Wordless Wednesday: Exploring bugs, insects and.... creepy crawlies!!

Crafty Thursday: Colourful Butterflies

Guess what we are making?

It's Ocean week and guess what we are making?

A jellyfish in a bottle!

You only need:

• Recycled plastic grocery bag
• Thread or strings
• Recycled plastic water bottle
• Water and a few drops of blue food colouring
• Scissors

And here's how to do it:

1. Cut the handles off the plastic bag so that you have a plain square of plastic.
2. Now tie a section off with the string to make the jellyfish's head.  
3. Cut the remainder into strips for the jellyfish's tentacles.
4. Push the jellyfish into the empty bottle.
5. Fill the bottle with water, add a few drops of blue food colouring.
6. Squeeze the bottle or tip it upside down to make the jellyfish swim up and down inside the bottle.

Easy peasy! It's science, it's craft time and it's fun! Try it! ;-)

Crafty Thursday: Telephone

Look what we did: Having a blast with BOXES!

The theme of the week is "Buildings". Put away the Lego blocks kids... we are going to build using BOXES! London Bridge, KLCC, KL Tower, Eiffel Tower, you name it, we build it!
And there are a lot of other things to do with boxes, look how much fun we're having!

London Bridge

Hide and seek!

Tower race

Throwing boxes

Hit the boxes

Ahh..I missed it!

Box relay race

Train boxes

What is our strategy? 

Catch the ball!

See...I can fit in the box!

Push or pull?

I am as tall as the boxes

My body is flexible!

From the smallest to the biggest

How many small boxes can we fit into the big one?

Awesome, right? Alhamdulillah...

Happy Birthday Malaysia!

Our "Stripes of Glory" project with subjects integration at its best:-  Shapes and colours, BM sukukata, English vocabulary, ejaan/spelling, mathematics (counting, pre-number concept, numbers) sensorial, fine motor skills, art and crafts, humanity, writing, Arabic (colours), general knowledge and last but not least, being thankful to Allah for this peaceful country we live in, Alhamdulillah!

Happy 56th birthday Malaysia! We love you!

Crafty Thursdays

Thursday is art and craft day. It's the day to let loose and get messy :-) Teachers love it, kids love it even more! Just look at some of the beautiful art & craft projects made by our kids this year..

It is alright to get a messy art or crafts. What is more important is the process of doing it, not the outcomes. Art and craft helps the kids to: 

• Develop fine motor skills
• Build their imagination
• Build confidence.. "I can do this!"
• Release their emotions
• Express themselves
• and last but not least..contribute to recycling!

Watch out for more Crafty Thursday entries showcasing our kids' projects, InsyaAllah.. :-)

Look What We Did in 2012: Active Play

Creating a positive, loving environment and making the school a happy place to learn has always been a challenge to all early childhood educators. These two important points are our goals when planning out the kids' activities to meet the objectives in our preschool curriculum. And when it comes to kids, we believe that the best way to have fun while learning is through PLAY! Let's take a peek at some of the "PLAY = Learn" activities at Alif Ceria this year:

GrainsPLAY = Textures & Hand-eye Coordination

StrawPLAY = Hand-Eye Coordination & Construction

SandPLAY = Sensorial & Measuring

StickyboardPLAY = Imagination

BoxPLAY = Measuring & Construction

Do it yourself-PLAY = Coordination

WaterPLAY = Phonics

Do it yourself-PLAY = Food Nutrition

MindMapPLAY = Creative Thinking

KitchenPLAY = Listening Skills (Following instructions)

KitchenPLAY = Practical Life Skills 

ManipulativePlay = Patterning

ManipulativePLAY = Construction

RolePLAY = Maths and Money

RolePLAY = Confidence

PretendPLAY = Imagination ("Where would you like to go?" asked the driver) 

BubblewrapPLAY = Sensorial

PLAYdoh = Fine Motor Skills

StrawPLAY = galah? Hand-eye coordination

Opps.. where are the books? Does that mean our kids are not learning at school? What do you think is the answer? :-)