Hospital Imaginative Play

By shiona, on July 9th, 2011%

Playing with props from a hospital or doctors helps take away fears associated with visiting the hospital.

Imaginative play helps children develp empathy as they take on the roles of others. We use literacy as we practise pretend writting for prescriptions on our clipboards. We take turns to be Doctors, Nurses . . . → Read More: Hospital Imaginative Play

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Kindergarten Physical Education Program

By shiona, on July 8th, 2011%

Gross Motor skills We use the Kindergarten Physical Education Program designed by Occupational Therapists.

Balancing, heel to toe walking along the line.

Each week the experiences will become more challenging as children learn and practise . . . → Read More: Kindergarten Physical Education Program

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Eric Carle

By shiona, on July 8th, 2011%

 

We enjoy many Eric Carle books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider and The Bad Tempered Ladybug.

We wondered how he does his beautiful pictures. Shiona found a short video on youtube of Eric Carle painting his paper, drawing, cutting and preparing his collage pictures. So we did it too.

We used textured rollers . . . → Read More: Eric Carle

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