Family and Friends

First I would like to give a warm welcome to sweet Lital who joined our class last week. Lital comes from America and has already proven to be a great addition to our group.

We had a successful ‘entry point’ to our family and friends unit. We were happy to work as a team to turn our family area to a little home. The kids were very happy to decorate our home, adding different objects they brought from their own home. The children also did a great job practicing their fine motor skills by connecting our numbers path together. We painted boxes to create a screen and a keyboard and finally we used a simple rope, some clothes and laundry clips to practice hanging our clothes to dry.     

As part of our unit we have listened to many stories and sung songs together about families. All the children were delighted to show the rest of the class their family photo. In addition we discussed things we love to do with our family, for example some kids said they love to go to the park, doing puzzles, and others love playing with their siblings. We all agreed that we are very lucky to have a loving family.

We have also played a lot with our little Lego people as part of our unit. We sorted them to groups of mums, dads, sisters, brothers and grandparents, and then counted how many people we have in each group. The children are also developing their vocabulary by learning the different parts of the body and drawing a family portrait.

Last week we got together with our buddy class (Lower Primary) for the first time.  Lower primary came to show us what they have been learning about during maths. They explained to the young children in Lower Pre-Primary about shapes and colors and then we listened to a story. To finish off Lower Pre-Primary taught their big buddies how to sing their end of day song.

Finally we all enjoyed celebrating Jonny’s birthday. Sweet Jonny turned 3 and we wish him all the best. Thank you for the delicious cake.

See you next time!

Here are some new songs that we love to sing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W88LccH696E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRUF7hvWuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJyNoFkud6g