penguins planting a tree and flowers

Planting a tree in the front yard

Today was a planting day, we planted a small tree in the front yard. All the children participated in watering the plant and adding lots of soil.

We also planted some pretty flowers around our apple tree that we planted for Earth day.

Everyday we visit our apple tree and feed it with water.

Purpose

Develop their interest and understanding of different cycles in nature.

Lpfö 98 Revised 2010

• Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature,as well as knowledge of plants and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.

Kiwis - Math Day

We counted the parts of the umbrella and put the same number of sticks with those. Some of us could recognize the number also.

Purpose: To continue practice counting, matching quantity with number and recognizing number symbols.

Children's interest: Every child liked to count colored sticks and to find the number symbols on the umbrella

LPFÖ:

Ducklings: Earth Day Celebration (Planting Trees)

Last Friday we had celebrated the Earth Day by planting trees in front of the preschool with all the groups. First the flamingos group performed an Earth song. Then the ducklings children were guided by the teachers to start planting first. We got a green pear tree and a bag of soil. We also got help from NCC gardeners with the tree planting! The children were very focused during the planting and they tried to add more soil around the tree. At last we stand around the tree and took a group picture! We also had pretend play in the drama room. The children were dressing up as spiderman, cowboy as well as different kinds of animals.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their ability to coordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.

To develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions, thoughts and experiences in many different forms of expression, such as play, pictures, song and music, dance and drama.

Penguins drama play

Drama play

Today we had a fun afternoon, we dressed up as bob Marley's and danced around the room while singing. We also had a quiet/calm moment with nice relaxing yoga.

Purpose

To play and have fun

Lpfö Revised 2010

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

Kiwis - Circle Time

    We learned about different water vehicles like cruise, sailboat, skijet, etc. We also learned about various water sources like lakes, rivers and oceans. We showed the  pictures to children to understand it better.

Children's interest: All the children were curious to see how a river or a cruise looked like and they answered to teacher's questions.

Purpose: To learn about ocean, river, lake.

LPFÖ: Develop an interest in pictures,text and different media, as well as the ability to make use of interpret and talke about them.

Using Aurasma and the life cycle of a spider

Activity: 

In conjunction with our IPC theme, houses and homes, the peacocks have been learning about habitats.  Currently, we have learning about the rainforest.  Many of the children appear to be interested in the spiders of the rainforest.  The children used the iPads to view the different stages of the spiders life cycle and the app Aurasma helped bring the pictures to life. 

Purpose: 

To teach the children about different cycles of nature in a fun and interactive way. 

Connection to the Lpfö-98

The preschool sound strive to ensure that each child develop...

- their interest and understanding of the different cycles in nature

- ability to identify technology in everyday life and explore how technology works

Green screen

Kiwis learned how to use the green screen. We have been working about water animals and creating puppets. The children acted out themselves in the sea and pointed out the water animals. 

Children's interest : Everybody was so excited. They participated pushing keys and downloading pics.

Purpose: to introduce digital education as a tool for learning.

Lpfö : to develop their interest in different media and technology.

          To develop their creativity and imagination.