Happy new year Preschool 2 families! It has been a very cold start to the year but that hasn’t stopped us from engaging in fun activities these past couple of weeks. The children have engaged in various activities from science experiments, snow sensory exploration and our popular dramatic-play centre. With the weather being too cold to go outside, we have brought the snow into our classroom for the children to enjoy. Educator Sarah has created many engaging activities that allow the children to use their senses when playing with snow. Adding materials such as scoops, bowls, glitter and a variety of beautiful colours allows the children to use their imagination for open ended play for long periods of time. Our preschool children have been able to enhance their sense of creativity, and hand-eye coordination while expanding their vocabulary by having conversations with their classmates.
Stephanie and Rachel have also created opportunities for the preschoolers to use their critical thinking skills with mini science experiments. By using baking soda, vinegar and a little food colouring, Rachel provided the preschoolers a way to learn basic science such as cause and effect. The preschoolers observed the reaction the vinegar had with the baking soda once mixed. They enjoyed mixing the different colours and creating new colours with this experiment as well.
P2 has also been enhancing their math skills with a fun sensory activity in the sensory bin. Stephanie added water and a lot of soap to the bin to create a fun foamy experience. With measuring cups, bowls, funnels and other materials, the preschoolers were able to learn basic math concepts such as measuring, more/less, and sink/float while testing their own ideas and observing their classmates.
