Cockatoos - Water importance activities

We pretend play taking a bath to babies or to wash baby clothes using warm water, bubbles liquid instead of detergent.We then learn to clean the baby and we put clothes items on a rope in our courtyard.The dirty water was thrown in the toilet .

Childre's interest: All the children were totally involved in the activities.They spend a lot of time playing with water and copying adults behavior. 

Purpose: To learn about water use, its importance for us all and how to take care of the environment.

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

Ducklings: Making houses with different shapes.

We had the circle time in the Math and Construction room. We reviewed the Jolly Phonics and then we did an activity based on different shapes.  We did an activity using colored construction paper, flag and pictures.  A hut shaped house was made, on the top of the house children pasted flag of their country and their picture on the house.  Children had great fun during the activity.

Purpose: The aim was to develop their math skills through fun activities.

The Lpfö we have been working on:

To 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 blowing bubbles

Blowing bubbles

This week the weather has been so lovely and sunny that we started to blowing bubbles in different sizes. We mixed a bit of water and

lots of dishing soap to make the perfect bubbles. The penguins had fun trying to blow and pop the flying bubbles.

Purpose

Blowing bubbles

Lpfö Revised 2016

• 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.

Cockatoos - Preparering a terrarium

We prepared a terrarium with the help of our children.We used an aquarium box, water, stones, real moss, plants and artificial light. The children helped their teacher to arrange all the things inside.

Children| interest - All the children were totally involved in the activity and curious to see and touch the plants, moss and pour water or arrange the sand in the terrarium.

Purpose - To learn about a nature and how it is functioning in a small scale.

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

Ducklings: Matching pom pom with color papers.

We took the pom pom balls and construction paper of different colors. We asked children to pick the pom pom ball and to put it on the matching colored construction sheet.Children learned about shape, colors and social connectivity.

Purpose:
To develop their early math skills.

LPFO:
Develop their ability to use mathematics to investigate, reflect over and test different solutions to problems raised by themselves and others

Obstacle course - Kiwis

To reinforce many important skills, we set an obstacle course in our front yard with cones, hula hoops etc.The children followed the instructions and took turns to complete the obstacle course. Everybody had so much fun.
Purpose: To work on their listening skills.The most important aspect of completing an obstacle course is being able to listen to and follow simple directions. To work on their fine and gross motor skills.

Lpfö: "Develop their motorskills.Ability to co-ordinate, awareness of their own body, as well as an understanding of the importance of maintaining their own health and well-being."

Ducklings: Celebrating Earth Day

For Earth day, we talked to the children about Nature and Earth and had an activity to celebrate it. The Ducklings made Earth representations using round paper plates and they also glued small pieces of green and blue construction paper on it. The children loved it and their art was a success!

Purpose: To learn about Nature, Earth, recycling.

Lpfö: 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.