Monday, December 9, 2013

Christmas Time on Monday December 9th

Hello Everyone,

Since this was our last ECA before the Christmas holiday Ms. Sarah and I decided to do something festive. The children watched a short clip on Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We then made glittery snowman and practiced wrapping presents. The children really enjoyed wrapping presents all by themselves.





Wrapping our own Christmas presents/


Learning Numbers

Here we are learning the mandarin numbers.



Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Incy Wincy Yoga

We practiced our breathing by using a straw to blow a ball along an obstacle course. 



Thai Art

We used play dough to make pictures. 




Monday, November 25, 2013

November 25 Story Book Art



This week we looked at the classic Christmas tale of the Snowman by the English author, Raymond Briggs. This is a story and short film that in a childhood favorite with children all over the world. We listened to Frosty the Snowman and got into the Christmas spirit.

The children made their own snowman out of cotton. The were able to add a hat, carrot nose and buttons down front.












Thursday, November 21, 2013

Curtain Up Drama

In drama club this week we made collage bananas and used them in our acting.


Phonics November 7th, 2013

Hello All,

This week we did a big review of the sounds S, A, T, and P.

We read the Jolly Phonics story book and the children were able to spot different objects and say their sounds. They especially loves ssssnake and I i i i inky the mouse.

They were able to trace their fingers along a textures letter shape for each sound.

Below is a link to all the Jolly Phonics songs if you would like to sing them at home.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCjJYB07aSU

Until next week,

Amanda

Monday, November 18, 2013

Role play and dance

This week the children enjoyed dressing up and dancing along to some of their favourite songs. They pretended to be snakes, monkeys jumping on the bed and beautiful princesses twirling around.  Take a look at some of the pictures. 






Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Curtain Up Drama

In Drama today we made frog masks and then played the lilly pad game with our frog masks on. We hopped around like frogs and made frog noises too.


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Incy Wincy Yoga

First of all in Yoga today, we practiced our balancing. We had to use our toes to pick up animals and take them back to our mats by hopping. 



Once we had collected all of the animals, we practiced moving like them. Here you can see up hopping like Kangaroos! 



Thai Art

Look at the canvases we decorated in Thai Art today!


Monday, November 11, 2013

Mulan in Mandarin Club

Today in the Mandarin ECA, the EY children watched the Chinese cartoon, Mulan, for the first part of the lesson.


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Role play and dance Nov. 7

This week the children got to play the teacher. They all loved joining in and were eager to teach their friends. Some read a story while others would draw a picture and the children had to put their hand up and guess what picture the teacher drew. The children were all very good at listening as well as taking turns. Take a look at some of the photos. 





Monday, November 4, 2013

Story Time Art November 4th, 2013.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle

Since it is book week at Ascot Intl we decided to read the very popular childrens story, The Very hungry Carerpillar by Eric Carle.

The children have all read this book atleast once before so they were great at answering what he ate and learned some new words such as salami and plums.

We made very cute hand print caterpillars and used a balloon to stamp his head. The children were allowed to paint their own hands after directions were given. They all did a great job!

Ms. Amanda










Thursday, October 31, 2013

Role play and Dance Oct 31st.

Happy Halloween! Today was an exciting drama filled afternoon. The children had great fun making witches potions with coloured noodels, glitter, sequins and bugs. We pretended to make the potion and turn into different creatures. They kids loved playing in the rice box and using a variety of tools to cook and stir up different witches potions.