Nina Marni to all our lovely Families and their beautiful children, Welcome to our Blog for term 3 /week 3
Learning Intention 1:
To support children’s expression of ideas and identity through mark-making and collaborative art experiences.
Why
- Mark making simply refers to the creation of different patterns, lines, textures and shapes.
- Mark-making is not just about early writing; it is a sensory and physical experience which can be enjoyed by all ages and abilities.
- As well as early writing, mark-making can develop into mathematical representation and creative expression.
- Making marks enables children to develop their hand eye co-ordination and fine motor skills through practicing to hold a tool, deciding what grip suits them best, which hand feels most natural and through making small, controlled movements using the tool.
- By giving children, the opportunity to explore different mediums of mark making, it engages them in sensory play and allows them to discover new exciting materials.
- This helps to enhance a child’s critical thinking, brain development and language development, which gives them the ability to build towards more complex learning tasks in the future.
Children are able to create their own patterns ,with the use of a variety of mediums and co-construct their learning. What wonderful and exciting ways for children to explore their own image and create multiple concepts towards learning.
We were so grateful this week for the beautiful weather that we were able to extend on our mark making experience with a little help from mother nature. A portion of sensory blended in with a small dose of numeracy helped our little learners explore their senses as well as brush up on their numeracy skills.
Learning Intention 2:
Book making
Weekly focus : Starting from scratch – what is a book? What is the purpose? Who reads books? Who writes books? What do they look like? Teachers will use information gained about prior knowledge to decide next steps.
Mentor texts Explore a range of Mo Williams books during morning/ Afternoon group times (Term 3)– discussions and questioning to follow.
Continue to support educators to find moments to read to small groups of children and using these moments as an opportunity for self-regulation and grounding
This week our community visits in the Holy Family school have been quite exciting. Children were able to explore their surroundings with a beautiful nature walk. We were able to enhance our senses through touch , feel and smell the lovely herbs and oranges which we included into our learning experiences.
Community visits to the Holy family school play ground were another highlight of the week as the children were able to extend on their physical balance and coordination.
Some precious moments captured from this week which we call “little specs of gold”
Hope you all have a relaxing weekend.