Penguins doing yoga.

Keep calm and do yoga!

Today we had our relaxing yoga with the light of and calm yoga music, everyone sat down on the big round carpet and followed the teacher's moves. We stretched up our legs and arms, then our backs and bums. All tried and enjoyed doing yoga and some did some moves and just had a relaxing quiet time.

Purpose

To develop their motor skills.

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their ability to coordinate,awareness of their own body,as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.

Kiwis - Math activity

We talked and played with 2D shapes like: square, triangle, rectangle, circle, star. We collected different objects around the room in these shapes and we made a Frame craft using those also. Each child chose his favorite shape to make a  frame with it and pasted his own picture inside.

Children's interest: All our children took part in activity with pleasure. They went all over the class to find shapes and to match them on the carpet. They were also excited to paste the shapes frames on with their pictures.

Purpose: To learn to recognize shapes through fun matching and craft.

Connection to Lpfo: “Develop their ability to use mathematics to investigate, reflect over and test different solutions to problems raised by themselves and others.”

Ducklings, Art: Making a Funny Potato Face

As we introduced the vegetable potato by learning a new song: “one potato, two potatoes”, we encouraged the children right after that to make a potato face according to the image of a real potato. The children were given pipe cleaners, soft paper, googly eyes, filt and a big piece of brown paper. Then we did an art activity by decorating with all these different materials, and it finally became a big funny potato face. The children enjoyed this activity!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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.

Cockatoos- Making an Igloo

For our water and sand theme, Cockatoos glued, painted, and squeezed colors onto an igloo made of cotton. The Cockatoos had alot of fun dropping the colors onto the igloo. It was their favorite part.

purpose- to understand that some houses are made from snow that comes from water.

Lplö98- to develop their fine moto skills

to develop their creativity.

Flamingoes: Building an Igloo!!!

Flamingoes: Building an Igloo!!!!

It was lovely to see snow again! The flamingoes went to the hill for sledding. The children really enjoyed it.  After sledding the children spontaneously decided to built an igloo. As our theme for this year is houses and homes , it was great to see  flamingoes building the igloo  with amazing determination and team spirit !

Pedagog : Why are you rolling the snow ?

Child A: We are going to put them together to make an igloo.

Child B: Yes, we are making an igloo.

Child C : We will make an igloo for the people who do not have homes.

Connection to the Lpfö:

Develop their motor skills and ability to coordinate.

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

Develop their team building skills, cooperation and decision making.

Penguins having jolly phonics circle time

Jolly phonics circle time

This week the penguins started to have a jolly phonics circle time, we started to sing “ssssssss” the snake is in the grass and doing the body/hand movements. All the children really enjoyed and wanted to sing the song again and again.

Purpose

Learning jolly phonics songs

Lpfö Revised 2010

• Develop their ability to convey impressions,thoughts and experiences in many different forms such as song and music.

Ducklings: Lilla Vasaloppet

We had Lilla Vasaloppet in the whole preschool. We left the preschool from 9:00 am in the morning and walking through the forest in the backyard and made the journey to the small park first. The children had the chance to do different educational activities on the way at different “stops”, they were feeding the birds, collecting natural objects like pinecones, branches, climbing ups and downs, walking zigzag in the small park. After that we were awarded blueberry soup at the last stop in the small park. After that we walked to the big park following the signs, and there they made their journey on the grass of the big park and played kicking the colorful balls to each other. At last they were awarded with bananas! Then we started to head back to the preschool! All the children were so tired but they challenged themselves and finally made the journey back to the preschool! At last, everyone was awarded medals by Principle Adriana who waited at the end point (preschool). We are so proud of your children!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

To develop their ability to coordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being.

To develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions, thoughts and experiences in many different forms of expression, such as play, pictures, song and music, dance and drama,

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