Lego Math

Lego Math

Activity: 

The children worked on developing their math skills by matching quantity to numbers.  They also used the quantity towers to develop their basic subtraction skills.  

Purpose:

to develop the children's ability to match quantity to number and introduce the concept of subtration

Connection to the Lpfö-98

The children should strive to develop their understanding of space, shapes, location and direction adn the basic properties of sets, quantity, order and number concepts.

Penguins using technology

Printing our friendship hands

This week we talked about how to be friends and what you do to keep friends. We had a tea party with our friends, we gave edible gifts and today we printed out our hands. Two by two stood beside the printer and put their hands on the print screen and the children pressed the green button. Some of the children were curious of what just happened, some said wow, and took their printed hands out of the printer. It was very exciting to visit the computer room and use the printer.

Purpose

To develop their use of technology

Lpfö 98 Revised 2010

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  Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature,as well as knowledge of plants, animals and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.
• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impression and experiences in many different forms.
• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment,as well as their ability to play and learn.

Cockatoos- learning blue color

We introduced Blue color through an water activity.We used two types of colors and our children choose coloring food to color the water naming them.

Children's interest: Everybody was very excited and curious to see how water changes its color.

Purpose: To learn blue color through visualize it and  comparing it with another color.

LPFÖ: Develop their understanding of science and relationship to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.

Kiwis

One of our main focus areas is healthy living. This time we took group of our kids to the nearby Library. We used the bus to there. The kids enjoyed their time by Reading and exploring different books. We teach them the rule of special places like liberay. They were very good at following the rules and listening to the teachers' instructions. 

Purpose:-

1- To Know aboout the rules of specific places.

2- To develop their curiosity of exploring new books, places, and trying different axciting ways of learning new things.

3- To develop their social, and communcation skills.

Lpfö:-

" Develop their motor skills, spoken language and vocabulary".

"Develop an interest in pictures, texts and different media".

Flamingoes: Chinese New Year Celebration

Chinese New Year Celebration

To celebrate the Chinese New Year the children were given a presentation of what it is and how it is celebrated.

This year is the year of the rooster and there are in total 12 animal years and it follows a full 12 year cycle before the year of the rooster comes on again.

We talked about the traditions and culture, the decorations, the special food the Chinese eat (just like one does for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Diwali etc), about the tea ceremony, the lucky red envelopes (Hung Bao) and other fun stories of the  Chinese Zodiac . The children were also shown typical decorations, couplets, red packets, costumes etc. They also watched a short video clip about the Chinese New Year and also the dragon and lion dances, which they thoroughly enjoyed. One of the short stories is called Fortune Tales/ The story of Chinese New Year.

After the presentation, the children were all given a lucky red ‘Hung Bao’ and they were absolutely delighted.

Later on, the children made their own Chinese dragons and they had great fun playing with them!

 

Purpose

Learn more about different cultures and traditions 

To know more about similarities and differences in each other's lives and to respect each other's individualities.

Connection to Lpfo

To develop the ability to accept responsibility and respect for each other's culture and traditions.

Ducklings: Math activity

We had circle time in Math and Construction room. We played a game called ‘Number Triangle’, where we made triangle and round shapes using construction paper. With colored sticky balls, the children had to match the round shapes on the triangle with the correct color and, finally, count how many balls were there. They were very excited about it and all did a great job! :-)

Purpose:
Develop their early math abilities.
Develop their motor skills.


Lpfö 2010 revised:
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.

Penguins celebrating chinese New year

Celebrating Chinese New year  

Today we are celebrating Chinese New year by making lantern with glitter and drawing with different color crayons and pens. We also made a long dragon with a scary dragon face, where all the children drew on two A2 papers, one group drew with crayons and the other with paint, and fingerpaint. We later cut it out in stripes and glued them together to a loong dragon.

We hanged it so everyone could see it.

Purpose

Celebrate Chinese new year

Develop fine motor skills

Lpfö 98 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.