These week we explored the feelings and emotions that stories cause. The K1s are experts at discussing how stories make them feel. Some stories make you feel happy because they make you laugh, while others make you feel sad. We made connections to stories mummies and daddies read at home that make us feel things. We also explored what emotions look like on your face and body. For example, we noticed that when people were angry their eyebrows scrunched up and they often crossed their arms or balled their hands into fists. We used mirrors to record what our faces looked like when we felt different emotions. We decided to extend this line of inquiry, looking at how authors and illustrators tell and show feelings or emotions of the characters in stories. We explored how illustrators use colour to show us how the characters feel. We observed that bright colours were usually used for positive emotions, and dark/blue colours were used for negative. Then we read a new story, which showed emotions in a whole different way. In the storybook, Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka, Niko drew how sadness felt, rather than drawing a sad face. This inspired us to paint some feelings and emotions rather than pictures. It was tricky for us to pain happiness rather than paint a smile. We used our creativity to express what we felt as best as we could! In Early Years, we look for opportunities to take learning outside. The advantages of outdoor learning have been heavily researched and include the following benefits:
This week we took some word work outside, giving the children a new way to explore sight words and the alphabet. We played sight word games involving searching and bean bag tosses. We also challenged the K1s to find the hidden alphabet letters, then work together without help to order them! Activities like this not only support the development of literacy knowledge, but also allow children to work on their ATLs (learning skills such as, communication, gross-motor skills and resolving conflict.)
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