Newsletter week 10

Dear Peacocks parents,

Our learning:

Monday:

As not all children were at school last we we began with a recap about the life cycle of a frog which is in line with our ‘’changes’’ theme. We watched a short video about the processes of a frogs life.

After that the children played a memory game with frogs on it, a drawing with the life cycle of the frog on it and a picture game with all the stages.

Also they could play in the science room with the animals, dinosaurs and draw.

In the afternoon the children had capoeira class.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

* Develop their use of spoken language and express their thoughts, put questions and to communicate with others

* Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn

* Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena

Tuesday:

We have stayed outside a little longer as the children were building a very high sand tower and playing tag.

in the Library Corrie spoke about the life cycle of the frog. The children had to sequence the stages and say the names fitting to it.

After that we did some Jolly Phonics, the children came up with word with the sounds ‘sss’ in it. Also we made a start with listening closely to the word and hear if the sound is at the beginning, middle or end of the word.

In the math and construction room the children practices writing the letter s, and cutting a spiral snake mobile.

In the afternoon the children had dance class from Hebert!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

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

* Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn

* Develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts, as well as the ability to play with words, relate something, express their thoughts, put questions, and put forward their arguments and communicate with others.

Wednesday:

In the morning the children were divided into two groups. Each group played in the drama and pretend room. In the pretend room the children played in three stations. They loved to pretend to be doctors, chefs and at the grocery store.

After lunch we went outside to the forest were the children played with big tree sticks and they played tag.

In the math and construction room we talked about greater than, less than and equals.

* Develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn

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

Thursday:

In the morning the children have been baking cookies. The Peacocks helped the Ducklings with pushing in the shape. The Peacocks made pink butterflies and the Ducklings made green turtles. They were great helpers and it was lots of fun!

In the math and construction room the children have been practicing less than greater than. They even wanted to already have some easter pictures.

The children also did Jolly phonics with Magda in the afternoon.

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

* Develop their fine motor skills

* 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, such as play, pictures, song and music, and drama

* Develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts, as well as the ability to play with words, relate something, express their thoughts, put questions, and put forward their arguments and communicate with others.

Friday:

In the morning the children did several activities in the art room.

To practice greater than and less than, the children cut out three crocodile mouth and stick them on the right spot, facing the bigger amount.

Also the could play with the play dough, draw in their drawing book and they could make a magic stick with a star!

We have been working on the following Lpfö goals:

*  Develop their understanding of science and relationships to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena

*  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

*  Develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts, as well as the ability to play with words, relate something, express their thoughts, put questions, and put forward their arguments and communicate with others.

Important dates:

March 12th: Staff meeting- pre-school closes at 16.00

March 13th: Math day

March 25th: Toyday

March 30th: Egg hunt

April 3rd: Good Friday – pre-school is closed

April 6th: Easter monday – pre-school is closed

April 22nd: Staff meeting – pre-school closes at 16.00

April 29th: Toyday

Important information:

!! It is wet outside!! Please make sure your child has warm rain clothes at school and extra clothes. When you drop off your child, please make sure he/she is dressed appropriately for the weather.

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We have capoeira classes again on Monday at 15.00.

On Tuesday the children will get dance classes from Hebert from 14.00 to 15.00.

The children that go to school have on Thursday Jolly phonics(English) and on Friday the whole class has Swedish, in the afternoon.

We would like to ask to leave the helmets at school (schooldays). We have sleds at school that the children can use.

We have toyday every last Wednesday of the month. The children can bring one toy (game or toy to share) to school. The children and us try to take the best care of the toys but small toys may get lost. We kindly ask you to not give your child toys to school on the other days. Our next toyday will be on the 25th of March.

If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to contact us or speak directly with us.

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