An outdoor play a day keeps the crying away!

Do you know that outdoor play is essential in children’s learning and growth?

Playing outdoor is a form of exercise that promotes well-being and wholesome physical development. During this outdoor play, children will get to interact and also practice cooperative play!

Let’s looks at the gallery below...

“Oh no! you bump on me!”- outdoor play also means DRAMA… Children will take this opportunity to pretend play what they have observed in their surrounding or daily life.

“ Try to catch me if you can!”- friendship and learning are strengthen through joyful activities together.

 “ That was a good slide Chester!” – Children practice turn taking as they wait for their turn to slide.

 

After long hours in class, outdoor definitely helps children to burn their energy! Look at Jermaine’s happy face.

   
Weeeee!

Outdoor is fun! 

 

Wow! What a delicious art and craft!

 

This activity help young children develop their senses through exploration and discovery. Fine motor skills are further enhanced too. Fine motor refers to the movements we make with the small muscles of the hands. 

They also learn that their hands can assist in many other areas as their cognitive and social/emotional skills improve. The creative arts help to develop children’s senses. It is advisable to give them access to a wide range of materials to encourage their sense of touch just like having to do their art and craft using food ingredients. It's so beautiful to see children forming their wild animals through carving the fruits and slicing the chosen ingredients.

 

Jing Xuan is making a zebra. She is seen tearing the cheese to form the stripes.

Ern Yu is forming an elephant tail using the cheese.

Yee Ann is seen deep in thoughts...

 

Both Yee Ann and Kai Le are working on their chosen animal, giraffe.

Eu Yi is forming a koala bear and recalled her experience in the zoo.

We have completed our art and craft! Yeah!!!

Time to munch on the presentation. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum...

 

Let's encourage and inculcate healthy eating habits in our child from young. ;-)

Animal Food Craft

Children learnt about wild animals, and had the opportunity to visit the Zoo to further enhance their learning.
Teacher flashed back their memories on the animals that they saw while at the zoo, by creating their own wild animal figurine using different type of food items. This include cheese, biscuits, raisins, and grapes.
Teacher demonstrated one example to children so that they will have an idea on how to go about creating theirs. Children learnt how to use the plastic knife to slice the food items, and how to assemble to cut or sliced food.
Children had fun with this activity as they shared their experience at the Zoo with their peers.

 "I make elephant. See... "said Raphael..

 "I make monkey, Ms Aainaa," said Nuriy

 "I'm cutting the cheese, see... "said Ern Xin

 "I make hippo.."said Ern Xin

 Engrossed with their creation.

 Doing some touch up before she's done. Janelle's version of an elephant.

 "I'm eating the elephant ear," said Zhuo ' Er

Keira peeling the banana to make the elephant's tusk. 

Let's be creative and allow our children to create their own food craft to encourage them to enjoy eating healthy food! Children take pride in their own work. Just like adults do. :) Have fun trying! 

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

Children had a chance with bubbles during their outdoor play. This activity prepares children for their spoken language. This is because, children learnt how to shape their mouth and how to blow into the bubble stick, in order to get the bubbles out. 

Children discovered that they need to blow gently into the stick in order for the bubbles to be in the air. Social skills involved when children took turns to have a chance with the bubble stick. When their peers blow the bubbles, the rest of the children tried to burst it. Children also learnt about shapes and sizes - big and small. They had fun with the bubbles!

Let's make some Healthy Popsicle!

 

Inspired  by "Beat the heat, Singapore Zoo style" article that was shared during Current Affairs session, we took a step by making ourselves a Cool, Healthy Popsicle to beat the heat too！ 

 

Asian elephants Jati and Gambir. Jati keeps cool with a plus-sized popsicle. (Photo: Wildlife Reserves Singapore)

 

Watch us in action!

 

 

 

Ethan: Can I have more yoghurt?

Enzo slices his strawberry and banana.

Niqeil enjoys slicing the strawberry too.

Everyone chose their coloured popsicle mould.

Time to pour the yoghurt into the popsicle holder.

Jazanne  stuffed her fruits into the yogurt and mixed them well.

Time to eat! It feels so cooling and soothing. Yum, Yum!

 

Sharing of current affairs widen the childrens' knowledge.  Do share short articles from newspapers to keep our kids updated with what's happening out of home and school.

 

Let's make some chicky dee burger!!!

In collaboration with the theme, Farm Animals and Pets, the children have their monthly Cookery Session by making Chicky Dee Burger! The children get to learn to use a varierty of ingredients such as minced chicken, egg, oats, mixed vegetables, salt and pepper to make the burger patty.  It is a very interesting session for them.

 

We are all prepared for our cookery!

 

Eu Yi is having a fun time mixing the minced chicken with eggs.

Jing Xuan is stiring the egg with mixed vegetables.

Yee Ann is guiding her friends to flatten the patty.

Chrishaun is seen reshaping his patty.

I can fry egg too!

Well, this is how the rest of our chicky-dee burger patty looks like. Yum...Yum...Yum!

 

Children are independent learners and they are able to do simple chores by themselves.  Helping to prepare their own meal at home is a great way to be independent.  Get this simple recipe and have a healthy home-cooked yummy chicken burger.

Sandplay

 

 

 

When children play in sandboxes together, they learn about teamwork and sharing particularly if there is only one sand pail. The tactile experience of this kind of soft play allows them to express feelings as they may be too young to verbalize.

 



The children have Sandplay on every Tuesday.  They work with dry sand and sandplay equipment in a huge sand trough.

During this sandplay activity, they learnt to work together by taking turns and sharing of equipments.

Most of the time, the children are very focused when they are exploring with sand and sandplay equipments of their choice.

The children developed their eye-hand co-ordination as they scoop the sand from one place to another.

The children have a variety of moulds to work with such as alphabet, animal or shape moulds to extend their learning experience.



They have another trough for wet sandplay too.



Many hands make light work. ~John Heywood