Cockatoos - Baking for Lucia celebration

We prepared Lucia event by baking pepparkakor, bullar or pepparkakshus and learning songs in different languages.
Children's interest: All the children were curious and joyful to help preparing, mix the  ingredients and make different pepparkakor shapes.
Purpose: To learn about traditions through baking and songs
LPFÖ: Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respectfor other cultures

Cockatoos - Nobel Peace Project

We celebrated Nobel Day by having our own project about Peace. We Skype with different countries sending our love and peace, singing and dancing or showing them our craft. You can see here our Peace balloon were children made hand prints on.We then shared the peace ball from one another with calm and peace in mind  learning also to work together as a big group too.
Children's interest: They all were very excited to paint their hands and make hand prints on the ball but also to share it to one another.they were curious to find out the meaning of Peace word and happy to say it.
Purpose: To learn about Nobel day as a tradition through making a project.
LPFÖ: Feel a sense of participation in their own culture and develop a feeling and respect for others cultures.

thanksgiving

Kiwis- Thanksgiving

                                       Thanksgiving Day 2017

Last week we celebrated thanksgiving by creating turkey using different materials. We enjoyed watching a play about that tradition was performed by big kids and listening to a song. Then we had special thanksgiving lunch. All of us enjoyed the day.

Purpose:

• To know and learn about thanksgiving and its specialities.
• To be part of international tradition and ceremonies.

Lpfö 98 revised 2016:

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

COCKATOOS - Recycling Activity

We painted a cardboard box in red and blur colour and used it as a recycling box. We then talk to the children about what RECYCLING word means in a very simple way explaining that paper comes from trees.Every time when we save the paper in our box we save trees also. This good thought helped us to go around the school and look for scrap paper that we add it in the new recycling box.

Children's interest: All the children were happy to paint and curious to see what is the use of the box. They were asking question about trees and paper and were very helpful to gather scrap paper to save the trees.

Purpose: To learning awareness of the use of paper and care of environment

LPFÖ: Develop a respect for all forms of life, as well as care for immediate environment.

ducklings-Celebration: Universal Children’s Day

Celebration: Universal Children’s Day

We celebrated Universal Children’s Day on 20th November. We talked about children’s rights (need for physical protection, to have a house, food, education, healthcare etc.) and importance of having family and friends around us. The children hugged each other and played together. They made a circle by lying down on the floor and holding hands together to show their friendship, harmony and unity.

Purpose:

To make them aware about their rights.

To develop their identity and feel secure in themselves.

Lpfö:

Develop their self-autonomy and confidence in their own ability.

Development and understanding that all persons have equal value independent of social background and regardless of gender, ethnic affiliation, religion or other belief, sexual orientation or functional impairment.

Cockatoos - BlueBot Robot

We learn to use different technologies through fun. This time we use a small BlurBot Robot and interract with him by pressing different buttons and learning this way to follow a particular route .
Children's interest: All the children were really involved in the activity being interested to discover how  to guide the robot on a specific route.
Purpose: To learn simple technologie through fun exploration.
LPFÖ:Develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life, and explore how simple technology works.