different shapes. Pouring different ingredients in a bowl and them mixing them together, rolling the dough and cutting in different animal shapes helped them to develop their muscle control and eye-hand coordination. It also helped them to develop pride and confidence in their abilities and as well as motivated them to work in a team for their social development.
The children also got chance to eat the cookies in the afternoon for snacks. They were so excited and motivated during the whole activities.

Purpose:
To develop their early Maths skills as well as social and physical development.

Lpfö: 
Develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and the basis properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurement, time and change.

Penguins celebrating Halloween

   Halloween

This week we prepared for halloween, we made lots of bakery goods and decoration to hang all over the preschool. Today we went trick or treating, most of us dressed up but all of us went knocking on doors. We knocked and said “trick or treat”? And we got lots of nice treats in our goodie bag. We then later went back to our room and ate the goodies, while other groups came in and knock on our door, and said “trick or treat” We said treat and gave them glowing bracelets. All the penguin children got one bracelet each to put in their bags.

We later that day celebrated halloween with a fika with parents and friends, we served all our baked treats and showed them the halloween video of the day.

Purpose

To celebrate Halloween

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn
• 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,such as play,pictures, song and music.