Contemporary Teacher
1-1 and Small groups
Providing fun play-based home learning experiences for kids. Taking home tutoring to the next level.
Language Arts
Today in Afrikaans class we studied body parts.
Using a play based method to interact with the target language it's learning by doing.
23/02/2022
Let those ideas flow. Keep kids enthusiastic by asking for their ideas as often as we can.
01/02/2022
These rainbow inspired snacks are a solid win!
•Low prep
•Cheap
•Toddler DIY
•Fun
•Tasty
•Kids get to try a variety of fruit!
Cooking class!
Our rainbow snacks got us snacking!
Kids enjoyed sequencing the colours of the rainbow into the skewers and using the milky paint to decorate their bread.
Colour mixing and recording activity based on the book Mixed by .
Look at all the new colours they created. Let's them tell you all about. From why they chose certain colours to what they made.
We loved talking about the endless possibilities when you mix. And they knew that that lesson translate to life as well.
Exploring colours with this fizzy colour mixing activity.
•Baking soda on a flat plate
•Food coloring mixed in vinegar
•Droppers
&
•Play!!!
28/01/2022
STEAM and Discovery.
•creating
•inventing
•experimenting
•discovering
how colours create new colours!
This easy prep activity engaged kids for a about an hour and I had to cut it short not them!
28/01/2022
This was our final book in our Rainbow Study.
Mixed by .
This amazing book delves into important topics such as segregation, inclusivity, colour, tolerance and radical acceptance. Areas I absolutely looooove tackling with little kids.
We role played peace making scenarios, talked about race positivity and the different colours ppl come in.
And then we played A LOT with colour mixing!
28/01/2022
Tasty math class!
Fruit Loops were a nice way to bring in colour graphing. Perfect for our Rainbow Study.
When Phonics came along we also found a way to incorporate the 🌈 theme!
27/01/2022
Our next book in our Rainbow Study was How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney.
In this book we took a deep dive into the idea of how colours can match and influence our feelings a bit like chakra healing. Kids chose feelings and matched a colour to it (pink=love, green= sick etc...) We made a feeling chart and they also painted their image of anger and happiness.
The book also deals with conflict resolution between the sun and clouds and problem solving by the Crayons.
*These are important points to stop at in the book and discuss ideas and solutions before reading on.
Lastly we enjoyed a few story retellings of the book by using the story sequencing poster.
25/01/2022
During our Rainbow Study we used some amazing books to anchor the theme.
Our first book was an all time favourite The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
We enjoyed reading and watching this story and spoke about sharing and listening to your intuition.
We also touched on math, science and design with this book.
24/01/2022
Our Rainbow Study got us reading some amazing books, cooking and engaging in some colourful STEAM projects!
Watch this space!