NATURE LEAVE COLLAGE FOR 4 YEARS OLD

PLANNING FOR LEARNING :

  

LESSON PLAN – NATURE LEAVE COLLAGE  FOR  4 YEARS OLD

 

•LESSON OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the children will be able to :

1. learn to that tapioca flour can be mixed as starch to paste leaves
2. develop hand and eye co-ordination when they stick the leaves on the collage
3. develop  fine  and gross motor skills            (Maria Montessori,1912) when the mix the starch by squeezing, pinching and feel  the mixture.
4. share and help each other during pasting the
5. leaves collage
6. enhance self-confidence  when they gather and paste the leaves independently
7.  develop healthy social and emotional growth when they communicate and co- operate with each other happily (Kohn,A,1993).
8. tell the name of the trees as they collect the leaves
9. enjoy the beauty of the nature as they walk to the garden to collect the  leaves

 

THE LEARNING CYCLE

 

•Observation related

•Children observed teacher demonstrate how to mix the starch and then children mix the starch by their own with teacher’s help.

•Interpreting learning

•Teacher explained how the tapioca flour can be also used as starch to paste the leaves as collage.  Teacher also show a picture of the tapioca, illustrated at the packaging.

•Children at this stage were already excited  and eager to satisfy their curiosity  for garden trip to collect leaves.

•Planning Learning

•Teacher prepares lesson plan and the lesson objectives earlier on this activities of outdoor learning.  Teachers bring out all the children to collect leaves for collage making.

•Contexts for Learning

•Teacher assist children collecting leaves. Teacher also tell the name of the tree where they collect the leave, like this is mango tree, and this is mango leave.

•Teacher also,  watch and help, when the children gather some other items like sticks and stones. 

•Supporting Learning

•When they return to do the collage, teacher explains that stones and huge sticks cannot hold to the starch and not suitable for leave collage. Stones and sticks are heavy therefore the starch is not strong to hold them. 

 

•Teacher will also interact by questions to children and challenging their thinking, for example,   From which tree this leave comes from ?,  Can we paste a stone to starch ?, etc.

References :

1. Maria Montessori (1912), The Monessori Method,  Heinemann.
2. Kohn, A(1993) Punished by Rewards (Houghton Miffin)

 

Childcare is an industry. And expensive childcares are ultimately profit-driven business models.
Now I’m not suggesting all branded childcares are money-grubbing rip-offs. Most are sincere about preparing children for life, making a difference, etc. But childcare is more business oriented than, say, Primary schools.
And like every business, they’ll set a price that (they perceive) reflects their value.
If every Singaporean chooses to accept that value, if we all choose to believe that expensive childcare is necessary…well, $2,000 a month is unaffordable. And doesn’t life suck.
But I haven’t seen hordes of people fail because they came from cheaper childcare centres. I doubt you have. And if we can accept that reasonably priced childcares are just as good, or just as enjoyable for our children, then childcare can be affordable.

for more, view,


http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/childcare-affordable-singapore-160000437.html;_ylt=AjkPhtF0nwKcJaFX8DWaXuLpwsRG;_ylu=X3oDMTNvbm9oczlzBG1pdAMEcGtnAzdmZGE4Y2EyLTFmYTQtMzNkNy04M2RkLTU5NGM4YmRmODkzOARwb3MDMQRzZWMDTWVkaWFCQ2Fyb3VzZWxNaXhlZExQQ0EEdmVyA2MzYWJmZjkwLWFlMWQtMTFlMi1hZmI3LTU1OGMxZWU0N2UwYw--;_ylg=X3oDMTBhMnJuamU1BGxhbmcDZW4tU0c-;_ylv=3