Thanksgiving celebration- cockatoos

Thanksgiving celebration

In our school we celebrated thanksgiving day. The cockatoos group were in the art room and we did thanksgiving cards for say thank you about something that they want it. They painted their hands and made a turkey in a paper. They enjoy with the diferents colors that they used.

Purpose: To be involve in different cultures and celebration and work with our fine motor skills and sensory skills. 

LpfÖ: To feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures. 

Penguins: Baking ginngerbreads (pepparkakor)

Baking Gingerbreads (Pepparkakor)

We baked gingerbreads (pepparkakor) for Lucia Fika. The children rolled the dough and made different shapes of Cookies (hearts, pigs, Christmas trees, stars, gingerbread man, elks etc.) using cookie cutter. The children learned about  counting, measuring and shapes. Some of them were very excited to recognize the shapes and tell the teachers what they were. Rolling the dough and making different shapes with cookie cutters helped them to develop their muscle control and eye-hand coordination. The activity also helped them to develop confidence in their abilities and as well as motivated them to work in a team.

Purpose:
To develop their fine motor skills.
To develop their understanding of shapes, quantity, numbers etc. 

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

Ducklings thanksgiving cups

Thanksgiving turkey cups

 Today, we did our thanksgiving turkey cups. They glued feathers and turkey face on the cups.

Purpose

Celebrating tradition

Lpfö 98 revised

• Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.
• Develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions, thoughts and experiences in many different forms.

Thanksgiving chocolate mousse

Vegan chocolate mousse

Today we made sugar free vegan chocolate mousse, to eat as a dessert tomorrow for thanksgiving. We also made cute turkey cups to fill in. All the children glued the faces and picked their color feathers.

Purpose

Making dessert for thanksgiving 

Lpfö 98 revised 2018

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

Penguins exploring insects

The activity

We put a lot of small plastic insects on a green carpet and then let the children examine them with magnifying glasses.

Purpose

For the children to learn about insects and explore how big they came out while looking throug a magnifying glass.

Lpfö:

Develop their ability to distinguish, explore, document, put questions about and talk about science

Penguins: Exploring Animals With Magnifying Glasses

Exploring Animals With Magnifying Glasses

In the science room, the children explored different toy animals with magnifying glasses. All the children got magnifying glasses and they looked to different toy animals through those glasses. They were so excited to see the changes in the size of animals when using the glasses or when not using the glasses.

Purpose

Exploring with magnifying glasses to learn to use it .

Lpfö 98 Revised 2016

• develop their understanding of science and relationships in nature,
• develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn,
• respect for all forms of life, as well as care for their immediate environment.

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Baking for halloween fika/cockatoos

Baking for Halloween fika with the kids

We were talking to the children about food they eat on special occasions and at celebrations. We spoken about birthdays, halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas. We baked for halloween and we are planning to bake for Lucia day also.

Purpose:The children will be able to learn about a variety of celebrations

LpfÖ: To feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for other cultures.

The kids loved the colours of the cookies and the shapes