Skeleton Puzzle

The peacocks had a great time participating in the skeleton puzzle activity. It's was an opportunity to teach the children about the skeletal system by having the children break-up into groups and choose a friend and have their body traced with tape on the floor. Once the child's outline was created the children were asked to place the bones in their appropriate place.

The children helped one another and communicated beautifully with when deciding where the bones belonged.

Purpose:

To teach the children about the skeletal system.

Lpfö:  "develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk science."

Penguins outing

Fun time at the park

Today we went for an outing to the park with the red bus from school. We went to the small central park behind the preschool. To motivate the children to use their gross motor skills and also to have fun at the same time.

Everyone had a fun time running around,sliding and playing in the sand box.

Purpose

Develop their gross motor skills

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their motor skills. Ability to co ordinate, awareness of their own body,as well as an understanding of importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.

Ducklings- Five Senses: Smell with Your Nose

We made these Sense of Smell Swatches as part of our Five Senses learning activity. The kids loved to feel and smell the different boards and swatches as it gave them hands-on tactile objects to explore and manipulate. Swatches for smelling: Rose petals, sichuan pepper, coconut flakes, black pepper, coffee, cinnamon and tea leaves. The children got to know that we smell with our nose and there are different kinds of scents from those swatches.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

To develop their curiosity and enjoyment , as well as their ability to play and learn.

To develop their acquire and be able to differentiate shades of meaning in concepts, see interconnections and discover new ways of understanding the surrounding world.

Kiwis- Children rights

Article 24:

You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water, nutritious food,, a clean and safe environment, and information to help you stay well.

We showed the kids two different kinds of food and water ( clean/ dirty water, good/ bad food). We asked the kids to try to eat and drink from both kinds. They refused to drink the dirty water or to eat the bad food. On the other hand they drank the clean water and tasted the good food.  We explained to them that everybody and every child in the whole world has the right to get clean water to drink and good food to eat, as well as safe environment in order to be healthy and grow strong.

Purpose:

- To learn about children's rights.

- To know that everyone has the right to drink clean water and eat good and healthy food.

- To know how we maintain our body healthy, strong, and energetic. 

Lpfo 98:

Develop their motor skills, ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintains their own health and well- being.

Flamingoes: What is blood made of?

What is blood made of ?

We used water beads( red blood cells), ping pong balls(white blood cells) , water (plasma) and red paper strips( platelets) to demonstrate the various parts of blood in a fun and hands on way. The children explored for a while then we talked about the different parts of blood. It was a great sensorial experience for the children!!!!

Teacher:What is blood made up of?

Child :White blood cells and they are like police men!!!

Teacher: Why is heart so important for us?

Child : Heart pumps blood to different stations in our body

Child :It is like a pumping machine

Teacher: What is the liquid in blood called?

Child :Asma , plasma

Purpose:

To learn about the function of heart, what blood is made up of and how we can keep our heart  healthy

To develop interest in Science and the human body

To build their curiosity through exploration and hands on experience 

Lpfö 98

To develop their understanding of Science and awareness of their own body

To develop their understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and wellbeing.

Penguins Montessori math

Big and small

   

Today we had a math activity by introducing BIG and small objects, the children got to touch the objects (toys) and compare the sizes. We also talked about the shape circle, that we sit in a circle for activities and making a circle using our hands.

Purpose

Develop early Mathematics abilities 

Lpfö revised 2010

Develop their understanding in shapes,location and direction.

Develop their ability to distinguish and express and use mathematics concept 

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.