We celebrated book week by bringing in our favourite books and sharing them with our friends, dressing up as our favourite book character and having a snuggle up and read pyjama day. We also went to the library to hear a tale from Scotland about a highland cow, told by Kru Marshall. Who We Are - How I am Growing and Changing Can you guess who these beautiful babies are? Many of the children found it difficult to guess which one was them. Happy Birthday Karate! It was Karate's birthday a couple of weeks ago while she was sick. She was very happy to celebrate with her friends and all her friends were excited too! Sports Day
The children had a great time on the Sports Day, participating with friends from across the Preschool. Thank you to all the parents for cheering them on! Getting Ready for Book Week We chose to make a display for 'Going On a Bear Hunt' for Book Week. We have read the book and acted out the story many times, so now it was time to work together to make a mural to go on our display board. We used paint and sponges to create the background on three big pieces of card. We made sure we had all the 'scenes' - the grass, the river, the mud, the forest, the snowstorm and cave. We had to check if the pieces matched together, just like a jigsaw. Then we drew the characters on separate paper - Dad with Baby on his back, Big Sister, Little Sister, Brother and the Bear! Library Visit with our Buddies We visited the library with our Grade 3 Buddies last week. It was fun to read books with them! Three Billy Goats Gruff We have been acting out the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We are planning to share our play at the next ECC assembly. Observing who we are and what we look like We read 'The Colors of Us', a story about a girl who discovers that all her friends and neighbours have different shades of skin. She uses words such as 'chocolate', 'butterscotch', and 'pizza crust' to describe their skin colour. We tried to think of words to describe our own skin colour, then we looked at the different shades of pencils we had to see which one matched our skin. Some children chose to colour in their skin colour with pencil, while others mixed paint to try and get the right shade. We used wool to make our hair, and used the ipad to take photos of our eyes, nose and mouth to help us draw these the way we saw them. Jelly As part of our inquiry into the letter J this week, we explored jelly. Firstly, we put some tiny water beads into water. Soon, they started expanding and after a few hours, they had soaked up all the water and were really big! They were fun to play with and felt like jelly. Then, for our cooking this week, we made strawberry jelly. We used frozen strawberries, gelatine sheets and sugar. The gelatine sheets were interesting to observe as they became soft in cold water, and then disappeared in the warm water! When we mixed everything together is was liquid, but after some time in the fridge, we had strawberry jelly. We enjoyed it for our snack. Positional Language
To increase our exposure to positional language, we have been telling the story of the three Billy Goats Gruff. We have also read 'Going on a Bear Hunt' and it is our 'ringtime' that we act out each day. When our buddies visited last Tuesday, we spent some time in the playground showing them how we could go under, over, next to and between. Creative Play What a lot of busy and creative play there was last week! The children enjoyed having a few new items to explore and use to extend their play. They made homes with a teepee and frame, explored light and dark on the light table, made amazing structures and playscapes with the bamboo, and took their lego building to new heights (literally!). Have a look at the photos with your child and ask them to tell you what is happening. Mindfulness- Yoga We have been revisiting our yoga practice after a break. Now the children are taking turns to lead our session using the yoga cards. Happy Birthday Dea!
Dea turned 5 on Tuesday and we celebrated her birthday with her parents, who brought in a delicious chocolate cake. It was lucky that Panpan, Dea's grade 3 buddy, could also stay for the celebration. |
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