Cockatoos- Health day!

We celebrated health day by doing yoga and chasing after bubbles!

Connection- to develop their gross motor skills and importance of being healthy.

Penguins: Watering our bean plants

Watering our bean plants together with the ducklings

Today we were in the science room, and saw that our beans had grown into a beansprout. All the children were so happy and saw the change from the tiny bean into a sprout. Today we all had to water our plants so that next week we can transplant our plants into a big pot.

Purpose

To understand the chemical process and the change from seed to a plant.

LPFÖ

 To Develop their understanding of science and the relationship to nature,as well of the knowledge of plants and changes.

To Develop their interest and understanding of the different cycles in nature.

Kiwis-Jolly Phonics, t and i sounds

We played with" i and t" sounds singing specific songs and learning funny actions for each one of them. We also opened" i and t "magic boxes were we discovered tiny toys with names like turtle, tiger, towel, tennis, invitation, igloo, ice cream.

Purpose:To be aware of specific sounds and their actions.

               To learn words that starts with t and I.

LPFO: Develop their ability to listen, reflect and express their own views and try to understand the perspective of others.

Peacocks - jolly phonics

Peacocks - Jolly phonics

This week we started Jolly phonics. The children learned the sound of the letters 's', 'a', 't' and 'I'. They listened to the stories and that way we teach them the sounds and the corresponding movement. The children will get a sound-book on Friday so they can show you the movement and sounds. 

Every week the children will learn new sounds on Monday and Wednesday. 

On Tuesdays and Friday we focus more on writing skills. 

Lpfö

*develop their interest in the written language

*develop their identity and feel secure about themselves

Kiwis - Mixing water and sand

We learned about wet and dry sand.We put sand in a tray and we poured water over it.Putting them together we got children favorite mixture for play.We learned this way how wet and dry sand looks like.

Purpose: To learn about wet and dry through play.

LPFO:Develop their ability to distinguish, explore,document,put questions about and talk about science.

Cockatoos-Clean and dirty water

We prepared  two glasses of water. We had brown water (sand), clear drinking water. We explained to the cockatoos why they can not drink dirty water. 

Purpose

Understand where water comes from in your community. Know the ways most households make water safe to drink.

Is clean (clear) water always safe to drink? (No)

Can water be made safe to drink by boiling? (Yes)

Can water have germs in it that make us ill? (Yes)

Is it safe to share a cup or drink out of the same bottle? (No)

Does water for drinking need to be in a covered pot? (Yes)

Is it safe to touch water before drinking it? (No)

If people poo outside or throw rubbish on the ground, can this make water unsafe? (Yes)

Skills  

Identifying clean water

Analysis skills

Lpfö

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

Penguins, floating and sinking fruit activity.

Last week we started our new IPC theme fruit (food) on Wednesday we were in the water room and had an experiment of seeing different types of fruits if they could sink or float, we used plastic and real fruits. It was a wet but fun activity for all.

Purpose

To introduce our new theme FOOD

LPFÖ

To develop their understanding of the differences of floating and sinking.

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