Ducklings Onion Sensory Activity

We did a sensory activity with vegetable red and yellow onions. We started first with introducing different forms of onions: in small pieces, slices, a quarter, a half and a whole onion. Then the children were practicing peeling the onion and some of them even tasted the onions and liked it :-). We have also introduced an onion song to the children and they enjoyed singing along with the teachers and using their body languages!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their ability to listen, reflect and express their own views and try to understand the perspectives of others.

Making sand using salt and colored chalks

We gave the cockatoos salt and colored chalks. We asked them to scrub the chalk in the salt and see what is happening. They have realized that chalks colored the salt. Then they could make different designs by adding the colored sand in glass jars. They liked it and they wanted to make even more.

Purpose:

1-To know that we can make our own sand by using available materials.

2-To feel the texture of the sand.

3-To develop their ability to work as a team.

Lpfö:

Develop their craetive abilities.

Develop their ability to function individually and in group.

Develop their ability to built and creat using different techniques and materals.

Penguins Onion printing

Onion printing

This week we have been talking about onions and garlic, and today for art activity we made a onion print. We painted purple on a halved red onion and yellow on a halved yellow onion. We wanted the onion layers to get printed or stamped on the fabric that we colored last week with cabbage water.

It was a smelly activity but it turned out to be very pretty and arty craft work.

We hanged it up,and showing it off on art exhibition day.

Purpose

Develop fine motor skills

Lpfö 98 Revised 2010

• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms, such as vegetables, paint and pictures.
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn.

Flamingoes:Pipe Cleaners Challenge

The children were divided into teams and were given two basic materials…some tinfoil and pipe cleaners.  They were given the task to use their imagination and  to come up with something creative. This required the children to communicate to each other, to make a plan and work together.  Pipe cleaners and tinfoil is a fun creative tool for kids to play and work with. We encouraged them to twist them, mold them and shape them into anything they want.  The children loved the challenge and we could see their wonderful imagination and creativeness in their final creations!

Purpose:

To learn to communicate and work in a group

To build their imagination and creativity 

Connection to Lpfö:

To develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions , thoughts and experiences in different forms

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

Read it, make it, write

Activity:

 The children used these Read it, Make it, Write it mats to help develop their reading and writing skills.  They worked on blending by combing sounds to form words, segmenting by identifying the individual sounds to form words and fine motor, pencil grasp and writing skills by writing each word.  The children all enjoyed the activity. 

                                              

Purpose: 

* to develop the children's ability to blend and segment words

* to develop the children's fine motor skills

* to develop the children's reading and writing skills.  

Connection to the Lpfö-98:

The preschool should strive to ensure that each child.....

* develop their interest in written language and an understanding of symbols, and their communicative functions. 

Ducklings: Cabbage art craft

We introduced the vegetable cabbages by showing flashcards, videos and in real. We did an art activity of drawing a nature picture with cabbages leaves, sponges, and water colors as the background. The children enjoyed using the sponges as well as using their bare hands to paint colors on the construction paper, and later they put cabbage leaves into red color to make stamp in trees’ shape which were pasted on the construction paper later on as a nature picture with blue sky and green grass as background.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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.

Penguins Cabbage art craft

Cabbage art craft

This week we introduced cabbage for this week, we discussed about all the cabbages that grows, small,big different colors and shapes and the name of them as well  as what you can do with the vegetables.

Today we made a very pretty cabbage printing craft activity, we took the leaf of a cabbage and painted it red, the children got to take the leaf and stamp it on a piece of paper. When it was all dry, we cut it out and glued it on a cardboard box, (that was pre-painted as a nice background).

It became a nice cabbage tree painting.

All the children that were present had a joyful morning and afternoon with this activity.

Purpose

To learn about the vegetable cabbage and to make art

Lpfö Revised 2010

* Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms.