Hello parents,
We are having a fantastic time with our new book - The Gruffalo! The kids have caught on to describing THE appearance and in turn they are starting to observe and describe what they see around them, as well!
Lucy and Mayumi made the Gruffalo using play dough and other materials from the class. It's great to see their understanding of the story show through play. They are also being very creative by using materials lying around to build their characters!
Arthur, Lucas, Totem and Ploen went on a leaf hunt so we could make the 'deep dark forest' in the classroom.
Nari, Irene and Pailin enjoyed themselves in the mark making area. They decided to draw and paste shapes to make their very own Gruffalo. Nari's Gruffalo was blue!
Porsche made a dino-Gruffalo with playdough! He showed his understanding of the story by putting prickles on the Gruffalo's back.
Mungkorn wanted to make a 'funny Gruffalo' with sticks coming out of its back! Then he said it was actually a "spider".
"Look at my Gruffalo, Miss.Myshi". She did it all by herself!
Pailin pretended to be "Mr.Fox".
Lexie and Harry were busy making the "deep dark forest".
Mungkorn joined in too!
More leaf hunting!
All the kids really loved making Gruffalos using paper plates. Some made their Gruffalo "scary" and others said theirs were "silly and funny!".
Lucas showed me horns on the Gruffalo's head and asked me for some. He is starting to be more vocal and join in with friends - it's great to see!
SunLee made the animal foods that we talked about in the story. Here he is making "fish soup".
Gap and Namnoon made "Gruffalo scramble!"
Lucy worked in the ICT area very confidently!
Working on our fine motor skills here!
Freya's Fox!
Fine motor skills are tricky but "I can do it!" (says Nari).
Some of the kids were very interested in making snakes. They used rolling pins with bubble wrap to get the snake skin effect, then pasted eyes and tongues to perfect the look. They really enjoyed this activity because it was hands on and they got to make their snakes look silly if they wanted to!
"Miss.Myshi, my snake is fat!"
Lexie did very well on her fine motor activity!
Harry and Mungkorn did too!
EQ, Linin, SunLee and Gap enjoyed making snakes... they were excellent at following instructions and completing their activity.
As a home activity, you can ask the children to sing the
The Gruffalo Song with the actions we learnt in class. They really enjoy this song!
Also, this game is an excellent way to start using adjectives to describe animals.
Guess the animal! Give your kids clues about animals and see if they can guess the animals. Then switch roles and ask them to describe an animal to you!
It has been a great week indeed. We are now getting excited for Christmas and the children are already starting to feel 'Christmassy' in the class!
