The sense of touch

The tulips are now working with the five senses. Last week we focused on the sense of touch. We did one activity where the children got to sort different objects based on whether they were hard or soft. We also did another activity where we filled balloons with different materials. The Tulips got to feel the balloons to see if they could guess what was in them!

Gross motor skills

Today the Tulip went on our weekly outing. This week we decided to go to the nearby small field. We brought hoola hoops, balls and a tunnel for the children to play with. Even though the weather was cold the Tulips managed to stay warm by moving, moving, moving!

 

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Futuraskolan International Pre-School Danderydsvägen 6, 182 68 Djursholm 0723- 71 28 00 Head: Adriana Marx Norén adriana.noren@futuraskolan.se Futuraskolans website

Wonderful changes in the hands of the new principal. Review - 

September 2015

This paricular Futuraskolan pre-school is international and many of the staff are native English-speakers. 

The school follows the Swedish pre-school curriculum but also takes aspects from the International Primary 

Curriculum's early years programme. This is most relevant for children who go on to one of the international 

schools and means that there is the option to either move to the British International School of Stockholm, 

almost next door, at age 3 or stay at Futuraskolan up to age 5.

I spoke with some parents a few years ago who were unhappy with aspects of Futuraskolan in Djursholm. 

I remember comments such as 'odd timings for meals and naps' and 'too many changes' as well as 'not taking 

parents' comments into account'. I was very pleased to hear from one of those parents that things have changed. 

Here is what she told me in September 2015: 

A new principal took over at the Djursholm branch of Futuraskolan one year ago. She was already (and still is) 

the head of the International pre-school in nearby Täby and she has made a number of changes since she arrived 

here in Danderyd. It feels like she changed everything from the place itself to the teachers and the structure of each day!

Communication between the staff and parents has dramatically improved, including a daily newsletter that tells 

parents what has happened throughout the day - particularly useful for the littlest ones' parents. There is also a weekly 

newsletter and all the children have their own portfolios. Parents feel listened to and problems are discussed, 

sometimes explanations come via email to all parents.

The site itself has been reorganised. Previously, one building housed the younger children and the other the older ones. 

Now the children can move between the two houses and the rooms are being transformed, such as the second kitchen 

into a science room. There is now a separate dedicated library too. There is even a plan for a dance floor in the 

basement!

Learning now includes the teaching of reading using the British Jolly Phonics system from age 4.

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Lilies

“THREE LITTLE PIGS STRAW, STICKS AND BRICKS HOUSE ’’

Lilies were super excited to start their S​traw, Sticks and Bricks’ House Project today. First we talked about different ideas for creative and interesting houses and we talked about how T​he Big Bad Wolf destroyed the straw and the sticks house, but not the bricks one. We learnt that the bricks house is the strongest one. We collected some leaves and sticks in the morning while playing in the back yard and also prepared some carton boxes for our houses. ​W​e all enjoyed cutting and gluing different materials like small pieces of sticks and leaves . We used sugar cubes to make the house of bricks. They had so much fun making them real in a roleplay game.

We’ve been working with the following Lpfö goals: 

● develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn.

● develop their ability to build, create and construct using different techniques,

materials and tools

● develop their creative abilities and the ability to convey impressions,thoughts

and experiences in many different forms, such as play,pictures,song and

music,dance and drama

● develop their use of spoken language, vocabulary and concepts, as well as the ability to play with words, relate something, express their thoughts, put questions, and put forward their arguments and communicate with others

Outing

Today we went on an outing to our favorite spot; the boat park. The Tulips was climbing, running and playing in the sand. There was also another pre-school there so the children also got to practice their social skills!

Lilies

For traditional Chemistry Day, Liles had a great time  doing  Simple Science Experiments -- Oil,Water and Food Colouring Mix,Do The Oranges Float or Sink in Water and Vinegar and Soda Explosion.  We tried to find out what happens when we put an orange  in a water container  with the peel and without and  were also curious to learn what happens when trying to mix oil and water with food colouring. The orange floats on the water surface with the peel because of numerous air pockets it has, but once without the peel it sinks to the bottom as it is now lighter. Once we mix oil and colouring it doesn’t mix,but when we put some water it mixes.  Vinegar and Soda Explosion was also a very interesting experiment where the chemical reaction produces a real explosion and came out. We had so much fun doing these simple scientific experiments!

We’ve been working with the following Lpfo goals:

develop their curiosity and enjoyment, as well as their ability to play and learn

develop their understanding of science and relationship to nature, as well as knowledge of plants, animals, and also simple chemical processes and physical phenomena

Memory game

Today the Tulips got to play a fun game of memory. Since we have started working with feelings we decided to keep this as a theme and the memory cards showed pictures of different emotions. We went through the names of the feelings and then we started playing. The Tulips loved it!

Lilies

This Friday we talked about Solubles and Insolubles that means things that mix in water and few thugs  that doesn't mix in water.

Lilies did experiment by trying to mix different things in water like Sugar and Salt as Solubles and cornflakes snd chocolate chips to be Insolubles. They were surprised to see how things got mixed ( dissolved ) and were not seen any more. Questions like "where is the sugar cube"  and " I can see the cornflakes" showed that they understood the difference between the Solubles and Insolubles. 

Lpfo Goals :

Develop their ability to distinguish and explore, put questions about and talk about simple chemical processes and physical phenomena.