This month we have been learning about Autumn and School. These are our themes for Aistear (playtime). Last week the boys and girls did a collaborative artwork where they worked together to paint a branch. This was great for oral language, teamwork and colour recognition (English and Irish!).
The next table were cutting and gluing autumn colours onto tree templates to build up fine motor skills.
The next two tables were based on school. On the whiteboard the children were working collaboratively to draw pictures of the school, things and people we see at school and our classroom.
The socio-dramatic play area had one child in role as the teacher and the others were the pupils!
This week we are furthering our learning in multi-sensory ways. The children are using different materials to cover pages in Autumn colours. This is very fun and very messy!!!
The next table have different playdough challenges, such as making a hat for a scarecrow or spines for a hedgehog or Autumn leaves. This encourages creative thinking, motor skills and is a tactile way to explore the season.
We have some Bingo as Gaeilge to practice our vocabulary so far...
And today we had Mr. Jones running the drama station!
Here are our beautiful branches from last week with Autumn leaves made from this week's art!
