They say, “Art imitates Life” and so we like to incorporate ‘real-life’
themes into our Kindy classes. This way these young ones are not onlyl learning
and enjoying performance skills but also interacting with real-world concepts
in a fun and energetic way.
The last few weeks our classes exploded into the SPORT
theme. How fitting for such a sport-mad country.
During the lessons teachers and students discuss the theme
and share what they know and experience around the themes. Various activities
then focus in on a number of skills. For example, during Movement we focus on
balancing – students balance carefully while walking across a line like gymnasts;
they even have to carry something on their heads for an extra challenge.
We also read and perform scenes from books. For this
particular theme we use “The Sports Day” by Nick Butterworth & Mick Inkpen.
Students live out the characters and scenarios from the story and bring the
words and pictures to life in their unique way.
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| Rainbow Montessori's Kindy students just LOVED this theme |
We also had great fun playing “Balloon Sports”. Using
balloons allow the students to simulate ball sports without risking injury –or damage
in the classroom J
So much fun had by boys and girls alike!
