tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32689322214291398642024-03-01T09:40:16.868+04:00HAPPY LITTLE SPROUTSSustainability-themed illustrations and educational resources for parents, educators & publishersSharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-47030650280475386482016-10-15T09:10:00.000+04:002016-10-15T09:46:51.688+04:00HEALTHY EATING - PLAN & ACTIVITIES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We always talk about eating healthy food with the children, but many of the little ones upon questioning, are not really clear just what food is healthy. It's even a bit of a grey area for us adults...fruit yoghurts, homemade pizza and muffins - where do they fit in? Fruits and veges are a good start. So our main goal this week was to:<br />
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<li>identify a fruit v vege (quite tricky it seems)</li>
<li>think about what food is treat food and what food is healthy food</li>
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We tied this all in with <i>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</i> story. </div>
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Some of our activities included:</div>
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<li>finding books both fiction and non fiction featuring healthy eating</li>
<li>tasting veges and creating a bar graph of our favourite then interpreting the data </li>
<li>PPT on common fruits / veges and treat food </li>
<li>making fruit salad using fruit 'counters'. </li>
<li>fruit and vegetable prints</li>
<li>making a class story 'The Very Healthy Caterpillar'</li>
<li>making fruit kebabs</li>
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The children made calendars and fragrant salt dough tree decorations to give to their parents for Christmas. <div>
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<b>The calendars</b> have been very successful. I use photos of iconic places where we live that the children are familiar with. The children get to choose of course. The children then add a rainbow (super easy for all my 3-4 year olds) or whatever they like using <a href="https://www.littlebirdtales.com/" target="_blank">Little Birds Tales</a>. We use the interactive whiteboard but they have an app too. I build the calendar on word adding a photo of the child 'painting'. There are lots of creative possibilities. Please leave a comment if you would like more details for how to make.</div>
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<b>The fragrant salt dough tree decorations</b> smell wonderful. I started makinging them several years ago and families that I meet say that they can still smell the spices. Please leave a comment if you would like more details for how to make them.</div>
Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-18463527672969240912012-06-14T22:41:00.005+04:002012-06-14T22:53:40.027+04:00FATHERS' DAY CARDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today my class made our shirt and tie Fathers' Day cards. </div>
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This years design was an improvement on <a href="http://foundationteacherindubai.blogspot.com/2011/06/fathers-day.html" target="_blank">last years</a>.</div>
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Then I went into Ms. Pam's room. Their class had drawn portraits of their Dads'...</div>
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...and while mine were cute and fun,<br />
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This display is a combination of our 'minibeast' and 'plants' topic. It is so bright and cheery, just perfect for this time of year.</div>
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The children loved creating the ladybird. I found the idea here at<a href="http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=299133" target="_blank"> Artsonia</a>.</div>
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Labelled still life paintings from sunflowers, with real sunflower seeds.</div>
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Digitally illustrated photos of the children holding the birdseed feeders they each made.</div>
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I included some more projects to the side of the display.</div>
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Portraits for each child holding their 'symetrical' butterfly. I found this amazing idea at <a href="http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2012/01/butterfly-tree.html" target="_blank">smART Class</a>.</div>
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The lifecycle of a butterfly.</div>
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Another version of minibeast addition.</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-17482114591391710712012-05-05T22:19:00.001+04:002012-05-05T22:27:52.174+04:00PICTURE GRAPHS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My 4 year olds love making graphs and have become expert at 'reading' and discussing them. Back at the beginning of the year we created graphs for each of our 5 senses. The children placed photos of themselves (blurred here for privacy) in the appropriate place on a graph. Many of the children enjoyed explaining the graph to a parent. <br />
