We went shopping!

We had a fantastic time shopping on Friday. The week leading up to it was based around how to go shopping, what we may find in a supermarket and behaviour in a supermarket. The kids really enjoyed their trip!

Cooking with real vegetables!

 Talking about our favourite vegetables and fruit - then using fine motor skills to string them through to make a banner for the class.

 Making some Mr.Potato heads - we had fun!!!

 Practicing shopping in our own little supermarket.

 Miss.Myshi's bus had a lot of fun singing songs! We even strapped ourselves in tight so that the bumps didn't throw us around!

 We used our shopping list and searched for our items.

 The kids had a lot of fun touching, feeling and smelling the fruit and vegetables.

 After the supermarket trip, we went outside to do a 'sound' and 'sight' walk. The kids saw an aeroplane, a coffee shop and lots of market stands.

 After our trip, we came back to class and chopped up the fruit to make a fruit salad.  Which we then ate at lunch time!! Mmmm... delicious!

We talked about how to use knives safely (we used plastic knives) and how to hold and cut fruit.

As a home activity this week, please practice writing the letter 't' with your child. You can do this by getting them to write it in sand, salt or even on steamed up mirrors in the bathroom. You can also try making it with play dough.

Fruits and vegetables can be fun!

We had a great week learning about fruits and vegetables. We brought in real fruits and vegetables so that the kids could feel and see how each one is; they had a lot of questions about what they taste like. After learning that eating fruits and vegetables make us strong, the kids wanted to eat more at snack time! They also learnt that drinking lots of water makes us stronger to play for longer at play time.

We did some vegetable stamping! The kids loved seeing the patterns we could make with different types of vegetables.

We also did a celery experiment - each stalk had different coloured water. The kids learnt over a few days that the plants 'drink' water too because of the colour changes over time!

We made some Mr.Potato heads - the kids learnt how to use fine motor skills to stick face parts on a potato. They also learnt how to use tools safely. 

We also planted some seeds! It is so exciting for the kids to watch their plants growing everyday. They know that the plants need water and sunlight to grow - so we water them everyday by the window. Make space at home, there will soon be a Mr.Plant at your place!

As a home activity, watch this video with your kids:Growing your own plant And try to plant your own seed in the garden. This can be the home activity for two weeks as the kids will have to water the plants everyday to make sure they grow. Please send me pictures too :)