We
finished last week with a wonderful celebration of Chinese New Year. The
children made lanterns and lucky red parcels and were then treated to a
performance of the Lion Dance by some of Prince Alfred College senior
international students.
Our
seeds have grown very quickly and we have planted them outside and we are
looking forward to a bountiful crop. We will look to sow some more seeds in the
next few weeks as it was an activity that the children enjoyed.
We
have started our focus on number, now that the children have settled into the
routine of the Chapple Room. We are focusing on number recognition, order and
conservation of number, namely that
quantity does not change with physical rearrangement. We are looking to move
the children on from simple rote repetition of number. We assist the children in the counting by getting them to
physical touch an object to count it. This helps them to count what is actually
there as they tend to “run away" in their counting, particularly
in the tricky teens.
The children have been captivated by the Numberjacks and
went on a walk looking for a “number to land on.” We are sure you will
hear all about it over the next few weeks.
Dancify continued this week and continues
to be as popular as ever with the children.