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They charted their favourite 'smell' before making (and tasting) a yummy fruit salad.<br />
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They discovered that while many of them love the feeling of soft fluff, more of them like a smooth, cool feeling. No-one liked the bumps.<br />
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As we got better at creating graphs we started graphing our friends. Lots of people in our class have brown eyes.<br />
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Our favourite activity was for 'taste'. Bitter dark chocolate was the most popular.<br />
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We also listened to different types of music and discovered that we have a class of 'rock & rollers'. <br />
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Creating graphs - a great activitiy for maths and language development as well as understanding our 5 senses.Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-40102331783188220092011-10-21T21:28:00.000+04:002011-10-22T17:22:46.800+04:00DIWALI ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are going to spend the week on Diwali this year with an assembly at the end of the week. I am going to us a lot of my previous ideas and add a couple of new ones. I will be updating this post over the week as I finish off projects with the children.<br />
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* <a href="http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngfl-container/re-unit3-en.html">Story of Diwali</a> and related activities for technology and language.<br />
*<a href="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/my-favourite-day-diwali"> My Favourite Day - Diwali.</a><br />
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* <a href="http://foundationteacherindubai.blogspot.com/2011/02/indian-elephants-animals-and-diwali.html">Elephants of India</a> pattern focus and pingerpainting.<br />
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* <a href="http://foundationteacherindubai.blogspot.com/2010/11/diwali-diyas-or-festive-tea-light.html">Clay diyas.</a><br />
* Jewellery making using coloured pasta tube pasta.<br />
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* Reading stories of Diwali.<br />
* Making an Indian sweet. Perhaps stuffing apricot halves with cream cheese and coconut.<br />
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* Trying on Indian clothes including the jewellery and bindi.<br />
* Powerpoint with the children's recall and pictures created after hearing the story.<br />
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* Making sparkly paper lanterns.<br />
<a href="http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngfl-container/re-unit3-en.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a>* <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/rangoli-colouring-pages.htm">Rangoli</a> patterns for our maths focus.<br />
* <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/diwali_colouring.htm">Colouring in</a> for those children who can't get enough (ugh)<br />
* Learning some Hindi words. 'Namastae' - hello, 'Shukria' - thank you<br />
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<a href="http://mrspancake.com/index.php"><b>Mrs Pancake</b></a> has the loveliest visuals. This site is great for themed alphabets, and numerals, letters and numbers for making banners, posters, calendars and cute ideas for things to make and do.</div>
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<b><a href="http://displays.tpet.co.uk/#/home">Teachers Pet</a> </b>is a relatively new and growing site packed with fantastic resources from displays to worksheet and all sorts of teachers support. I printed out this lovely <a href="http://displays.tpet.co.uk/#/viewPost/id256">visual timetable snake</a> (below) last year. Every morning my helper for the day would stick on the 'activities' in the order they would take place. A few o the children found our 'what will we do today' snake very reassuring. We included ordinal number labels later on in the year. <br />
