Ducklings group-Holi festival

Holi festival

The whole pre-school celebrated Holi festival (Festival of Colors) in the front yard.

Everyone wore white T-shirts, sprayed water and colours to each other, sang and danced.

The children were so happy, to play with colours and it was a lot of fun for them.

Purpose:

To know about the other traditions cultures.

To develop children’s fine/gross motor skills.

Lpfö 98( revised 2016):

Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.

Cockatoos - Ocean Animals

We introduced ocean animals through an exploration activity.Children named different fish and added them in a tray with water that symbolises the ocean.

Children's interest: All the children were so excited to discover the fishes and to explore the mini ocean that they create.

Purpose: To introduce ocean animals.

LPFÖ: Develop their curiosity and enjoyement, as well as their ability to play and learn.

Egg hunt

Easter celebration 

We had our egg hunt!! the kids were very exciting with the activity running and finding easter eggs!
We had an amazing sunny day and they could found all th eggs!! Good job cockatoos :)
After the activity they where very tired.
Purpose: 
To teach them new traditions.
To work in group, they learned to cooperate while they where trying to find the eggs.
LPFÖ
feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.

Cockatoos - Math - We measure quantities

We learned about measuring quantities by preparing  bread dough. Children took their turn to add flour, salt, oil and other ingredients as the recipe shows it.They understood the meaning of the word measure by making the dough by themselves. We then modelled small pieces of dough into an elephant head before to place it in the oven.

Children's interest: They all took part in the activity with joy and intersest. They've been really helpful to measure ingredients and to make the elephant face.

Purpose: To introduce the word ' measure' and its meaning through a baking activity.

LPFÖ: Develop their understanding for measurement.

kiwis- making Oobleck

                                     Making Oobleck

Learning is happening through play. Kiwis have experienced and felt new texture by making Oobleck. Kids helped to add the ingredients of cornstarch and water to enjoy feeling the texture of the oobleck. They have learned about soft and hard (solid and liquid) by practising with different ways of touching the dough. When they pressed hardly and with much pressure, then they felt it so hard and solid. On the other hand, and when they touch the dough nicely and softly then they felt it so soft as runny

. Kids enjoyed their new experience and had so much fun by playing with it.

Purpose:

• To learn that we can use materials available at home to make something useful.
• To feel different textures and learn about soft and hard.
• To improve their sensory skills, language, and vocabulary as well as social and communication skills.

Lpfö 98 revised 2016:

Develop their sensory skills. Develop their fine motor skills. Develop their language and vocabulary. Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.

Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, and simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.

celebrating WORLD Math day

Celebrating World Math Day

Today was world math day, we celebrated this day with three fun learning activities.
We divided our group into three smaller groups to got to the three
different math stations.
First station was matching the right color ball in to the right hole,
2nd feed the mouse chocolate chip cookies while counting the cookies and
3rd putting in different lids and corks into the right shaped holes.

Purpose

Celebrating math day

Lpfö 98 Revised 2016

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

IPC animals_The savanna

Wild animals (Savanna)

We want to teach to the kids about the savanna. We showed to the cockatoos about Africa savanna. We wanted to Introduce to the kids where is the savanna and which animals live there. The kids used animals  stickers and they pasted on the world map in the lunchroom.

with this activity the kids could the develop their cognitive skills and they learned to place where is Africa

Lpfö

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