The picture attached above shows the children's ideas of what decorations are. Each day, the children are encouraged to add more ideas to our chart. The new ideas will be added in different colours, allowing us to see the growth in our learning.
I noticed a common theme in the children's answers - hanging decorations. All the children in the wind group celebrate Christmas and this is a conversation that arises each day. The children share their ideas on what decorations to use during these Holidays, their different shapes and sizes, etc.
To broaden their imagination, I read the book "Night Tree" by Eve Bunting. This story is about a family decorating a tree outdoors with food and nuts for the animals. Eagerly, the children asked for us to do the same. They all showed commitment and determination while working on their decorations.
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| Apples, cheese, popcorn and flowers |
The children were given a chance to connect to the animals and their need for food during winter time.
As an assessment on what they thought that the animals might like to eat, they drew pictures of what the tree looked like after they decorated it and we recorded our predictions on what will happen to the decorations on a chart.
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| The tree is decorated! The children are enjoying a bowl of popcorn while reading the story right next to the tree. |
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| We were all very surprised!! This is the only decoration that was left on the tree. |
Enjoy,
Anamaria
Oh my goodness. That photo of the popcorn is so amazingly touching. We are so lucky to live in that landscape and that you take the children out to the forest to read with them. Thank you
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