Monday 12 August 2019

Car Wash pretend play

We had Bike Day last week and started by playing with the idea of car wash.

Child " What are you making Naomi?"
Naomi " I am making a car wash machine."
Child " why is it so small?"
Child" I think we can use it for our toy cars"
Naomi: " I thought so"
Naomi " Have you ever gone to car wash with your parents before?"
Child " Yes, I have, my dad washes our car, I help"
Naomi" Do you know what the inside of a car wash looks like?" 
Child " I know there is a shower on the top of the ceiling ".

The children got some ideas from our conversation and from their experiences with car washes. 

Child " How about we put some brushes inside?"
Child " I saw the curtains in front of a machine"
Child " I love blue curtains"

When we were finished making the car wash the children played happily together with our new toy.

Child "I am going to car wash with my grandma and grandpa"
          " My grandma can't drive, so my grandpa will drive"  
Child " My grandma can drive, she sometimes drives me to here"

The children noticed we have big cars, they wouldn't fit the small car wash machine.

Child " Naomi we need to make another one. "
Child " We need find a bigger card board."
Child " Look, we have a long line up, we need to have another one"

And then we made a big car wash machine.

I love to playing with the children. These moments help us for strong connections and I love to give them a chance to express their ideas.  
 












International Indigenous Peoples Day

June 21st was International Indigenous Peoples Day.

The teachers setted up some activities for this special day.


-Colouring of  Indigenous Art.
-Playing with the idea of the Inukshuk using a variety of building materials.
-Picking Huckleberries and Salmonberries at Pacific Spirit Park and making Jam.
-Making and tasting Bannock.
-Listening to Indigenous Stories (which builds on the story reading we do each day).  
We also learned June 21st is the first day of summer.



Before we went berry picking, we thought all the people and animals that eat and use berries.  

And we promissed to we pick just a little amount of berries for our baking so that others too may share the lovely gift of the forest. 


BUT, when we walked at the forest we noticed almost all of the berries were gone.
We were able to pick it up just few berries.
When we baked we used local blueberries we bought at the store to add to those berries we ha picked.
After rest time, we tasted the bannock and the jam.
We all loved it!


Since the morning, we had used our senses fully; for enjoying of world of Indigenous way of knowing.















I will hold the bowl, you can mix it.
I need to wait until I see bubbles on bannock.
Flipping is difficult!
I can measure sugar.
Bannock like pancake!!

Who like Bannock and Jam?
Me! Me! Me!





They are licking the dishes...:)




 
We listened a Totem pole story
We tried to make a statue with rocks, too.




Mathematical Provocations

On one day of November, I brought out some gems and started to sorting colour. The children were curious and offered to help and I welco...