Penguins color bunting

Mango bunting

This week we have introduced the new exotic fruit mango to our group. Today we talked about the different colors a mango can have, we made a color bunting by using coffee filter and washable pen in the colors of a mango (green,yellow and red). all the children one by one drew some lines and circles and later a teacher cut it out in a shape of a mango and added some water so that the colors mixed together beautifully like a mango.

Purpose

Develop their fine motor skills.

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• Develop their creative abilities in many different forms, such as pictures, song, music and paint.
• Develop their curiosity as well as the ability to play learn. 

Peacocks: Engineering and the strongest shape

The peacocks have been learning about different professions involved in the building process.  We have discussed the responsibilities of the architect and have now introduced the engineer.  We used the www.pbs.org shape lab to test the strength of different shapes in architecture.  The children have learned about weight and how it affects different structures.  They have learned that a rectangle's sides are weak and unable to bear a lot of weight but can be made stronger if a beam is placed diagonally in the middle.  They have learned that a triangle is the strongest shape, but only when the weight is placed on it's strongest part, it's points.

Purpose:

* develop the children's understanding of shapes involved in architecture as Wall as their understanding of the following vocabulary: weight, pressure, load, point, side and support

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develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts

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

develop tehir abitity to identify technology in everyday life and explore how technology works.

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