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<b><a href="http://communication4all.co.uk/HomePage.htm">Communication 4 All</a> </b>is choc block full of gorgeous display materials to print, including borders and posters. I find something new everytime I look. The powerpoint displays are amazing.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.twinkl.co.uk/">Twinkl</a> </b>is another great site full of displays, photos, games and worksheet. I give each child an alphabet strip at the beginning of the year.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Muslims here in Dubai fast during the day for the month of Ramadan - no food, no drinks, no water. Restaurants are closed all day. Sunset is the time for 'Iftar' - the breaking of the fast. A traditional way to break fast is to nibble on dates and take water. The dates provide energy without being too difficult to digest. Dates are also a popular gift to give at this time of the year.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all loved creating our dinosaur animation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We started with a large sheet of paper and painted our backgrounds. Independent to this the children made some cut out dinosaurs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In pairs the children placed their dinosaurs on their painting and took pictures, moving the dinosaurs each time. Our parent volunteer used these photos to create the animation with a demo version of i-stopmotion. We had a great credit at the end with the children but I have not included this for privacy reasons.</div><br />
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-49781371541632750782011-06-30T22:06:00.002+04:002011-07-01T05:34:04.161+04:00UNDER THE SEA DIORAMA - mermaids and yellow submarines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The children were given clay to create a sculpture for their diorama.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">This mermaid was particularly beautiful after being painted.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">As were the jellyfish. Next time I would use plasticine instead of clay as too many of our creations lost limbs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">We added hanging fish some ripples.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Viola!</span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-4927614140739314532011-03-18T16:52:00.000+04:002011-03-18T16:52:15.838+04:00DINOSAURS - display / erupting volcano / jelly fossils / collage / role-play museum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children are loving our dinosaur theme. They have created their own collage dinosaurs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They love visiting our Dinosaur Museum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piecing skeletons together has been challenging but fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One child brought along some dinosaur sweets, so we covered them in jelly lava.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They took them home to excavate them :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We created a volcano from a mold, painted it and added it to our dinosaur park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children loved the vinegar and baking soda lava.</td></tr>
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-27946454960595393132011-03-15T19:21:00.000+04:002011-03-15T19:21:04.420+04:00MINIBEASTS TOPIC - addition ladybugs and minibeast creations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children enjoyed creating a garden for our minibeast display. We filled it with butterflies with symmetrical wings, and various other minibeasts. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children painted wonderful ladybirds for practising their addition. Some students were ready for more challenging calculations so were encouraged to add more spots.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children designed a 'Magical Minibeast' and we wrote out a lits of materials they would need to create their individual works of art. They are 'flying' across the front of the display.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lifecycle of a frog. Paper plate frogs and potato print tadpoles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Animal habitats role-play area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chinese New Year Display. Mandarins in a bowl still life and papier mache dragon with knotted fringing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The land before time. Dinosaurs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating a display from the childrens leftover unnamed <a href="http://foundationteacherindubai.blogspot.com/2010/11/recycled-lost-art.html">3D creations</a>.</td></tr>
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-46058235096943919192011-02-13T21:38:00.000+04:002011-02-13T21:38:50.927+04:00VALENTINES DAY CARDS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">I am absolutely in love with the cards my little guys created today. I was inspired by the hearts at <a href="http://paintedpaperintheartroom.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-tints-and-shades-hearts.html">Painted Paper</a>. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are calling them our 'I Love You' cards so they work just as well for those families that do not wish to 'celebrate' Valentines Day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">I hope the parents really love these cards because I would so love to keep them all.</span></td></tr>
