Nina Marni pre-school children and families and welcome to our weekly blog
Learning Intention -1To know who Jesus is and understand that Jesus was part of a loving family
Why? Doctrinal Insights from the Catholic Tradition that support this Enduring Understanding include:Jesus was part of a family with Mary and Joseph who loved and cared for Jesus.This family is called the Holy Family.Families share love and forgiveness. Sacred symbols are special and important.Why? Doctrinal Insights from the Catholic Tradition that support this Enduring Understanding include:Sacred symbols remind us that God is close to us, and with us.In my Catholic learning environment, I can see many sacred symbols.Candle flames remind us that God is with us.The Bible reminds us of God’s love for us through special stories.The Cross reminds us of Jesus.Water is used for special blessingsSacred symbols are used in my school/ELC and in church celebrations, prayer and liturgyOther faith traditions also have sacred symbols.
The Sign of the Cross is a prayer to God.Why? Doctrinal Insights from the Catholic Tradition that support this Enduring Understanding include:The Sign of the Cross is a prayer with actions and words.The words remind us that God is called Father, Son and Holy Spirit.The actions represent the symbol of the Cross, and that prayer involves our head, heart and body.
ILP’s – All children
Today we discussed about family with children like ,Who is in your Family?
Sylvia – My family has two children
Yuri- I got a brother
Adriana – My dog, brother, daddy, mummy and me
Henry – Sister, mummy and daddy
What is your favourite thing to do with your family ?
Sebastian – I love my dad and mum ,playing with them
Adriana – Playing with my brother lego
Henry -Playing with my sister on our i-pad
Charlotte – By myself
Learning Intention 2 :To challenge children’s construction skills by providing loose parts and STEM experiences.
Why?
STEM education in early childhood allows children to begin to learn and retain a knowledge base that they can build on as they get older.Loose Parts play encourages children to make, create, problem solve and hypothesize. Loose parts have no instructions and no predetermined rules. The concept of ‘loose parts’ supports children to become critical thinkers as they use these open- ended materials to plan their work and create whatever they want to without an adult telling them what should be done. It helps children to be imaginative.Loose parts give children the freedom to arrange and rearrange, essentially using the parts to create their own rules and designs, which allows the focus of the experience to be on the process rather than the product. Fine motor skills are developed and strengthened when children grasp and pick up small objects.ILPs – JN, HM, HW, BC, GB, LW, LF, SP, WG, LC
During this week preschool children were super engaged in different construction provocation whether it’s stacking blocks, creating towers, or making houses out of cardboard boxes, construction play for preschool children is not only fun but also beneficial for their development. As they experiment with different shapes and sizes of blocks, they are also learning about spatial awareness and problem-solving skills.
Children had shown interest for log park and we have little discussion about safely play with them specially while carrying the log . We also asked children ,What do they want to make with the logs ?
Children’s voice ……….
Soleia – logs are heavy
Luca – Log Castle
Lucus – Excavator
Avah – Camp Fire
Henry – Car
Sadie, Aina and Rita – House
Literacy
To foster cognitive and social-emotional development, enhancing skills such as communication, problem-solving, cooperation, and empathy, by engaging in dramatic play experiences – ‘Hospital’ dramatic play set upILPs – SG, SP, SS, AB, AC, CK
To understand the small chunks a word can be broken down to (Syllables) To engage in the National Simultaneous Storytime text – The Truck Cat written by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny SnellILPs – All Children
Numeracy Intention :
To be able to identify the shapes
This week Hospital corner was loved by all the children.They were super engaged while playing a role of doctor and patient. The main objective of this corner is to encourage social, emotional, and language development in preschool children. Through this pretend play, children learn to express themselves, understand different perspectives, and build crucial social skills like cooperation, sharing, and problem-solving.
Specks of gold for this week
Have a lovely weekend all !!
Trajectories :
- Continue with construction while encourage the children to use comparative language.
- Celebrating reconciliation week .
- More community walk .