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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Mixed Up Chameleon



We are doing a theme on The Wonderful World of Eric Carle.  The Mixed-Up Chameleon is one of his books.  Beautiful story that tells us that it is always better to be ourselves.  I told the children we must strive to be the best that we can be - A BETTER SELF!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

ALL ABOUT SCIENCE (2)

More pictures to share!
 Baking a pizza - also a lesson in science
 
 
  
 
Building and construction - finding the most stable foundation
 
 
Which is hard and more stable?
  
 
 This structure is also very stable and forms the foundation of tents.
 
  
 The Colour Box 3 - all about colours and tones
 
 
 Parts of a tree - bark. leaves, fruits, roots
 
 
 
 Rainbow!
  
 
 Catching a rainbow!
 
 
 
 
Admiring a double rainbow in the sky

 
 Germination on Day 2
 
 
  Germination on Day 6
  
 
 Flowers, Flowers!
 
  
 They are beautiful, so are we!
 
 
 Do you like my flowers?
 
 
 Fruits Galore!
 
 
 So many to taste!  What are cikus???
 
 
Playing with magnets - same poles repel, different poles attract!
 
 
  
 Putting out the flame with carbon dioxide, produced by mixing vinegar and baking soda.
 
 

ALL ABOUT SCIENCE! (1)


Science is everywhere.  Working with Little Scientist, we have a hands-on science programme in Little Beans for children from 3 to 6.  Innovative, fun and experimental, children (and teachers) learn all about science the fun way.  Visit Little Scientist website for more information at www.LittleScientistS.com.  On top of that, we learn science the Montessori way as well as through our monthly themes.


 

 Making a model of our lung - we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
 
 
 
 Inhale- our lungs expand,  exhale - our lungs contract
 
 
Threading through the hand model and the pull the strings, the hand moves like a real one!
 
 
  
 Learning about surface tension and bubbles through play.
 
 
 Parts of a tree
 
  
 
 
 Parts of a turtle, parts of an insect
 
 Parts of a fish - scales, gills, head, tail, fin 
 
 
 
 
 Pasting the scales onto the fish template
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Watering our onion bulbs 
 
 
 
 And watch them grow!
 
 
 
 
 
 Crickets upclose!
 
 
 Looking at the crickets through a magnifying bug viewer
 
  
 
 
  
 Fishes swimming in the bowl
 
 
 Making our own colourful fish
 
 
Dot with food colouring, spray with water and watch the colours spread
 
 
 
 Blue + Yellow = Green
 
 Red + Yellow = Orange
 
 Blue + Red = Purple
 
 
 
 
Beautiful fish, our very own!
 
Fishes swim together as a school
 


Sunday, August 18, 2013

THEME BOARDS 2013

We had an interesting year so far, with a myriad of themes to engage the children in learning new things as well as to enrich their vocabulary and understanding of  our beautiful world.  Below are some of the theme boards so far, and the themes which we discussed.  Some of them will be detailed in my later blog entries.  Thanks to the teachers who made the themes great successes - BEAUTIFUL INDEED!

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn - talks about the first day of school and the separation anxiety that the child faces.  Beautiful story to help settle a child into the school environment.
 

Chinese New Year 2013
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Chun Lian written by the 6-year old children 


I AM SPECIAL.
 
 
Each child has a right to a happy family.
 
 
The right to learn, explore and make new friends
 
 
The right to a safe and healthy community
 
 
The right to a sustainable environment.
 
 

 Our Community Theme
 
 
Under Construction 

 
All About Trees
 
 
Birds live in trees.
 
Parts of a tree - flowers
 
 
Branch
 
Wise old owl .... in the tree
 
 
Oceans!

 
5 Layers of the Ocean
 
 
 
 All About Clothes
 
 
Sports and Games
 
 
Our Home, Malaysia