Luke and Frankie enjoyed lots of activities together! First they went to the special super-market behind Luke’s house to get some delicious snacks. Then later Luke took Frankie to the park where they got to play on the slide and the horse! At home, Frankie and Luke enjoyed colouring and playing with the Lego. After a long day, it was time for bed, along with the rest of Luke’s friendly toys.
“The Cat In The Hat Class” & “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Class”
Welcome to the Preschool 3 blog! This will be updated regularly with our group photos, class work and activities related our Unit of Inquiry. You will soon be meeting our class friends, Lola the puppy and Frankie the bear. They love to go on adventures, and will encourage the students to be responsible for them every weekend.
Students have been working with learning centres in their classrooms. Learning centres are self-contained sections of the classroom in which students engage in independent and self-directed learning activities. The learning centres focus on UOI, language, maths, construction, ICT, and fine motor control.
Mad Science
The students in preschool 3 are currently working on a unit of inquiry called “I Wonder”. The central idea is “Inquiry, Observation and experimentation help scientists understand the world.” For this unit they invited the ‘Mad Science’ team into the school to do a science show and hands on workshop.
Science – Melting Elsa’s Frozen Hands
Related to our science unit in preschool 3 the students participated in a scientific challenge. Each table was given one of “Elsa’s Frozen Hands”. The challenge was to see which table could melt the ice fast enough and release the marbles inside.
Each table were given different materials to use to help melt the ice. Those materials were:
- Salt
- Bottled Water with Droppers
- Tap Water with Paint Brushes
- Mittens/Gloves
- Bare Hands
The students predicted which would melt the ice the fastest before carrying out the experiment. They then compared their predictions to the actual results and recorded their learning in their science journals.
My Gym Field Trip!
The Panda & Dinosaur class students had lots of fun on our field trip to My Gym, in connection with our current unit of inquiry, “We Play Together”
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Math and Science Day
The Preschool 3 classes enjoyed lots of math activities and science experiments today!
New Unit of Inquiry: Play!
This week we begun our new unit of inquiry all about play. Our central idea is : Children Use Play to Communicate Emotions, Ideas and Feelings.
To begin the unit, we hid all the toys in the classroom and only provided recycled materials to play with. At first the students were confused but soon their natural curiosity took over and they began playing with the materials. They created games, made musical instruments and constructed with them.
This activity was the provocation for the unit which then led to a class discussion about what, why and how to we play. You can see in the mind maps below what the children in each class thought. We also gave the children the opportunity to discuss what they would like to learn about during this unit.
