Peataí
An seachtain seo, ag cur le spéis na bpáistí, dhírigh muid ar fhoghlaim faoinár bpeataí. Nuair a labhair muid faoinár dteaghlaigh, bhí sé soiléir gur cuid de na rudaí is tábhachtaí inár saol ná ár bpeataí. Chun seo a leathnú níos mó, labhair muid faoinár bpeataí le linn am ciorcail; a gcuma, cad a d'ith siad agus a d'ól siad agus cá raibh siad ina gcodladh.
Thaitin sé go mór leis na páistí grianghraif dá bpeataí a thaispeáint dá chéile. Ní raibh peataí ag cuid de na páistí ach bhí baill teaghlaigh acu a raibh peataí acu, agus mar sin thaitin sé leo labhairt faoi sin. Thaitin sé go mór leis na páistí súgradh leis an domhain bheag; an fheirm agus cuireadh páipéar de dhathanna difriúla leis chun uigeachtaí difriúla a chruthú.
Rinneamar spraoi freisin ar na hainmhithe mara, péint agus styrofoam daite.
Ba iad buaicphointe na seachtaine na tréidlianna, na grúmaeireachtaí agus na siúlóirí madraí. Thaitin an súgradh samhlaíoch seo go mór leis na páistí agus deiseanna acu oibriú san oifig, a bheith ina tréidlia áit a gcuirfidís bindealáin ar na hainmhithe breoite, a dteocht a sheiceáil agus instealltaí a thabhairt dóibh. Thaitin sé linn na madraí a thabhairt ag siúl agus ribíní a chur orthu mar iall.
Thaitin sé go mór leis na páistí gruaig na n-ainmhithe a ní, a scuabadh agus a dhíriú freisin. Maidir le healaíona agus ceardaíocht, phéinteáil muid pictiúr dár bpeataí agus chruthaíomar ospidéal tréidlianna/ainmhithe freisin.
An seachtain seo chugainn tá sé ar intinn againn foghlaim faoin shéasúr an Fhómhair mar go bhfuil na páistí tar éis a thabhairt faoi deara go bhfuil na maidineacha níos dorcha agus an aimsir “beagán níos fliche”.
Pets
This week building upon the children’s interest we focused on learning about our pets. When we spoke about our families it was evident that our pets were some of the most important things in our lives. To further extend upon this we spoke about our pets during circle time; their appearance, what they ate and drank and where they slept. The children loved showing each other the photos of their pets. Some of the children didn’t have pets but had family members who did, so loved speaking about that.
The children loved exploring small world play; the farm and different coloured paper was added to create different textures.
We also explored the sea animals, paint and coloured styrofoam.
The highlight of the week was the vets, groomers and dog walkers. The children loved this pretend play having opportunities to work in the office, be the vet where they put bandages on the sick animals, checked their temperatures and gave them injections.
We loved bringing the dogs for a walk putting ribbons as leads on them. The children loved washing, brushing and straightening the animals hair too.
For arts and crafts we painted a picture of our pets and we also created a vets/ animal hospital.
Next week we plan on learning about the season of Autumn as the children have noticed that the mornings are darker and the weather is a “bit wetter”.