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-83460817034710254282011-02-12T17:39:00.002+04:002011-10-24T22:04:46.755+04:00GOLDILOCKS - 'All About Me' topic inc. our senses and healthy eating.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We created the 3 Bears Health Food Cafe. The children bought in menu's, takeaway containers, chopsticks etc from home. The waiter checked off sizes off portions of big, medium and small on her order pad. The children made some delicious looking 'observation drawing/paintings' which became posters to decorate the cafe wall.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We learnt the action song, '<a href="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/when-goldilocks-went-the-house-the-bears">When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears</a>'. This song supported nicely our focus on the sense of sight. We went for a walk around the school to see what shapes our blue/brown/black eyes could see, and took photos of the shapes we found to make a poster on the wall of the different shapes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We talked about Goldilocks' behaviour (I was thinking of including Roald Dahls version of Goldilocks from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Revolting-Rhymes-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142414824?ie=UTF8&tag=earlyearlite-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Revolting Rhymes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=earlyearlite-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0142414824" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, but didn't in the end) Goldilocks wrote a letter of apology to the 3 bears and we discussed what she could do to make amends. Mama and Papa Bear soothed the distraught baby bear with '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyRxY1rXKF4">Rock-a-Bye Your Bear</a>'. Some of our kind souls modelled new chairs for baby bear from recycled materials. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> We created a skit from the song which we performed in assembly. The children made their own head bands to represent their role in the skit.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And of course we did the usual sorting, size and sequencing activities along with an online <a href="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears">story</a> and <a href="http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-with-english/porridge-puzzle">game</a>.</span></div>
</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-67809274897210053462011-02-11T13:10:00.002+04:002011-10-22T07:42:36.246+04:00INDIAN ELEPHANTS - animals and Diwali topic + colour mixing and pattern making.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /></div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-25271970081574660782011-02-08T19:37:00.001+04:002011-02-08T19:44:32.401+04:00PAINTED CLASS PORTRAITS - ALL ABOUT ME TOPIC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We started with a photo projected onto A3 paper. This gave a a great opportunity to identify facial parts, nostrils, ear lobes, eyelashes, eyebrows etc. </span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you to <a href="http://kidsatkindy.blogspot.com/">Epsom Street Kindy</a> for the inspiration.<br />
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-66004756636097583102010-12-19T22:52:00.000+04:002010-12-19T22:52:08.432+04:00Handcrafted Christmas / Holiday / New Year Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wq_Q_TIj0p5_8ZzmWVY877-cVU-pDpD88rdPFoWtzgH0_pAu7uojTYFZ2CJhpN4VZVFrZHA11zCVySmbrozBC2-Fo4ptl3lwIQUlvNoe7uTtvcpP5aFMbr5B5EYbp0DeLmPX4YfIqaZ0/s1600/abstract.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wq_Q_TIj0p5_8ZzmWVY877-cVU-pDpD88rdPFoWtzgH0_pAu7uojTYFZ2CJhpN4VZVFrZHA11zCVySmbrozBC2-Fo4ptl3lwIQUlvNoe7uTtvcpP5aFMbr5B5EYbp0DeLmPX4YfIqaZ0/s320/abstract.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As a few of the children in my class do not celebrate Christmas we talked about other reasons that we might give a card at this time of the year. We came up with "going on holidays" and "new year". I modelled the 'greetings' for these cards and asked each child to identify the greeting for the card they would like to create. After writing their greeting inside (which was not compulsory but something they all wanted to do - yay!) they moved onto printing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Our school recently held an Diwali Social and we made 'diyas' to decorate the rooms.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The children were given a lump of clay, which they rolled into a ball (about the size of a large golfball), flattened a little, and then pinched into a little pot big enough to hold a tea-light.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Although I demonstrated the process, I love how they all turned out different. We used fast dry clay which hardened overnight (it is still VERY hot here in Dubai).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Next we painted the pots with acrylic paint and finally, glazed with pva glue and a pinch of glitter.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The children's diyas looked fabulous framing a rangoli design (made from coloured powder and glitter)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> ...and the floral rangoli</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They even went up the stairs. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They took us 3 days to make but it was worth it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Now they are ready to go home and I expect that many families will use them as Christmas decorations.</span></div>
