HAPPY EASTER!!!! 2014

Chick in an Egg

 

This is one of the crafts we made for Easter! It's really cute and simple! I cut out different colored eggs from construction paper and then cut them in half. Then asked the kids to decorate them using pom-poms, it was fun painting with clothes pins and pom-poms. Then we glued on the chick and attached a split pin to allow the eggs to open and close! :) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chick Craft with soft pastel

I made this craft with my younger class (3~4yrs). First, I cut out a simple shape for the chick and then used the soft pastel and let the kids smudge the color all over the body. Then added the eyes, mouth, legs and feathers for wings! Very easy and cute!

Egg relay (under the chin)

We got Easter Eggs to paint from the school and before we painted them, we had an egg relay with the kids! They were supposed to bring the eggs from one basket to the other basket without using their hands. They had to keep the egg under their chin! It was a fun activity for the Easter holiday!

 

 

 

Egg Matching Game (upper and lower case)
I cut out different colored eggs and then wrote the upper and lower cases of the alphabets on them. Then cut the eggs in half. The children were asked to match the lower case and the upper case of the alphabets! It doesn't take a long time to prep and it was fun for the kids!

 

 

 

Egg Rolling relay with Fly Swatter
Since it's Easter, we played quite a few games with Easter eggs. Before we painted them, we played a egg rolling game with the fly swatters! The eggs weren't very easy to control with the fly swatters, but that's what made it challenging for the kids! 

Painting Easter Eggs with aluminum foil
  We paint our Easter eggs every year and this year I wanted to do something a little different. We usually just painted the eggs with the paint brushes and we've also dyed them with food coloring, but we painted our Easter eggs with aluminum foil this year! I asked the kids to crumple up the aluminum foil and then put some paint in it and then wrap the eggs around with the aluminum foil. We all loved how they turned out! 

Rabbit headband
  I found this really cute and funny rabbit headband idea online and the kids looked awesome in them!  It's very easy to make and I loved the rabbit teeth on them! :) 

Rabbit hat
  I was brainstorming for ideas to make the rabbit headband, a rabbit hat idea suddenly came up! I used the paper plate as the body, then cut out legs and face for the rabbit and asked the kids to glue on the eyes, nose and a tail for the rabbit. To finish it off, we used the soft pastel for some colors and then attached a string to secure the hat!  They really look like little rabbits sitting on the kids' heads! :) 

Easter Egg Hunt
  After painting the Easter eggs, we had an Easter Egg hunt in our outdoor area for the party! My co-teacher hid the eggs for the kids and they had a great time looking for their Eggs!

Marshmallow Rabbit
  To wrap up our Easter event, we had a cooking class making a rabbit out of marshmallow, candy sticks (ears), chocolate spread for eye, whiskers and mouth!  They looked so cute and the kids loved the snack!

 

 

Happy Easter!

 

 

Sports Thematic Unit

Sports Theme

Badminton- We introduced different types of sports this month and since badminton is one of them. We decided to play an easier version of badminton. We made our own paper plate rackets with drum sticks. Then used balloons as our shuttlecock. Then we were ready to go! It was great workout for the kids!

Frisbee- This was also an easy craft and all we need is some paper plates. I handed each child 2 paper plate and ask them to design them however they want. We had some great designers in the class :) Then I attached two paper plates together and the kids were all very excited when it was time to play with their Frisbee outside!

Outing- Since we're learning about Sports this month, our outing was to the Tien Mu Sports park. It's a great park with many playgrounds and the children were all very excited. We played some soccer and had a relay race! We were very lucky because the weather was wonderful that day! :)

Volleyball- This was the Kangaroo's class' first time playing volley ball. We set up the net in our outdoor playground and we used the beach ball instead of the real volleyball, because I figured it would be easier for kids' to play. This class is pretty athletic, they did pretty good on their try! :)

Baseball song-We've been singing many sports related songs this month and one of the popular one amongst is “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”. Great song for this theme!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Song

Football Player Craft-I think this is one of the cutest craft I've done with the kids this year. I saw this idea on Pinterest and I thought I had to make it with the kids and they all loved it. We painted styrofoam balls as helmets and I took pictures of each child and asked them to show a mean and tough-looking face as a football player. Then glued the Styrofoam ball to a milk bottle. I cut out the football jersey for the kids and they picked their favorite number to put on the jersey. We also added hands and a football in the end! I loved how they turned out!

 

Flipping the egg (Game)- This was a game we played to practice our sentence patterns in the sports theme “What are they playing?” “They are playing____”. I asked two kids to come up to play and they were supposed to flip over the eggs and look at the pictures on the back and practice “They are playing _____.” They had fun flipping the eggs with the spatula.

 

Baseball Pinata- Pinata is always a fun game for the class. I made the baseball pinata with balloon, newspaper and white glue. I mixed the white glue with water and then dipped the newspaper in the mixture and glued it onto the balloon. Then waited for a day or two to dry and painted a baseball. I put some cookies and snack inside the pinata. The children had a great time trying to break the pinata with the stick and get the snack inside.