Ducklings Eyes Art Crafts

We introduced eyes to the children and different colors of eyes everyone in the classroom has. Then the children were given different colors of construction paper in eyes’ and eyeballs shapes so that the children used the glue sticks to paste them together as an eye. The children found this activity very interesting and very colorful, and a lot of the children were very proud to show the eye craft when they were done to the teachers and their friends and used the phrase to say: “my eye”. Material used: colored construction paper and glue sticks.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

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.

Kiwis- Swedish Circle time

We have Swedish circle time twice a week. We asked the kids to pick one cards on their own choices and then we sing in Swedish. Each child has the opportunity to participate and get to learn new words and rhymes in Swedish.

Purpose:

- To learn new words in Swedish.

- To have the opportunity to show their interests.

- To develop their social skills.

Lpfo 98:

Develop their spoken language and vocabulary in Swedish.

Flamingoes: Funny Bones Activity

For our theme Super Humans ,the Flamingoes are now learning about what is inside our bodies. Today we learned about the skeleton and why it is so important to us!!!

The children explored the different parts of a real human size skeleton. They matched the different bone names to the correct part on the skeleton . They also had fun feeling and moving the different parts!!

The children also pretended to be doctors and took X-rays of the different parts of their “patients’ bodies”. They also had fun matching the real pictures to their X-rays. Lastly we all danced to the ‘Skeleton Dance’ song.

Purpose

To learn the importance of a skeleton for our body

To learn the names of the different bones

Lpfö 98

Develop their understanding of science and awareness of their own body

Celebrating the International peace day

International Peace day

Today we celebrated the international peace day by watching a short song video about peace for children. Our peace activity was a peace and love tree,

we traced our hands in different colorful papers and cut them out so that it looked like two hands making a heart. All the children took their own hands and glued it on a tree branch.

Everyone had a great time,some even traced their feet so it looked like a peace bird.

Purpose

Celebrating a tradition

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.
• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms.

Ducklings: Pom Pom Drop Math

We learned about colors and sizes by having a “pom pom drop” activity. The children were presented paper rolls in different colors painted by themselves earlier. They tried to pronounce the words of colors first, and then we presented them different sizes of pom pom balls in different colors. We used them for an experiment: dropping different sizes of pom pom balls through the paper rolls. The children got to learn to sort the colors as well as learning that not all the sizes can go through the rolls. It was a fun learning process. The children were excited about this activity. Some of the children can sort the colors well, and they were curious to drop different sizes of balls in the rolls to see what would happen.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

To develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction, and the basic properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts, also for measurements, time, and change.

To develop their mathematical skill in putting forward and following reasoning.

Cockatoos - OUTING/PreJollyPhonics

Pre Jolly-General sound discrimination “Make a picnic”we played a listening game using big ears.During the picnic we heard water pouring in the cups, when cutting fruits, noise when we eat them, when we talk, wind,cars passing on the road, bicycles, etc; we encouraged kids to name what they heard around.

Children's interest: All the children were enthusiastic during the activity.They had fun but also focused their attention on listening.

Purpose: To train listening skills and make them aware of sounds in the environment .

LPFO:Develop their ability to listen, reflect and express their own views and try to understand the perspectives of others

Peace Day Celebrations

Flamingoes - International Day Of  Peace

To celebrate World Peace Day and a sense of togetherness and unity,  the Flamingoes and Peacocks made a peace sign in the big field!!! We have been doing various activities to highlight the importance of peace. The teachers also performed a puppet show to show the children the impact of hurtful actions and words, as well as, how we can help by our kind gestures and words to create peace and unity. We also took the opportunity  to talk about bullying and how we can stop it with a three step approach.

Purpose:

To develop a sense of unity and cooperation

To understand the meaning of Peace and its importance.

To learn about different traditions and celebrations.

Connection to Lpfö 98:

To develop openness,respect,solidarity and responsibility

To develop the ability to cooperate in different kinds of situations

To understand rights and obligations as well as take responsibility for common rules