MINIS
The Minis week started with free play. The children could enjoy the start of the week by interacting with each other in small groups, and getting to know each other better, encouraging social and sharing skills. On the next day, the children had an outdoor reading session, with different books in English and Finnish. On Wednesday, apart of the nice weather, the Minis group went on a spontaneous trip around the neighborhood. On the way there, the children saw different tractors, animals, flowers, apple trees and many flowers. The next day´s activity involved the children jumping, running, stretching, and much more, practicing their gross motor skills through different body exercises. At the end of the week, there was a music session, the children sang and danced to the rhythm of the most popular songs among them, such as: the wheels on the bus, jänis istui massa and many more. In addition, they also enjoyed the morning circle outdoors. Looking forward to the next week! 😊
Next week for Minis:
MON PLAY DAY
TUE MUSSIC SESSION
WED ANIMAL YOGA
THU WALKING TRIP
FRI PLAY DAY
MIDIT JA MAXIT:
What a lovely week again! On Monday, we all went to our backyard and enjoyed some group games. We played “Red Light, Green Light“ so the children could show off their running and balancing skills as well as their concentration. Then we threw balls to each other in pairs and counted in English. On Tuesday, we walked to Spelttipuisto where we collected some leaves and pinecones for our arts & crafts project. The children gathered the natural objects in pairs to practice how to cooperate with an older or a younger friend. It was a good exercise for the Maxis and Viskaris to show the Midis how to follow through instructions and they all did a great job. On Wednesday, all the duckies painted the leaves they collected during their trip the previous day and created beautiful prints of them in various colours. Before lunch we pretended to go to the jungle and act like different wild animals, stomping, skipping and jumping while listening to the song “Walking in the Jungle“. At the end, we all had to run because the tiger was approaching! Help! On Thursday, the duckies enjoyed some music and sang together “The Days of the Week“ in English then danced and moved around to the tunes of “Hokey Pokey“. We finished our music session with playing “Musical Chairs“. As we started to discover our emotions, during story time we read about kindness and friendship on Friday. The Midis listened to the story of Biscuit, the dog who meets a little duck. He helps it to find its family and they become friends. After the story we talked about who is a good friend of each child and what they like to do together. The Maxis and Viskaris read a story about kindness and they had a great discussion about the different ways you can show kindness such as listening to others, helping someone, etc. The children`s ideas were written on little cut-out red hearts that you can also read on our wall. Have a lovely weekend!
Next week for Midis and Maxis
MON TRIP TO THE FOREST. Leaving 9.15 / METSÄRETKI. Lähtö klo:9.15
TUE FINE MOTOR SKILLS PRACTICE / HIENOMOTORISIA HARJOITUKSIA
WED STORY TIME AT THE LIBRARY. Leaving at 9.00 /
SATUHETKI KIRJASTOSSA. Lähtö klo:9.00
THU GROUP GAMES / RYHMÄLEIKKEJÄ
FRI PLAY DAY / LEIKKIPÄIVÄ
Heli, Aniko, Paula, Katja ja Kaye
Muuta huomioitavaa / Other information:
- Pakila Ankkalampi-Duckies numbers:
MIDIT/MAXIT/VASTAAVA 050 3046677, MINIT 050 4724034