Monday 20 February 2017

Letter K Day




Kiwi Still Life Art
in progress.
Much time was spent in circle observing kiwis before and after being cut open.
The students observed the brown colour of the kiwi skin and felt the rough surface of it.
Once it was opened, they noted the bright green that they observed as well as all of the tiny black seeds,
and the sweet smell!




A couple of the finished kiwis!
One more representational, the other more abstract.
Small fingers ripping kale and strengthening fine motor skills



Helping to prepare the kale for baking.

Letter K Object Sensory Bin
How many letter k objects can you find?

Our take on knitting.
Natural geoboards and yarn.

Fine motor line tracing with knitting kittens!



Koi Colours visual discernment activity

Key colour sorting

Tissue paper kites at the easel.



Friday 17 February 2017

Unicorn International Travels: African Continent/ Egypt

African animals matching

Egyptian symbols visual discrimination
Egyptian Sequencing




Finemotor sand tracing

Egyptian Pharaoh Gold Collars

Nile River water bin.

Valentine's Day

Matching Number Hearts

Heart dot-to-dot number recognition and fine motor

Candy Heart Colour Sorting

Love themed water table

Valentine's Sensory bin

Number Sequencing Puzzle

Fine motor friendship bracelets


Capital and Lowercase Matching

Heart tangrams


Tuesday 14 February 2017

Letter J Day

Counting and Colour Sorting Jelly Beans

J Word puzzles

Animalia Puzzle
Jugs in the Watertable

Jam Painting

Jack and the Beanstalk


Friday 10 February 2017

Unicorn International Travels: Europe

Cheese from Switzerland Taste Test
Swiss and Gruyere were the winners!

A close up look at Emmental Cheese
and discussion about how it is cut from a large wheel of cheese.

Group Project:
Papier Mache Swiss Alps




Pasta Creations with Playdough
Pasta Creations with Playdough


Italy Puzzle

Matching Pasta Types

Venice Waterways Water table

Wooden Pizza play

Italian Flags at the art table


Did you know that Barga, Italy
is home to a gnome sanctuary?

Tower of Pisa at the art table

Venice Science: Sink or Float?
Why does an orange with no peel sink?  What helps it float?
Pasta Sorting

FineMotor Pasta cutting


Taste Testing:
French Bread in a Bag, Swiss Chocolate,
Three types of cheese: Swiss, Emmental, Gruyere!
Number Matching
with Gondolas on the Matterhorn
St. Bernard Shape Matching
Lucerne Themed Bridge Water Table
Chocolate Painting
Taste Testing our fresh baked bread!