Pre-KG 2024 / 25 Blog 20
Tiere im Wasser / Animals in the Water
Unsere vielen schönen Bilderbücher im Pre–Kindergarten inklusive der tollen deutschen Bücher mit vielen Informationen und naturgetreuen Bildern, geben den Kindern gute Möglichkeiten zum Entdecken und zu Gesprächen.
So fanden die Kinder Bilder mit Waldtieren, die nahe eines Baches weilten, in dem Forellen sprangen und kamen somit ganz natürlich auf Wassertiere zu sprechen. Und derer gibt es sehr viele und sehr faszinierende !
The many beautiful picture books in the Pre–Kindergarten classroom including the wonderful German ones with lots of information and detailed illustrations offer plenty of opportunities for connections, discovery and discussion.
So the children found forest animals grazing near a stream where some trouts were jumping and quite naturally the talk went towards animals in the water. And there are plenty of them and very fascinating ones!
After looking at the books, the children took out our multitude of toy animals ( most of them from Schleich which are very detailed and look natural), made a blue pond with a blanket and started to look for the animals that can swim.
Some were already known to the children and some were discovered, so it was a beneficial time to gain new knowledge and new vocabulary.
The children also matched the animals to the illustrations found in the books and were very proud when they could recognize them. Wonderful matching skills, Emma and Leo !
Then the sea animals all went from the water into another container e.g. one of our strollers and the children showed good sorting abilities and increased knowledge of which animals actually live in the water. Super sorting, Misha and Sienna !
The fishing game was rediscovered and it needs good eye– hand coordination to hook the fish on the magnet! Great fishing, Songyun!
Well, now fishing was on the agenda and we changed the location to the EY deck where the children showed great interest in scooping out not only goldfish, but crabs and squids. They really loved this activity and became quickly good at it ! What a super scooper, Luna !
Being winter, we limited the time, but everyone went back inside with exciting chatter and happy faces.
We were honored to have some visitors from the Kobe City office at school that day who were very interested in DSKI and our classroom as well.
On Wednesday we had our Whole School Earthquake drill followed by a Tsunami drill and the whole school evacuated first within the grounds, then to higher ground ( Fashion Museum upper floor area), then to the nearby local Elementary School. The Pre–Kindergarten children did a fantastic job, staying disciplined and calm and walking all the way to the other school in an orderly manner. Bravo, Pre–KG class, we are very proud of you !
This week again we had many friends from K1 and K2 visiting our Pre–Kindergarten classroom and helping the children learn about their subject. We would like to give a big thank you to the Nakamura family for their donation of fantastic and educational puzzles and to Masa for teaching our children patiently how to puzzle. Gut gemacht Noah und Masa !
I had bought a sea animal diorama which was delicate to build, but one of our little girls managed to put it together with the help of a new friend from Germany. Amazing concentration span, Sienna!
Well, it was about time to make their own colourful fish, so each child got a fish shape cardboard cut– out and lots of paper triangles, both of which items Ms.Anita always recycles in Pre–KG and therefore supports sustainability!
The children loved making their own fish and surprised their teachers with a good attention span and fine motor skills which have really developed since the beginning of the school year ! A friend from Playgroup had joined the activity and did a great job, too.
Then the children’s inventiveness took over again and they played fish in the sea, swimming through the classroom with their paper fish and diving behind the rock aka blue sofa. So much fun and so much laughter.
And some of our girls wanted to show the school’s fish their handmade one, so off they went !
Wishing you all an amazing weekend with some great discoveries!
With kind regards, Mit herzlichen Grüßen,
Anita Ursula Mönch
DSKI Pre–Kindergarten homeroom teacher Playgroup / EY Deutsch & German
German Saturday School homeroom teacher
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