Tuesday, 31st March

Good Morning KG1A!

Morning movement 

I wish you well!

Activity 1

Science (20 minutes)

Parts of a plant

Materials needed: Yarn, a pipe cleaner (or green strip of paper), leaves from the garden, crepe paper, seeds (e.g. melon), paper and glue. 
Please note all these items may be substituted for materials available at home.

Beginning:

Spring is here!  There are birds chirping and butterflies fluttering around us.  It is also the time we see flowers around us in gardens and parks. 
Today, we will discover the parts of a plant.

Middle:

-We will start with the stem.  This holds the plant straight. (Pipe cleaner)

-We will add some roots  on the bottom of the stem (Yarn).  The roots make sure the plant does not fall. 
 Do you remember when we turned bean plants in class upside down- they didn't fall out!

-We will now add with glue some leaves onto the side of your plant (Real leaves).  These make food for the plant. 

-We will now stick the seeds inside your cupcake case.  This case we will stick on top of the stem as a flower.

-In the end, we will draw out the petals of the flower using crayons.  Make them any color and shape you want! 

As they do this, you may:

• Acknowledge their work and comments
• Ask them to predict what would happen if there were no roots or stems holding the plant

Extension- You may ask your child to label the different parts of the plant (using the beginning letters of each- Petal, Stem, Leaves, Seeds and Roots)    

End:

Give your child a 5 minute notice to complete their activity.  Ask them to clean up the materials they have used. 

Materials

                                                         

Sample 

Activity 2

Fine motor (10 minutes)

Paper chains 

Materials needed:  Two colored paper. Scissors and glue

Beginning: 

You have made paper chains in class to count down to a special day. Today, we will make a letter paper chain! I wonder what
letters you would add to your paper chain?

Middle:

-Ask the child to cut strips from the colored paper.  Allow them to cut as many strips as they want. They do not need to be the same width.   
Discuss the number of strips they have cut. Discuss which of the strips are wider or thinner.


-Ask them to write down any letter they want onto each strips

-Ask them to connect the strips, one by one to each other by first passing the strip into the closed circle and then closing it with glue.  Continue, until all the strips are used up. Discuss how the circle chains are like the letter O- they need to be closed to make this project work!

You may want to 

• Acknowledge their cutting skills as they cut the strips 
• Ask them if they want to connect the links in a color or letter pattern

Extension: Encourage your child to make words out of the letter chains they made.

End:

Give them a 5 minute notice to complete their activity. Ask them if they want to send a picture to the teacher for the blog. Would they like to continue adding to their chain at another time? 

Activity 3 

Literacy (5 minutes)

Letter O! Circles in different sizes

Materials needed: Crayons or paints, white paper and pencil.

Circles look similar to the letter 0. Ask your child to use their crayons to make circles of different sizes. They may make them large, medium or small sizes (use these terms). They may also want to make them inside each other. Comment on your child's work by stating what they are doing.

 

A word from our Counsellor 

Thought of the day...

Let's finish the day with some movement (here)! 

Materials for tomorrow:  

• Cars (large and small), markers, paper and sticky notes

Final Notes:

For any questions, please email Ms. Ayesha.  

Don't forget to check the tabs for new work from the P.E. and Art teacher.  

Do send in pictures of the kids doing their work to the teacher.  She will post them under the  "Our Class" tab.