GP Montessori Activities in the afternoon Pre-School

 

💕MONTESSORI ACTIVITIES IN THE

AFTERNOON GROUP IN GP💕

Tara and Karen's Group

The Montessori method encourages self-directed

learning through exploration

and play.

We help children learn through a variety of specially developed materials.

These materials may look like fun toys, but they are designed to help your child learn and master difficult concepts.

Above you can see how WILLIAM loves to explore.

The LOCKS and BOLTS activity is an excellent way for WILLIAM to develop his curiosity.

JANICE loves to do jigsaws which help to develop problem solving skill.  Picking up moving, and twisting the pieces of a puzzle helps Janice to develop finger strength and hand to eye cordination.

Here TYLER has chosen to use the Montessori Broad Stairs,  as you can see by TYLER'S expression, he enjoys working with this Montessori material. Broad Stairs is an introduction to maths and develops the concept of width.

Below you can see the concentration on DYLAN'S  face as he tries to figure out the keys.

Here you can see how TYLER is in 

grossed in the Screws and Bolts material, see how his concentration and problem solving skills are been developed.

ANTHONY enjoys working with the cylinders which teach the children the concepts of size and shapes.

Below MASON is developing his concepts of shapes and his curiosity as tries to find out where the shapes fit.

Across you can see WESLEY has already mastered the Screws and Bolts activity.

As seen here TIFFANY  too loves the jigsaw and is also developing her problem solving skills and too enhance her learning we will introduce a jigsaw with more pieces.

 

GP Tara's AM Group Slime and Playdough

👀 Tara's group ✋

Sensory play 

Sensory play is a huge part of early learning and here in the Marian Centre we have our sensory area which all the children love.

Messy / sensory play is important for young children it gives them endless ways to develop and learn. All types of play are essential for children's development and early learning, sensory play helps to develop fine and gross motor skills ,coordination and concentration it also helps to  encourage children to learn how to work cooperatively and collaboratively.

During sensory activities children use their senses to discover and explore their environment and develop their imagination ,creative thinking and ability to problem solve and experiment with Solutions.

There are many reasons why sensory play is beneficial to a child's development. Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates a young child's sense of touch, smell, taste ,balance, sight and hearing.

Tara's group have been enjoying a variety of sensory activities they particularly love Playdough and slime.

                                The group enjoying a Playdough session in our sensory area

Blake is busy moulding a piece of playdough. Playdough is an excellent activity for the development of fine motor skills. When children are moulding playdough into different shapes they are actually building up strength in their tiny hands. 

When children squish roll or flatten the Playdough it helps to develop muscles used in their hands for fine motor movements useful in the future such as holding a pencil or using a scissors,

Tianna is deeply engrossed in the activity she is enjoying squeezing and kneading the dough.

Playdough can have a calming effect on children. It  can help ease anxiety, release excess energy, improve focus, and help children express their emotions.

Zara is using a lot of energy to squeeze her piece of playdough into the shape she wants .

Playdough encourages creativity the creations are endless.

  Creating objects from scratch encourages children to stretch their imagination and think in new and innovative ways.

Jake really enjoys playing with playdough and always chats along with his friend's while doing this activity.

When children work together while playing at a playdough table it helps to encourage social development.

Activities like this encourages sharing various tools and materials as well as spending time together discussing and collaborating their ideas which encourages language development.

 Playdough is a great activity to help encourage social skills it is a free activity with no end product just lots of fun, creativity and imagination. 

😆Slime!🙌

Tianna is very proud of her bubble.

Blake showed us all how to make bubbles from the slime and the children have been fascinated ever since.

Look how proud and happy Blake is with his slime.

It is very cool !

Jake and Blake stretching out their slime to make

 bubbles .

Slime is such an amazing sensory activity its cold and feels wet yet its dry the children get so excited and engrossed in this activity making bubbles is their favourite thing to do 

Thanks for showing us Blake.....💚👍

BW Fairies, Fairy Cakes and self portrait art in Catherine's pod ♡♡♡

😍A week of Creative learning 😆

Catherine's pod were so busy last week ! 

They enjoyed talking about fairies and magic,  the children also did self portrait art! 

Children have amazing imagination and as teacher's it's important that we encourage children to talk about their interests and learning. 

 Check out their beautiful art and creative learning. 

Self portrait is a great way  to explore the self and to learn about the face, feelings and expressions.  It's a fun activity that allows freedom of expression 

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Busy stirring up the ingredients ! Great team work 👏 

Making delicious fairy cakes 🎂 

 

BW Linda's Pre-School pod Fairy doors and fairy dust ✨

🎆Magical Moments🎇

Linda's pod enjoyed fairy tales last week,  here are some pictures of Linda's pod making magic fairy doors , they shaped  the doors using clay a great opportunity for showing off dexterity and manipulation of the clay pieces to form and mould into the final product 👍 

Once the doors were ready , they decorated them with cool materials and of course some magic fairy dust ✨ 💙 💖 

Children love a bit of magic and because they enjoyed this theme so much they even made some baked fairy dust , made from sugar and food colour they spread it on a baking tray and Crystalized it in the oven ♡ Magic!

 We rounded up the week by baking fairy cakes 🎂  😋 

Daryle's After-School Group BW

🎨Art Work and Team Work🎨

Today Daryle's group enjoyed doing some art work they worked very hard together as a team using their imagination and art skills they worked as a team to make this fabulous caterpillar.

One of the important life skills we work on in After-School is how to work as a team together and listen to each other. Its so important for children to develop this skill at a young age as it will benefit them throughout their lives. It also teaches them how to compromise, take on board everyone's ideas and support each other so no one feels left out.

 Great work Daryle and her creative team.

After-school BW Window painting

🐾🐾Linda's After-School Group🌳🌳

Today we had great fun designing our very own windows we worked very hard together as a team listening to each others ideas !

We are all very proud of our art work and love the bright colors we used and different animals and insects.

Don't forget to look up and see our art when you're passing by.