Category Archives: Activities

Making Fruit Kebabs

Cooking in the classroom – Teach Preschool

You will need:

  • Fruit
  • Kebab sticks
  • Yoghurt (Optional)
  • Plastic knives
  • Bowl

First, children were encouraged to try different fruits as to know what they like and don’t. Afterwards, they chose what they want to use for the kebab and were given the opportunity to cut their fruits using the plastic knives (I assist them when needed). Finally, they put the fruit in the kebab stick and who wanted could dip it in the yoghurt.

Obstacle Course

In this activity, the children had various PE equipment which were an obstacle for them to arrive to the destination. First they had to take the tennis racket and roll the ball towards the hula hoops. Afterwards, they had to go through the 3 hula hoops and finally jump on the ladder. By doing these 3 obstacles, they will arrive at the parachute area.

Parachute Game

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Children really love this activity. Each child had to take a section of the Parachute and had to pull it up and down. To stimulate and challenge children, I put balls on the Parachute and they had to balance on it thus, they had to be careful not to drop the balls on the floor. Finally, I asked each child in turn to go under the Parachute and played the game “Iż-żunżana ddur iddur” in a different way.

Farmer Role Play

You will need:

  • Cardboard boxes
  • Plastic Eggs
  • Basket
  • Farm Animal Toys and other Farm Toys
  • Farmer clothes
  • Fruit and Vegetables
  • Shelf stand

The children were given the opportunity to dress up as farmers. They pretend to be taking care of farm animals, grow crops and selling the crops. Children were very engaged and had a lot of fun.

Sensory Foam

Learning and Exploring Through Play: Autumn Sensory Foam

You will need:

  • A large tray
  • Shaving Cream or Panna
  • Paint
  • Glitters (Optional)
  • Stick (Optional)
  • Apron

Children were divided in pairs and each group were given a large tray which was a bit shallow. Each tray was filled with shaving cream. I let children to chose the paint colour and glitters and put a bit on the shaving cream. the children had to use either their hands or stick to mix everything.

Even though, their activity was messy, the children really loved it and had a lot of fun doing it.