Town Project

Flamingoes: Town Building Project

This week the Flamingoes started to plan for their Town Building Project!!! Firstly, we made a ‘Mind Map’ for our project.We discussed what makes a city work and what was important for the infrastructure of a City and why? We talked about the physical or structural part of a city. The children asked and answered several questions and were able to identify many important things  that included a city’s transportation systems (roads, bridges, highways, public transportation, etc.) and its buildings (schools, hospital,library,sports facilities, shopping center, bank,bakery).

After identifying the important buildings and what makes a city work, we moved on to the next part of our project, which was to make a plan for the city. Children were divided into two groups and each group drew a plan/map of the city with illustrations of important buildings, roads/streets ,bridges e.t.c.These initial planning drafts were used to prepare the final plan for the city/town!!!

Purpose

Develop understanding of Spatial relation

For the children to reflect, explore and to think independently and develop problem solving skills

Connection to Lpfö

Develop understanding of space, shapes ,location and direction ,quantity and number concepts.

Ducklings: Trick or treat at Halloween!

Last monday we had celebrated Halloween together around the whole preschool. The ducklings children also all dressed up as in different interesting costumes and we went trciking or treating around the preschool! We were also singing and dancing in the drama room by making a big circle and checking later their pockets in which they got their special "treat" from the activity: the raisins :-) The chilren were enjoying the trick and treat and eating the raisins.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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.

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

Penguins celebrating Halloween

Halloween

This week we celebrated halloween, we made lots of halloween decorations and baking sugar free goodies for our halloween fika for parents and friends. Almost everyone was so cute dressed in their halloween outfits. We knocked on doors and went trick or treating which was fun and scary at the same time, But all of the penguins loved their treats that they got in their bags.

Purpose

Celebrating Halloween

Trick or treating

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• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment.

Kiwis- Math Touch and Feel activity

We talked about summer and fun at the beach even outside it is autumn .We mixed sand and playdough to make our own mini sized beach.We added it shells and we counted them.

Purpose: To use our senses feeling smooth and rough textures(playdough and sand).To learn to count up to 10.

Connection to Lpfo:

“develop their understanding of space, location and direction…..”

“Develop their motor skills. Ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.”

Cockatoos- Halloween

On Monday 2nd of November we had our Halloween party!!During the morning we celebrated trick and treat with the kids and in the afternoon we had a big Halloween fika with parents and children. We had an amazing and fun day !!

Cockatoos prepapared some decoration the week before of Halloween so  the school could look scary. 

Purpose

To celebrate Halloween tradition 

Cockatoos-Sensory activity

We had an activity with gel bears. In the beginner were small balls and we mixen with water. The gel bears become biger, Cockatoos liked the activity and they were exploring the gel balls. The could develop their touch sense. cockatoos were really curious . 

Purpose 

To discover the reaction that the water can make in some elements

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 To develop their curiosity 

To develop their knowledge about science

To develop their creativity 

Peacocks introduce what a geodesic dome is and how it functions.

Discussing every building has a plan,showing the kids a plan (blueprint). What are the different view?

Explore the building materials and which is the strongest shape activity.

Purpose:

-develop their understanding of space,shapes,location,and direction.

-develop their understanding the basic properties of set, quantity,order and number concept.

Connection:

Develop their understanding of shapes , space and location