The week started with great excitement with 'Sally the Storyteller' who came to school and entertained the children with her wonderful tales....'The Princess and the Pea, The Tortoise and the Hare and The Ugly Duckling..!!
And without disappointing we kept the excitement flowing with our theme of the creepy crawly world of insects – with their 6 six legs and 3 body parts – head, thorax and abdomen – and did a beautiful worksheet building the parts of an ant. We spoke about the largest insect which is a type of beetle, to the smallest insect being a type of wasp. We learnt that even insects have skeletons, but theirs is on the outside, called an exoskeleton . The world of insects is so vast and fascinating - some look as though they are praying, others look like sticks, and some can even walk on water. We did another amazing worksheet this week wherein the children got to grade in size four different types of insects (ladybirds, crickets, dragonflies and butterflies) – challenging for some but enjoyed by all.
And of course in keeping with our theme of insects the true highlight of the week was baking – each child got to spoon, roll and cut their dough into delicious butterfly biscuits – a yummy treat!!
We played a fun bug catching game – with large insects which were hidden around the classroom and each child got a chance to run around trying to find their own bug and then came back to the mat and told us which bug they found – lots of fun was had and it was so nice to see how the children helped each other in giving clues as to where the bugs were hiding…..!!!
We also did a fun experiment with insects that grow in water – we put small bugs into a bowl of water on Monday and have been watching their growth daily – the children are rather intrigued as to how big they have grown.
Our letter focus this week was ‘h’ and we made handprints with glitter and the chidren came up with some interesting words like hamster, heart, head, hand, to name but a few….!!
And besides broadening our general knowledge of insect facts we also had a very creative week and created some beautiful ladybugs and butterflies which can be found on our ever growing bulletin board.
Thanks to those who have sent wonderful books for our theme table - please keep these coming...we continue with our insect theme next week!!
So until we chat again.......with love Morah Mandy
And without disappointing we kept the excitement flowing with our theme of the creepy crawly world of insects – with their 6 six legs and 3 body parts – head, thorax and abdomen – and did a beautiful worksheet building the parts of an ant. We spoke about the largest insect which is a type of beetle, to the smallest insect being a type of wasp. We learnt that even insects have skeletons, but theirs is on the outside, called an exoskeleton . The world of insects is so vast and fascinating - some look as though they are praying, others look like sticks, and some can even walk on water. We did another amazing worksheet this week wherein the children got to grade in size four different types of insects (ladybirds, crickets, dragonflies and butterflies) – challenging for some but enjoyed by all.
And of course in keeping with our theme of insects the true highlight of the week was baking – each child got to spoon, roll and cut their dough into delicious butterfly biscuits – a yummy treat!!
We played a fun bug catching game – with large insects which were hidden around the classroom and each child got a chance to run around trying to find their own bug and then came back to the mat and told us which bug they found – lots of fun was had and it was so nice to see how the children helped each other in giving clues as to where the bugs were hiding…..!!!
We also did a fun experiment with insects that grow in water – we put small bugs into a bowl of water on Monday and have been watching their growth daily – the children are rather intrigued as to how big they have grown.
Our letter focus this week was ‘h’ and we made handprints with glitter and the chidren came up with some interesting words like hamster, heart, head, hand, to name but a few….!!
And besides broadening our general knowledge of insect facts we also had a very creative week and created some beautiful ladybugs and butterflies which can be found on our ever growing bulletin board.
Thanks to those who have sent wonderful books for our theme table - please keep these coming...we continue with our insect theme next week!!
So until we chat again.......with love Morah Mandy
The biscuits WERE delicious!!! Carla brought hers home to share with me!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
Terri