Little Beans: August 2013

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

ALL ABOUT SCIENCE (2)

More pictures to share!

Baking a pizza - also a lesson in science

Building and construction - finding the most stable foundation

Which is hard and more stable?

This structure is also very stable and forms the foundation of tents.

The Colour Box 3 - all about colours and tones

Parts of a tree - bark. leaves, fruits, roots

Rainbow!

Catching a rainbow!

Admiring a double rainbow in the sky

Germination on Day 2

Germination on Day 6

Flowers, Flowers!

They are beautiful, so are we!

Do you like my flowers?

Fruits Galore!

So many to taste! What are cikus???

Playing with magnets - same poles repel, different poles attract!

Putting out the flame with carbon dioxide, produced by mixing vinegar and baking soda.

Science is everywhere. Working with Little Scientist, we have a hands-on science programme in Little Beans for children from 3 to 6. Innovative, fun and experimental, children (and teachers) learn all about science the fun way. Visit Little Scientist website for more information at www.LittleScientistS.com. On top of that, we learn science the Montessori way as well as through our monthly themes.

Making a model of our lung - we breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

Inhale- our lungs expand, exhale - our lungs contract

Threading through the hand model and the pull the strings, the hand moves like a real one!

Learning about surface tension and bubbles through play.

Parts of a tree

Parts of a turtle, parts of an insect

Parts of a fish - scales, gills, head, tail, fin

Pasting the scales onto the fish template

Watering our onion bulbs

And watch them grow!

Crickets upclose!

Looking at the crickets through a magnifying bug viewer

Fishes swimming in the bowl

Making our own colourful fish

Dot with food colouring, spray with water and watch the colours spread

Blue + Yellow = Green

Red + Yellow = Orange

Blue + Red = Purple

Beautiful fish, our very own!

Fishes swim together as a school

Sunday, August 18, 2013

THEME BOARDS 2013

We had an interesting year so far, with a myriad of themes to engage the children in learning new things as well as to enrich their vocabulary and understanding of our beautiful world. Below are some of the theme boards so far, and the themes which we discussed. Some of them will be detailed in my later blog entries. Thanks to the teachers who made the themes great successes - BEAUTIFUL INDEED!

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn - talks about the first day of school and the separation anxiety that the child faces. Beautiful story to help settle a child into the school environment.