One focus related to language and literacy for Owlets/PS1 is to 'Describe people, places, things and events that are familiar'. This week we chose to use the opportunity of the children's monthly self-portrait drawing to focus on this learning goal. We began by singing the ever-popular Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes song; in doing so naming many body parts including facial features. We made sure to speed up in the final round, for extra fun! We then passed around a mirror for the children to peek at their own faces. Each child was asked to share what they could see. There were a variety of responses including:
It was then the children's turn to draw their own faces. They very much enjoy looking at their faces in the mirror, and often practise making different facial expressions, before deciding on which one they would like to capture in their drawing. By looking closely at their reflections in a mirror each month, children examine their eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, eyebrows, ears, eyelashes and hair, and notice how they fit together to make the face. On this occasion especially, they were first encouraged to talk about and describe what they could see in the mirror, before then being asked to draw. Once the children begin drawing their monthly self portrait, they are given no prompting by adults. In this way over a year the drawings tell the story of each child's developing motor skill development, as well as their increasing attention to detail. This week was so beautiful on campus. The temperature was perfect, the autumn light was just gorgeous and all the trees appeared to be doing their best to change colour and shed their leaves in one week. It made for fabulous outdoor play sessions. One particular day the children arrived outdoors to find a giant pile of leaves had been left for them to explore. It truly looked to be a joyous experience, jumping in the leaves, running through them and throwing them in the air to let them shower down. Most of the children explored the leaf pile on this day, however, it was hard to get many photographs because of the constant movement! Many thanks to Ms Nadia for the pictures below which although do not show every child, do give a sense of the fun that was had.
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