Family Portrait

 Creative Expression is one of their favourite activities as the children get to explore with a variety of materials.  They also have opportunities to work with a few skills such as cutting with scissors, pasting, drawing etc. With this month's theme on Family, the children created their own family portrait using the materials given. They can be seen to be really enjoying the whole process.  Let's take a look at how focus they are and on their creativity!

Pasting using white glue was a breeze for the children.

  

Decision making takes place when a variety of materials are spoilt for choices.

Skills such as cutting using scissors are picked up as they created their family portrait.

Cutting using scissors require lots of focus.

It is always a satisfaction when a child is able to accomplish what they have in mind through Creative Expression!

Letter A!

Children learnt about the letter "a" and its phonetic sound. To reinforce their understanding, they were asked to name objects/ things that begins with the letter "a". Children were able to name "apple", "aeroplane" and "arrow"!

 

To further enhance their understanding on the letter, they were encouraged to color the apple and ant.

 

Way to go, children!

 

Shaving cream painting

'Messy' and 'fun'

Two words that children love to hear together and this activity is just that, but it also resulted in a very cool, very original patterned piece of art.

What do we need?

1.Clear glue

2. primary colour paint

3. shaving foam

4. paint brushes

5. cups

  

  First we fill up half cup of glue and paint. 

 

Next, children will get to spray the shaving foam in the cup with teachers guidance and they take turns to stir the mixture together.

 "Miss Shabana! Miss Cynthia! This look like milkshake!"

 

Through this activity children get to experience the dabbing techniques to paint instead of stroking. They were also encouraged to think out of box on how they can use this technique to paint their family portrait.

 

 

Time to show your power - Teamwork!

 The children will

• Learn that an object or structure is stable when the forces acting upon it are balanced by the composition of the object or structure itself
• Discover that unbalanced forces can cause the deformation or collapse of an object or structure
• Understand that some materials are better than others for constructing a particular object or structure
• Consider the purpose of the object or structure when choosing materials for construction

The class working together as a team.

Keiran was asking the teacher if his base looked stable.

See Ching working with the scotch-tape dispenser.

All working with full focused.

Everyone was talking and working with great joy!

See Ching with her structure base. Feeling achieved!

Lucas and Enzo feeling proud of their art work.

Andrei and Javier helping and supporting their friend with the structures.

Parents u may encourage your child to try building newspaper towers for height only or to support an object. Have them compare the differences in design between towers designed to hold vertical vs lateral loads, and between towers that are not designed to hold any weight but their own. Enjoy constructing together!