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</div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-83482651080227467462010-10-07T23:15:00.007+04:002010-10-08T17:00:18.820+04:00FOOD ART & LANTERNS - EASY PEASY FAST FUN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42uzGnG7g80a9q38V4f4IUy7tTYRdYhDygClkpfq0u2VydSLpJ2dhbwaHiiGAMc129wgBtu6gM8PBGna1B2OpU8RiCBX6252TRu3v0NpoJQgs1nvhj5IxtwOLD7gfIWltSATi_VFdrvCV/s1600/DSC03185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42uzGnG7g80a9q38V4f4IUy7tTYRdYhDygClkpfq0u2VydSLpJ2dhbwaHiiGAMc129wgBtu6gM8PBGna1B2OpU8RiCBX6252TRu3v0NpoJQgs1nvhj5IxtwOLD7gfIWltSATi_VFdrvCV/s320/DSC03185.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Food Art</span></span></u></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I saw a cute idea in an Australian Woman’s Weekly kids cookbook some years ago. A face made from a rice cake with olive eyes, capsicum mouth, and alfalfa hair. I decided to give it a try. Rather than have the children replicate this though, I thought I would give them ingredients and let them create their hearts desire. They had rice cakes, cream cheese, capsicum, cucumber and cheese slices. The alfalfa would have been fun, or even cress, but neither were available. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOu6lin-A2f-Nihn8mi0FZ4UaVwTUbg2wm5Zbsl5J8-E6Swsk0xREgar4xm2rpigXqYPUVcY33fZqQDVTZzO_ZH1VlbdV67rSN1WQGkLPfrHxVDZyeGJIrcLxEAFYCjeB9EIvgJGWW06t4/s1600/DSC03186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOu6lin-A2f-Nihn8mi0FZ4UaVwTUbg2wm5Zbsl5J8-E6Swsk0xREgar4xm2rpigXqYPUVcY33fZqQDVTZzO_ZH1VlbdV67rSN1WQGkLPfrHxVDZyeGJIrcLxEAFYCjeB9EIvgJGWW06t4/s320/DSC03186.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most of the children chose to make faces, but we had a few abstracts and patterns too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oPlqLaNOWf-bj8r0eDzDxUvqqIrRl2iW47q1WQaNwTc5QUvLhiOV6vxt0x-Z-HLTd83OFNsVau-KlQeg06XLuWawS9WILwDP1_-6Xc6O1D8EHhxUIlQaiCRBmpArtkiSor2z_PhgW6dd/s1600/DSC03189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oPlqLaNOWf-bj8r0eDzDxUvqqIrRl2iW47q1WQaNwTc5QUvLhiOV6vxt0x-Z-HLTd83OFNsVau-KlQeg06XLuWawS9WILwDP1_-6Xc6O1D8EHhxUIlQaiCRBmpArtkiSor2z_PhgW6dd/s320/DSC03189.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The children took their own photos (these are just some). They might choose to make a recipe book and this would make a great front cover! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0-RwBIvYnqMICcp4-57D5R6DeA8z6ytY4jzh2cxUUFxUYqrfr7-Kt9vyKDTNKFr7EhrdhOHJ3e3cTSmXGawwtRu9OPdU_TRK-KCS96mDdX625zA3iJgy7oSJElla04PygpKVRYPnJpkW/s1600/DSC03191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0-RwBIvYnqMICcp4-57D5R6DeA8z6ytY4jzh2cxUUFxUYqrfr7-Kt9vyKDTNKFr7EhrdhOHJ3e3cTSmXGawwtRu9OPdU_TRK-KCS96mDdX625zA3iJgy7oSJElla04PygpKVRYPnJpkW/s320/DSC03191.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The reading corner is comfortable and cosy. I had a few tired little poppets fall asleep in it this week. The base is constructed from three foam slabs and sold as a folding mattress. It can be folded to create a very simple sofa shape. I will do this on days when I want to create a bit more space for other activities.</span></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We love </span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Were-Going-Bear-Hunt-Book/dp/1406310948"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Going on a Bear Hunt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> by Michael Rosen. The children particularly love acting out the story. Last year I tried an new activity related to the story and I think it turned out really well. </span><br />
