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Sunday, August 18, 2013

THREE YEAR OLDS AT WORK AND PLAY (1)


A pictorial journey of  our three-year olds as we document their learning journey with us at Little Beans.
 
 
Listening as teachers explain what to do

Looking at the given number and fish out the corresponding fish


I have number 3, therefore I'll have to fish out Duck 3! 

 
Transferring the duck to another pail - a lesson in practical life activities

 
 Threading the string through each finger
 

When you pull at each string, the hand moves like a real one!

 


Bottle feeding a baby doll , role-playing about taking care of baby
 

My balloon face - put pieces of papers into a plastic bag.
 

Put in a straw and secure the opening tightly. 
Blow into the straw and the bits of paper will fly in the bag.  FUN!!! 

 
Playing house - this is the bathroom set.
  

The proper way to use the toilet seat.
 
 
Loving grandpa and grandma 

Setting up the house - kitchen, dining and living rooms.
 
Must wipe the hands after washing them.
 

Wash our hands with soap and water ...
 
Clean hands!
 
What is this? It'a a bug viewer.
 
So many insects -all have 6 legs and 3 body parts.  They jump, hop and some fly!
 
 EEEEEKs - crickets!

Looking at my cricket through the viewer.  I'm not scared!
 

See,  my cricket's climbing up.
 
Making a long and short bridge
 
Kitty cat....
 

Puppy dog
 

We're are going to make them and eat them as snacks!  Yummy!
 
My kitty cat. 
 
and my puppy ....
 
 Colour mixing- we are going to make colourful guppy fishes.
 
 Putting the pieces together
 
 
Our beautiful artwork
 
Upclose of my new pet!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

UNDER THE RAINBOW

Colours are all around us!  Colours from nature, colours from things around us, and colours of the rainbow!  Colours evoke many emotions - YELLOW - HAPPY, BLUE - SAD, GREEN - CALM, RED - ANGRY.  Colours are fun, and they make our world beautiful.  We learnt all about colours through a short holiday programme.


Learning about colour tones using the Montessori Colour Box 3.
 


Playing with colour tessellations, while learning about shapes at the same time.

Pegging colourful pegs onto the clothes line

Exploring how the colours mix to form a new colour!

Showing off our very own rainbow

Rainbow-making in progress

See,  we caught a rainbow with a basin of water, a mirror and the sun!

Beautiful rainbow in the sky!  Actually, there are two...
Colours from nature
  

Pandan leaves, dragon fruits, carrot, tomatoes, apples, lime ...

Extracting the juices for natural colouring

 
Our tong yuen from dragonfruit

Tong yuen from carrot

Tong yuen from siew pak choy

Beautiful tong yeun - blue is from Bunga Telung

Bowls and bowls of tong yuen
My round, round, round tong yuen!
Mixing coloured oil with coloured water - blue + red = purple

3 primary colours to form 3 secondary colours

Playing with goop - another lesson in colour mixng

Fun,  gooey, slimy goop.


Blue ice melting in the yellow water - water turns to green!
 



Brrrrrr.....what did I get myself into?

A pail of cold, cold ice and the animals that live in the icy, cold oceans

 



 

Playing with the ice - fun and cold!

Look at the ice crystals.
Matching the words to the colours
 
Marbling effect of the colours mixing in milk

Beautiful, right?
 

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SNIPPETS OF OUR CONCERT 2013

PLAY. EXPLORE. LEARN


Enjoy a short video of Little Beans concert 2013.  We certainly worked hard to make the event a great success.  BRAVO to everyone!
http://vimeo.com/m/58709127