Nurturing Learning Disposition; Appreciation

Apart from gaining knowledge through thematic and Montessori learning, children also learnt about PRAISE (Perseverance, Reflectiveness, Appreciation, Inventiveness, Sense of wonder & curiosity, and Engagement.

In the month of November, children learnt about being appreciative. 

A few sets of painting (abstract work) were printed out and displayed randomly in the class.

Children were grouped of 2s or 3s and had to go around observing the artwork.

There children were in a vertical group (K1s & K2s) and they had to discuss about the artwork.

Appreciation
Children with a sense of appreciation recognise that everyone has different and unique qualities. They listen to the views of others and show respect for them.  

 

The children were engaged in discussing the details of the abstract artwork with each other. They were encouraged to speak their own view of the abstract art with their partners.

: Abstract art uses a visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

Thereafter, children were assigned to do their own abstract art. Look at how busy they were! Once they were done, they showed their abstract artwork to their friends. Apart from appreciating each others' artwork, children also learnt that they have to be respectful when others were presenting their work.

These were some of the abstract artwork done by our young artists, the Kindergarten children!

Wild Animals

In the month of October, the K1s and K2s learned about wild animals. They focused on the body patterns and body coverings. 

To begin with, the children had to draw out pictures of animals body coverings from a mystery bag.

Once everyone had drawn out the pictures from the mystery bag, they shared the pictures with friends.

They had to guess the which animals the body coverings belong to and match the pictures to the names of animals.

Children recalled the names of wild animals and their body coverings and wrote down the informations on a piece of mahjong paper. 

• scale 
• fur / hair
• skin
• armoured
• rough
• smooth

They also did a short experiment on how a polar keeps it body warm in the cold, chilly Arctic.

The children were given 2 tubs of ice and placed their index fingers in the tubs. 

then one of their index fingers was wrapped with vegetable shortening to act as the polar bear's body fats. The children got to experience of how it felt like having bare finger and finger wrapped in vegetable shortening in the tub of ice! 

Children were heard commenting that there was really a difference!

Mummy and daddy, you may also do this simple experiment with your children at home. Enjoy!

Chicky Dee Chicken Burger by K1 & K2 chefs

As the K1 & K2 children learnt about habitats and the names of farm animals' homes such as coop, hutch, burrow and etc, they have also used chicken as the ingredient to make the Chicky Dee Chicken Burger for cookery lesson.

Definitely a delicious and healthy meal as the minced chicken is with mixed vegetables and onions. After that, we pan-fried the patty and placed it in the wholemeal bun! You may add mayonnaise to make it taste better :)

You may get them to do it at home for you!! Mum can cook, so can we!