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</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Each day following this we focused on certain parts of the story. The first day was 'swishy grass'. I introduced the session with a powerpoint of several pictures featuring swishy grass. We looked at all the different colours and used lots of words to describe what we saw. Then the children created a collage of swishy grass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-Bt2Wopn74QgrgJ2jNWse7ZNCUjP4O3DW8wd_s3sGlhdmSBCezJnmuS1gnd1abosSeAoOCOAfR86uwHt2FV-HUahiBnMAmKHQHTCbxyyQc1cHnqQu2f1krtqVL3EoDa4sUEJTzKdZIQa/s1600/grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-Bt2Wopn74QgrgJ2jNWse7ZNCUjP4O3DW8wd_s3sGlhdmSBCezJnmuS1gnd1abosSeAoOCOAfR86uwHt2FV-HUahiBnMAmKHQHTCbxyyQc1cHnqQu2f1krtqVL3EoDa4sUEJTzKdZIQa/s400/grass.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The following day we looked at various pictures of rivers, again eliciting descriptive words. The follow up art activity involved creating wax resist river pictures. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ETA Some great ideas to go with the story from <a href="http://sunhatswellieboots.blogspot.com/2011/02/were-going-on-bear-hunt.html">Sun Hats and Wellie Boots</a> blog.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">is an exquisitely illustrated book that simply and clearly gives a child's eye view of Ramadan. I was planning to use the illustrations this year to inspire the children to create paper collages. It would also be a great book for supporting a topic on the phases of the moon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Almost all of the Muslims here in Dubai fast during the day for the month of Ramadan - no food, no drinks, no water. Many of the shops don't open until 12 noon and most of the cafes, restaurants and fast food eateries are closed during the day until sunset. Sunset is the time for 'Iftar' - the breaking of the fast. A traditional way to break fast is to nibble on dates and take water or tea. The dates provide energy without being too difficult to digest. </span><br />
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There are many different types of dates and I bought in a selection for the children to sample. They discussed the taste and texture and which they liked the most. They plotted their favourite on a graph that also had an option for 'don't like dates!'</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lanterns seems to be a feature of so many cultural celebrations and events and Ramadan is no exception - the arabic lantern is called Fanooz. The children made simple paper lanterns. It was the beginning of the school year and the activity was excelletn for allowing us to get a good idea of where each child was at in terms of fine motor development and the ability to follow simple instructions. </span><br />
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Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-49658547132234869492010-08-01T20:29:00.007+04:002010-08-31T20:24:04.463+04:00BACK TO BASICS - PLAYDOUGH<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">My initial teacher training was back in the days when there were specific colleges for teachers - Teachers' College. We went to college 5 days a week from 8-4. Along with lectures it was a very hands on experience. In the first week of college we looked at playdough. </span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We scented out playdough, with essences, oils, custard powders and jelly crystals, coffee and mint leaves to name a few. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We coloured our playdough with food colouring, and paint and food-dyes like beetroot. We left it "raw" and we swirled colour in later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We experimented with our playdough, with too much water, or flour or oil. We mixed two different doughs together. We tried pushing it through different utensils like sieves and garlic presses and egg slicers and graters. We dried it and made beads. We froze it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We manipulated our dough. We rolled and cut and squeezed and slapped and imprinted and moulded and kneaded and pinched and threw...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And then we talked about our dough. We talked about all the benefits of playing with dough. Science, maths, language and literacy, fine motor and social development. And how calming it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuPGQfV7F7WzJJ8PtvYOSEENppJoHuuEmW6F8Q6UCU53CK7WSv9LAODVrMgDEG_2Hym7T0RvLGeq8ADzP3Z8_Fccy7qAApRz3mvs88hfd4V-bfoDBaQrVBQ_sbhcvUiPla0bBqauT7KUE/s1600/DSC02846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuPGQfV7F7WzJJ8PtvYOSEENppJoHuuEmW6F8Q6UCU53CK7WSv9LAODVrMgDEG_2Hym7T0RvLGeq8ADzP3Z8_Fccy7qAApRz3mvs88hfd4V-bfoDBaQrVBQ_sbhcvUiPla0bBqauT7KUE/s400/DSC02846.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268932221429139864.post-35993173555901919462010-07-19T23:29:00.011+04:002010-08-31T19:45:00.744+04:00LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEAR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexF6hqcIxC4S1iuItB-khotyy2ix2S3e9yL5Hnlok-ps0rqqHQZqM7ONMuSsC312KjhGBSzGZ2i2k8x6LX26VVRugfGSluVQkXI3186Nd8xZjHu0iu_DkXJVKeJRhK2nt2uthQMx1o4NG/s1600/DSC01830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexF6hqcIxC4S1iuItB-khotyy2ix2S3e9yL5Hnlok-ps0rqqHQZqM7ONMuSsC312KjhGBSzGZ2i2k8x6LX26VVRugfGSluVQkXI3186Nd8xZjHu0iu_DkXJVKeJRhK2nt2uthQMx1o4NG/s320/DSC01830.jpg" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I didn't take nearly enough photos of my students work last year Some art and craft did get captured though...</span><br />
