Ducklings Marking Art: Body Tracing Activity

This week we are so excited to start our first art activity for the new term! We had done an art activity about “My Body” which is called body tracing. This is a part of our IPC Unit “All about me”-- my body. We pasted two big pieces of white butcher paper that suit the children’s body and chose two children and let them lie down. Then the teacher traced the children’s body with a marker. Later on, all the children decorated the portraits as desired with  crayons, felt, fabric scraps or decorative papers, etc.  They really enjoyed the activity and had a lot of fun. We will pick two children per week to lie down and have their body traced for all the ducklings children to decorate!  

The Lpfö we have been working on:

Develop their motor skills.

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.

Kiwis - Garden week

We learned how to plant different seeds like grass, red pepper, radish and dill seeds. We watered and place them in the sun light but we also took care of them during the week. 

Purpose: To learn about gardening and planting.

Children's interest: All the children were curious to see different seeds, to touch the soil and help the teacher in the whole process of planting.

LPFÖ: Develop a respect for all forms of life, as well as care for their immediate environment.

Flamingoes

 Watering the plum tree

Here are the children watering the plum tree planted on Earth Day. This is an ongoing activity which the children

enjoy very much.

Purpose:

Children to learn to take care of the tree they planted and to watch it grow.

Children to learn responsibility by taking care of the tree they planted.

Lpfö 98:

Develop a respect for all forms of life, as well as care for their immediate environment.

Develop  their interest and understanding of the different cycles in nature and how people, nature and society influence each other. 

Develop the ability to accept responsibility for the environment. 

Ducklings: Burger Art Craft

Last week our food of the week is "beef and burger". We made an art craft of a big beef burger with vegetables inside as a group work. The children were given a chance to review what we have learned about vegetables as well as connecting the knowledge they’ve already learned to the new ones. The children’s hand and eye coordination and fine motor skills were trained while they were using the glue sticks, pipe cleaners, soft colored paper, yarn, fabrics, construction paper in different shapes, pasta and spaghettis.

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 sandwich shapes activity

Sandwich shapes

Today we had a math activity, this week we have been talking about wheat mostly bread, and today for math we practiced the shapes :square,circle and triangle with the picture of a sandwich. The children got a shape each and placed it on the right place on the drawing ground outside.

Purpose

Practice their early math abilities.

Learning the shapes

Lpfö 98 Revised 2010

• Develop their understanding of shapes,location and direction.
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn.

Kiwis - Toy Day

Our children brought toys from home and showed those to everybody. Each one came in front of the group and described them.They played with their toys and shared their toys with their friends in the class.

Children's interest: Our children were proud to show and tell something about their favorite toy. They played together and shared their toys with other children.

Purpose: To encourage free speech and sharing toys within the group.

LPFŌ: Develop their self-autonomy and confidence in their own ability.

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.