The Tulips

The tulips had great fun learning about GarageBand app. By pressing on the I pad screen they could choose different kinds of instruments such as piano and drums. They played different notes, by pressing on the keyboard. They also got to use the Jaramba iPad finding pictures of different animals and saying what the animals says for example  a cow saids moo and listening to the sounds on the Jaramba I pad to confirm that they were right that the cow said moo and the goat saids mee mee. We choose the Animal pictures and their sounds as we are doing IPC and our Theme for the youngest group is Animals. They have loved exploring the GarageBand on the I pad with the different music instruments and the Jaramba I pad,  earning about the different animals what they look like, there names and the sounds they make . 

Lpfö: Develop their ability to identify technology in everyday life, and explore how simple technology works.

Lego Color sorting game

The Tulips today’s activity was Montessori math with lego color sorting game. We basically used two papers of two different colors (blue and brown) and five lego duplos in each color that matching the papers. The teacher started by placing the papers on a carpet and showed to children how to play the game. Later on, children were asked to match the blue lego duplos to the blue paper and the brown lego duplos to the brown paper. Furthermore, they also counted at the same time how many lego duplos they placed on the blue and brown papers.

 

Purpose:  

* Identifying and differentiating colors (blue vs. brown).

*Allow children to use their senses.

*Teach children to sort and organize colors into groups.

*Teach children to count from 1 to 5 in English and Swedish.

Lpfö: Develop children’s mathematical skills by lifting up and following reasoning.

Entry Point: Toy animals hunt in the backyard

Tuesday, 04/09/18, our activity was to introduce to children the Entry Point of our IPC. The teacher collected different kind of animals and hided them in the Preschool’s backyard. Three different habitats were created: see, jungle and a farm. The Toy animals hunt started at the rhythm of animal songs and children were happy to discover where they were hidden. Few of them could name the Toy animal that they found and others made a sound and pointed to show the toy animal.

The main purpose of this activity was to make an assessment of which animals they can name and if they can make their sounds. Later on, we practiced together their names and the sounds they make.

Lpfö: Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, as well as knowledge of animals.