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</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The children created some amazing Rainbow Fish out of plasticine. We had been looking at and discussing different fish and parts of a fish and had also read the story 'The Rainbow Fish'. I had sheets of blue paper (would have been nice if the papers were different shades of blue), plasticine in many colours, glitter and pastels on the table. I had planned on adding sequins for that special rainbow fish touch - maybe next time.</span></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sowSTL0UHJVZc93RrD_kGNgU7bhaw1TpmECKBcU4TPQVjTxF5ygI0IKSHlEKf0EDFMFs_mVd_Sd4wwd9eoXDhyphenhyphenmR3yVoxEHc1bimpN5WqIlWEvSSv2EYy0_G9_WFm9gupeIlJosy5Ot/s1600/DSC02562.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="360" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495705763787567490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sowSTL0UHJVZc93RrD_kGNgU7bhaw1TpmECKBcU4TPQVjTxF5ygI0IKSHlEKf0EDFMFs_mVd_Sd4wwd9eoXDhyphenhyphenmR3yVoxEHc1bimpN5WqIlWEvSSv2EYy0_G9_WFm9gupeIlJosy5Ot/s640/DSC02562.jpg" style="display: block; height: 225px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All the children loved learning about Chinese New Year. They worked co-operatively to create a papier mache dragons head and we made a body out of polar fleece. I made hundreds of small cuts in the polar fleece towards the bottom and the children tied strips of fabric and ribbon. I was surprised at how well they worked together when 'dragon dancing'. They also did some fabulous still life drawings of mandarins in a bowl and lanterns.</span><br />
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG1k_JZrwHuKPNbPWPk_PMtWd9-6-qzTdyNacwDYa-YnEs3-uo30REc7TrngtNBk2ORjFFiBKvPf5O9PhFTlEZQRlKMmmNyeORVkAb0tjULWuNplySkDNDBfFrj61hzrbQdY-vdoKUMCT/s1600/DSC02197.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495705754970673202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjG1k_JZrwHuKPNbPWPk_PMtWd9-6-qzTdyNacwDYa-YnEs3-uo30REc7TrngtNBk2ORjFFiBKvPf5O9PhFTlEZQRlKMmmNyeORVkAb0tjULWuNplySkDNDBfFrj61hzrbQdY-vdoKUMCT/s640/DSC02197.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This display is unfinished but when finished represented the life-cycle of a frog. The frogs feet were hand prints and the tongue either zigzag folds or curled with the bug each frog has just captured. The tadpoles in their various stages of development were created using potato stamps and then drawing features on afterwards.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPC70O6p-UsEaulHGvLQeCwVRZxY11qow4q_-GN5HF2gj5WLHNhQa_8PvO4B_I58b5hvEuM21ZBVRqfdPDtKXUXmhHBnUfVFbW2NrBwwmioZrFlEp2xDJXOp2Ak-sQipEo_T3fcVVxS04m/s1600/DSC02192.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495705747239879442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPC70O6p-UsEaulHGvLQeCwVRZxY11qow4q_-GN5HF2gj5WLHNhQa_8PvO4B_I58b5hvEuM21ZBVRqfdPDtKXUXmhHBnUfVFbW2NrBwwmioZrFlEp2xDJXOp2Ak-sQipEo_T3fcVVxS04m/s640/DSC02192.jpg" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Easter and the Iranian New Year celebration, 'No Rooz' fall around the same time. We made the eggs for our NoRooz display table. It was nice to be able to make something that was symbolic in both the Muslim and Christian tradition (Pagan too!) The children chose rubber bands, leaves, crayons and stickers to decorate their eggs. The colour bath was food colouring and salt.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenEpkbHwRyFOKBQcEKzoIUzbqU10jEEDyHT7neE2KjFhCNTuP9An4eLHjh98PGwV69z7RTZybsroBmdAx0sOb-pfx2gqGZ5aRU8OIS6dRLq20wnSyNEaFvpJw69qUu-7Ur1L_Q6Los08V/s1600/DSC02121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="360" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495704631832069490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenEpkbHwRyFOKBQcEKzoIUzbqU10jEEDyHT7neE2KjFhCNTuP9An4eLHjh98PGwV69z7RTZybsroBmdAx0sOb-pfx2gqGZ5aRU8OIS6dRLq20wnSyNEaFvpJw69qUu-7Ur1L_Q6Los08V/s640/DSC02121.jpg" style="display: block; height: 225px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mothers Day was a last minute rush as they celebrate in the UK on a different day to we Antipodeans (oops). Although these were very rushed projects but they turned out nicely. Each child made a picture frame by tearing up and sticking tissue paper onto card with a photograph size hole cut out of the middle. I had some photocopied black and white photos of each child which they stuck to the back along with a contrasting border.</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgEY7m2kGYTh3sCM-YCctOC7JOco_w345Zrf8Rk51ShRJ2xjDvGVYYE5NN-g-moutrat4jGmphkwPXV2ABFeoDdqKg6jMElvJx8j7hZoptk7QVnsU0vszWqEN26OT_mwt-I5_6FG2xuLM/s1600/mothers+day+frame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgEY7m2kGYTh3sCM-YCctOC7JOco_w345Zrf8Rk51ShRJ2xjDvGVYYE5NN-g-moutrat4jGmphkwPXV2ABFeoDdqKg6jMElvJx8j7hZoptk7QVnsU0vszWqEN26OT_mwt-I5_6FG2xuLM/s400/mothers+day+frame.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div>Sharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02675286762804293265noreply@blogger.com2