A New Term

Welcome back everyone !

After a nice winter break where most of us jetted off to warmer places the time has come to start back up. This term brings us two new students and sadly we had to say goodbye to Alfie who moved back to England. Also my assistant Adriana who has been with us over 6 months headed back home to the states. However the children all seemed excited to see each other again and got straight into making lots of fun things. This last week we looked at numbers and writing our name with cereal ;]

Pandas and Suns

Coming close to the end of our term with only 2 weeks till the 'winter ' holidays we are still very busy being creative. We made sun necklaces and Panda bears. The bears where made using 2 paper plates painted white. Then after going over the vocab for the parts of the body we stuck everything down.

Learning our Alphabet

For this weeks session I thought we would start looking at how well the younger children knew their letters. We just started with the first 4 letters of the alphabet and connected them to pictures, A for apple ect. The children had to cut out the pictures and letters and then match them up. Most could not read the letters but off course knew the picture so its important to always link sounds with a picture this helps the children remember it. Next week we will add another few sounds !

Space

We decided to devote the entire week as Space themed. Its a topic that can be used with all ages with no real problem. With the younger kids we just did rockets and planets and with the older group we introduced astraunots. We discused different planets and the idea of aliens. The kids really loved the topic.

Desert and Flowers

With the desert paintings we worked on using pattern effects to make the picture more interesting. We used the tip of a sharp objects to cut into the wet paint making lines ans swirls. We than cut out of card and glued on the cactus and snake to give them a 3D effect, the result being a very life like landscape picture.

Story Time

Every week the children  have a small break between activities where they get to relax, have a cookie and drink while listening to a story or two. The little ones always grab one of the soft toys to sit with them. They have a few favorite stories and can now read along with me and do the actions to Eric Carle stories.

Crocs and Palaces

The younger kids got to make crocodiles this last week. We used simple brown paper bags painting them green. Then teeth, eyes and noses had to be added. The smallest children are working on their cutting skills which is still a real challenge to them.
The older boys had to work on their sketching technique by copying as best they could a picture of a palace. They focused very hard with pencil and ruler in hand. They most enjoyed using gold paint to color in the domes of the place.