Ducklings: Art Exhibition

Last Wednesday we had our Market Day in the preschool. We gathered a lot of second- hand toys and clothes together and sold them to raise money for our summer party. At the same time, we had exhibited our duckling children's art crafts in the cozy corner. As we have been developing our IPC Theme wild animals and water animals, we had made the art craft bear masks, dough snakes, and sea turtles. Moreover, we had also exhibited the Chinese calligraphy we wrote for the Chinese goat year. The children were very creative as well and each of them designed their our jewelry: necklace and bracelets. We had also baked berry muffins together and offered a Fika in the afternoon together with the parents.

We have been working on the following Lpfö:

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.

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

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

Kiwis-Puppet Exhibition

We made different types of puppets like stick/rod puppets, hand/cone puppets, glove/spoon puppets. using various materials and we displayed them during our special event called Market Day and ExitPoint for our let's pretend theme.

Purpose: To handle different materials.

               To practice their creative skills.

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

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

Cockatoos- Art exhibition

On week 19 we had our "Art exhibition" and the cockatoos exhibited their art from this term.

We prepared by having a discussion and a pre tour with the children of the art projects they've done.

We could show to the parents what they did it and they were proud of their job!

Purpose

To prepare the Cockatoos for Art and Market Day.

Connection to Lpfö98

To develop their ability to listen instructions.

To develop their ability to convey experiences

Math: Wild Animals Pattern Matching

As we are developing our IPC theme Wild animals, last week we talked about different skin patterns of the wild animal that we have learned: Giraffe, elephant, snake, tiger, zebra! We first explained that the animals’ skins look differently in their color and pattern, later on, we matched the correct skin pattern to the wild animals together. Then, the children got their own chance to practice matching with the animal and skin pattern  flashcards.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and basic properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurements, time, and change.

Peacocks water cycle

Science - water cycle

Peacocks

Activity

The children learned about the water cycle and constructed a water cycle model using paper plates, cotton, cut out paper and glue. We are beginning to learn about the water cycle. The children used an interactive diagram of the sky and earth to draw out the water cycle step by step. Afterwards, we used a water boiler, plastic wrap, and some materials to hold the plastic wrap up to simulate the rain, clouds, earth, the sun, evaporation, and condensation and the actual process of the water cycle.

Purpose

To develop and understanding of the water cycle

Link to 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

* Develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk about science

Flamingoes: Kind-Hearted Hands

  

The children in Futuraskolan are celebrating “The Great Kindness Week” . The focus of this challenge is to see how many different ways we can show kindness every day.We have already discussed the different ways we can show kindness to each other and to the earth. The children are completing a kind deeds checklist at school .

The Flamingoes have been busy giving Thank You notes to the teachers ,giving hugs, recycling, cleaning the school and being nice to one another. They have also been designing a Kindness poster with flowers and kindness hearts. To reinforce the message to be kind, the Flamingoes also did a ‘kind-hearted hands’ activity.

Purpose:

To develop sense of responsibility

To develop healthy relationships with one another and develop their social skills

To develop love and care for each other

Lpfö:

To develop love and care for each other and our environment

Develop respect for all forms of life as well as care for their environment

Penguins watch "Finding Nemo" as an entry point into our new sub theme Sea Animals

As part of our entry point into our sub-theme Sea Animals, the children watched 'Finding Nemo'. The movie follows a dad who is looking for his son in the ocean. Along his journey he meets many different sea animals including sharks, sea turtles, crabs, jellyfish and an array of different coloured fish.