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Numeracy
Slithering into Patterns: A Hands-On Numeracy Experience
Numeracy supports learners in developing logical thinking and problem-solving skills, with patterns being a key concept. Recognizing and creating patterns helps learners understand sequences, make predictions and see relationships.
In this activity, learners created patterns on a snake-shaped cutout using different shapes of colored paper. They arranged the shapes in repeating sequences along the snake’s body, exploring combinations through hands-on learning.
Learners stayed engaged throughout, selecting shapes, discussing their ideas, and correcting patterns when needed. The activity helped them build fine motor skills, critical thinking, creativity, and the ability to work with others. This simple, meaningful task gave learners a strong foundation in understanding patterns while developing important numeracy skills.
Language and Literacy
Tracing Sounds in the Sand
Language and literacy are fundamental for communication and cognitive growth. Recognizing beginning sounds and linking them to letters builds phonemic awareness, crucial for reading and writing.
In this activity, learners identified objects, focused on their beginning sounds, and traced the corresponding letter in the sand. They engaged by discussing the objects, practicing letter formation, and working together.
This hands-on activity helped develop phonemic awareness, fine motor skills, and letter recognition, fostering essential literacy skills in an interactive way.
Lets Explore (Theme)
Lets Explore (Theme)
Building the Body
Learning about external body parts helps learners build self-awareness, vocabulary, and an understanding of health and safety. In this activity, learners worked with a large outline of a human body. They picked cutouts of body parts like eyes, ears, hands, and feet and placed them in the correct spots. Learners stayed engaged, discussed where each part belonged and helped each other. This hands-on task supported observation, teamwork, fine motor skills and critical thinking. This helped the learners to understand their bodies while building key developmental skills.
Well-being
Magic words for a kind and polite well-being
Well-being encompasses emotional and social health, and learning magic words like "please," "thank you," and "sorry" is essential for fostering respect and kindness. In this activity, learners practiced using these magic words by enacting different scenarios, learning when and how to use each word in what context. This activity helped learners develop essential social skills, empathy, and self-awareness, contributing to their overall well-being and improving their communication abilities.
Atelier
Exploring with Our Senses!
In this week’s art class, our little learners experienced a fun and stimulating Sensory Tub Walk! We set up tubs filled with a variety of textures—cotton, sand, water, paper bits, and more—and invited the children to walk through each one. As they explored, they shared how each texture felt and expressed their sensations through art using colors and shapes. This activity helped enhance their sensory awareness, creativity, and vocabulary. It was a joyful, squishy, and a giggly experience for all.
Music
Body beats and happy feet
This week marked a fantastic beginning to our musical adventures! Our young learners dove into the exciting world of body percussion discovering how their own bodies can become instruments through clapping, tapping, and stomping.
With lively background music setting the mood, the children explored a range of sound qualities from loud to soft, and fast to slow. They listened closely, moved with intention, and expressed themselves through rhythm and motion. It was a joy to watch them so engaged building coordination, boosting listening skills, and, most importantly, having fun!
The room was full of smiles, giggles and lots of stomping feet; a perfect start to a year of musical discovery.
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Horticulture
Families in Nature: A Leafy Exploration of Art and Identity
Horticulture encourages us to closely observe and appreciate the natural world. The learners in EY 2 observed the unique sizes, shapes and patterns of the leaves. To deepen this understanding, learners took part in an engaging activity where they used a variety of leaves to form human body figures. They also illustrated their families and creatively dressed them using the collected leaves.
By thoughtfully selecting and arranging different leaves, learners sparked their imagination and curiosity. This process inspired careful observation, thoughtful decision-making, and collaboration, all while strengthening fine motor skills, focus, and environmental awareness.
This hands-on experience not only nurtured a connection with nature but also supported the development of key skills in a joyful and meaningful way.
STREAM
Water Wonders: Watch It Wiggle!
EY2 learners engaged in an exciting STREAM experiment to create vibrant wiggly worms. As part of their scientific exploration and fine motor coordination, they carefully placed pre-made tissue paper worms on a flat surface and used droppers to apply water. Learners observed the change in size and movement as the worms absorbed the water and began to wiggle and grow. They were fascinated to watch the colors slowly diffuse along the length of the worms, noticing how the water caused the colour pigments to spread and blend, creating beautiful patterns. This hands-on activity strengthened their fine motor development, introduced basic measurement and cause-and-effect concepts, and encouraged curiosity through sensory-based learning.
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