LPP having fun learning about food!

Dear Parents,

Over the last few weeks, lower pre-primary pupils have been busy learning about food, the autumn season, personal goals and Christmas.

Our entry point for the ‘Food unit’ was fun. All the children brought some fruit they like and a cutting board. We chopped up all the fruit and made a big fruit salad and pancakes. We all enjoyed our delicious homemade morning snack!

During our food unit we created our own café and learned how to sort food in different categories such as colour and size. They all had a great time playing in the café corner, pretending to be mum, dad, a chef or a waiter.  We improved our counting skills by counting fruit, vegetables, desserts and more. We learned about healthy and unhealthy food and read beautiful stories about food. The kids even performed in our ‘The enormous turnip’ play, which was great fun!

Learning about food was a lovely opportunity for us to make food art. We looked at photos of mandalas, discussed patterns, and then created our own mandala out of dry food. The children  chose their favourite food, and then created their mandala out of different materials. We smelled, touched and tasted different vegetables and even made a stamp using a lemon! 

Every now and then we have a nice activity with our ‘buddy class’- Lower Primary. Our last activity was to invite them to our class for some orange juice and cookies, which we made ourselves. We sang together and listened to a story about food. We had a blast!

Our exit point was a great success. The kids were super excited on our first trip to a local café. We took with us some Christmas decorations that we had made in class, and Ria, the nice lady who owns the café, treated us to orange juice, chocolate milk and a homemade cake.

We also learned about the autumn season. We learned to recognise the different signs of autumn and looked at some autumn tree paintings by Vincent van Gogh. Afterwards we drew our own autumn tree, with our little fingers. The kids were very happy to go outside and observe real autumn leaves. We then raked the leaves to make a big pile which we all jumped into!

We also celebrated Andreea and Sammi’s birthday. They both turned 3. We would like to wish them happy birthday again and thank them for the yummy cakes they brought.

Last week was all about Christmas. We made Christmas decorations, sang songs and were very happy to celebrate the Christmas fair with our parents.

Have a lovely winter break, full of great moments with your family and friends. See you all in 2017.

Happy New Year!