the theme of Pizza

We all like Pizza. Having Pizza as one of our teaching themes was a thrilling idea when I first though about it. I did not know how much mess we were going to make if we had our children make real pizza for themselves.But everything turned out to be fun and smooth. When our children learned they would have something interesting to do they tend to be very cooperative and they even became very good helpers.

We made our own Chef Hats and Aprons and they turned our children into little HAPPY pizza chefs. Those "chefs" demonstrated a high level of professionalism in hand-crafting their own little pizza.

Happy Little Chefs

Crafting a individual Pizza

Crafting a individual Pizza

Crafting a individual Pizza

Children Made their own Pizza Dinner and they Love to Eat

We also had a group dramatic play on sharing a pizza (plastic food) and made a craft of paper plate pizza

dramatic play -- sharing a pizza

dramatic play -- sharing a pizza

making a paper plate pizza

paper plate pizza

The Theme of Olympics

We spent two weeks on the theme of Olympics. Our children created their own Olympic Flag, Torch Artwork, Gymnastic Artwork and Olympic Laurel Wreath Headband. And we had our own Egg and Spoon Relay, all our children took home a "Gold Medal".

I believe this is a good opportunity  to expand the children's vocabulary. We use flash cards and books to talk about all kinds of Olympic games. Our children learned to identify many kinds of Olympic games, from Running, Skiing, Wrestling, Cycling, Swimming, Diving to Gymnastics, Basketball, Hockey and Soccer (in Chinese). 

Most importantly, we learned the spirit of Olympics games " The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part " I was very happy to see all our children enjoyed participating in competitions and they handled it positively when they did not win in our little games. A wonderful opportunity to build the children's character.

Balance Beam Artwork

Egg on the Spoon Relay

Egg on the Spoon Relay

Making Torch Artwork

Torch Artwork

Stamping Olympic Flag

Olympic Flag (Children practiced circle drawing as well)

Olympic Laurel Wreath Headband

Olympic Laurel Wreath Headband

Gold Medals Our Children Won from our Preschool Olympics

Our Book of the Week: Olympics Alphabet