Date: 19/09 – 23/09/2016
Monday – Amelia – Planting our mint seeds from new world supermarket.
What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
This links closely to our grow the peas experience that everyone has had a lot of interest around. Now we are going to have a go at growing mint.
Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in?
I know some of the children have been apart of this with their families at home and we have had some very generous families bring in some seeds to add to our collection. The children favourite bit is helping to water them but we defiantly had some excitement around watching the soil grow 4 times its size. Plenty more excitement to come as we start to see them sprout very soon.
Tuesday – Amelia – Corn fritters.
What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
As Sam and I alternate weeks for a baking experience it is my week this week and I have chosen to make corn fritters. Its something we haven’t made as a class before and a healthy option that I think the children will enjoy.
Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in?
Yum! Is what all of the children were saying at lunch time today as they tried their corn fritters. Everyone was really interested in the ingredients we were using and passing the bowl around the table to help with the stirring.
Wednesday – Sam – Smoothies
What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
As we get a bit of shared fruit I like to make smoothies with the children, for a different healthy drink. The children have enjoyed choosing what fruit goes into the smoothies in the past.
Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in?
The children made two really yummy smoothies, an apple and pear one and a orange and pineapple. As the smoothies have a thick texture it wasn’t going through the cup lids very well, so we gave the children teaspoons, and my did they enjoy drinking them off the spoons.
Thursday – Sam – Sand and vehicles in the trough outside.
What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
With the weather getting warmer I want to start planning more activities for the children outside, as the really enjoy getting outside. This also ties in with the children’s interests around tactile and messy play.
Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in?
As the weather was not the best I pulled the small trough inside fro the children. JA showed a lot of interest in the sand and vehicles, driving the different ones round in the sand making different car sounds. As the trough was still inside on Friday it was great to see how JA and other children enjoyed exploring the texture of the sand.
Friday – Sam – Art experience – Water colour painting.
What I hope they will learn – Goals for children
A lot of the children have an interest around messy/tactile play, water colour painting provides them with another way to be creative and expressive. As this activity went so well last week I am implementing it with the children on a different day so that some other children can explore the water colour paints.
Description of Learning – What did the children show interest in?
The children really enjoyed the water colour painting. BP was a great help at giving out the aprons for the children, and all came to the table quickly when I said we were going to do some painting. It is great to see how the children are developing their fine motor skills through holding and manipulating the paint brushes around the page.