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. 

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. 

 

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,

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.

Ducklings- Science- Sowing seeds in the eggshell

Science-  Sowing seeds in the eggshell

We had a science activity where we reviewed the plant cycle and sowed some seeds (white kidney beans) in the empty eggshells.The children learned to plant seeds.They had a lot of fun during the activity.
Purpose: To develop their early science skills

Lpfö 98( revised 2010):

-Develop their understanding of science and relationships of nature,
as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.

-Acquire and be able to differentiate shades of meaning in concepts,
see interconnections and discover new ways of understanding the surrounding world

Ducklings - Art Craft

Art Craft- Creativity

We did art craft activity in the gym room. The children colored the flower template using okra (lady finger) as the brush. They dipped the okra in the paint and colored into the flower template. This activity helped them learn colors ,develop their fine motor skills and creativity . They were very focused , interested and had so much fun during the activity.

Purpose:

Develop their fine motor skills.

Develop their creativity.


Lpfö 98( revised 2010):

"Develop their creativity 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 Math-Learning counting and colour

Learning counting and colour

We did math activity in the math room, children learned about purple-colour and counting from1-3 using artificial flowers. During the activity they were very focus and they had fun.

Purpose;-To develop their early math abilities
To develop their motor skills.,

Lpfö 98( revised 2010):

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 the following reasoning.

ducklings: Science- Investigating different reptiles and insects using magnifying glasses.

Science- Investigating different reptiles and

insects using magnifying glasses.

We were in the science room today. We did some investigation of different reptiles and
insects.We look closely using magnifying glasses how the snakes and spiders look like.
We looked and count how many legs spiders have. The children were very curious and
enjoyed investigating them using the glasses.

Purpose: To develop their early science skills

Lpfö 98( revised 2010):

-Develop their understanding of science and relationships of nature, as well as
knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical
phenomena.

-Acquire and be able to differentiate shades of meaning in concepts, see
interconnections and discover new ways of understanding the surrounding
world

Ducklings: Entry Point - Plants & Flowers

This week the Ducklings had their Entry Point with the theme Plants & Flower. We had Planting as the activity. We decorated the backyard with different types of flowers and plants and each Duckling student collected soil into a vase and planted bean seeds. They were all very excited and did a great job. It was great!!

Purpose: To develop their science skills and learn more about nature. 

Lpfö: Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.  

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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 Halloween Celebration

During the Halloween week we did a lot of activities to celebrate this Festival. We first introduced to the chlildren what is Haloween and what do people do during Halloween and we watched some halloween videos about trick or treat. The children and teachers were all dressed up and we went around the preschool to do trick or treat. The children really enjoyed the activity and they got majskrokar in the candy bag to eat as treat. Later on in the afternoon we had the Halloween fika together with the parents and the children got to taste the bakeries from each group and the parents. We had a great party celebrating Halloween!

The following Lpfö we have been working with:

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

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

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.

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.

Ducklings Eyes Art Crafts

We introduced eyes to the children and different colors of eyes everyone in the classroom has. Then the children were given different colors of construction paper in eyes’ and eyeballs shapes so that the children used the glue sticks to paste them together as an eye. The children found this activity very interesting and very colorful, and a lot of the children were very proud to show the eye craft when they were done to the teachers and their friends and used the phrase to say: “my eye”. Material used: colored construction paper and glue sticks.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

To 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: Pom Pom Drop Math

We learned about colors and sizes by having a “pom pom drop” activity. The children were presented paper rolls in different colors painted by themselves earlier. They tried to pronounce the words of colors first, and then we presented them different sizes of pom pom balls in different colors. We used them for an experiment: dropping different sizes of pom pom balls through the paper rolls. The children got to learn to sort the colors as well as learning that not all the sizes can go through the rolls. It was a fun learning process. The children were excited about this activity. Some of the children can sort the colors well, and they were curious to drop different sizes of balls in the rolls to see what would happen.

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.