PK3.3 - Peek at the week
19th - 23rd September
Hello PK3.3 parents!
Dear Parents,
Our first week studying balls has been a complete success. Our students have shown great interest in our new topic. They have started investigating by playing with them, asking questions, experimenting how the different types of balls that our students have brought move around. Our centers have been transformed so our children can explore the different characteristics of a ball. This following week we will focus our study in how balls bounce.
Wednesday we celebrated Peace Day here at school. All PK 3 and PK 4 joined to take a picture while we all formed the Peace Sign. Our morning discussion was focused on what makes us peaceful. We discussed the different characteristics of a peace-maker and a peace-breaker. At this age it is important to start talking about the importance of keeping peace around us. Children are learning how to coexist with other people and their environment so this day was perfect to reinforce this idea. We encourage you to keep on talking about peace at home.
Best regards,
PK 3 Team
Welcome to PK3.3 Henry
REMINDERS AND DIARY DATES:
The Little Red Hen.
This week we have been reading the traditional story of The Little Red Hen. We focused many activities around different elements of the story:
- In Circle Time we talked about helping each other and what it means to share.
- At the playdough table children experimented with texture as they kneaded playdough with oats.
- In the library they worked on story recollection and sequencing with props, sequence cards and books.
- At the art table the children made paintings of wheat using forks.
- In small groups they counted, quantified and identified numbers with "seeds" and counting mats.
- We weighed corn and wheat to see which is lighter and which is heavier.
All this from just one story!
THIS WEEKS SONG
LEARNING BENEFITS OF IMAGINATIVE PLAY – ICE CREAM SHOP
Every day in PK3 we are learning through play. Without even realizing it the children are improving on and learning many new skills. Role play in our dramatic area offers many such opportunities:
- Children can identify with the adult world. It is a safe place for them to practice and role play their understanding and interpretation.
- Develop social skills, such as taking turns and sharing by providing opportunities to work out problems and experiment with solutions.
- Understanding and expressing feelings through the re-enactment of experiences. Taking on roles that encourage discipline and empathy.
- Opens up their imagination: Children can be anyone and do anything in the pretend world!
- Develop language skills as they practice listening, looking and talking.