Lots of activity in the kinder workshop – some old electrical appliances like a toaster and a GPS unit have been very popular…
Joel was busy writing up some notes on the jobs.
We talked about signs and posters – we needed to show what sort of workshop it is. There was a flurry of activity.
Most of the children wanted to make tractor posters – we are in the Mallee after all! Practical words like fix and jobs and workers were used. Immie remembered the message from farm safety, she made a warning sign about danger when tractors are moving.
There was some discussion when we were setting up the workshop about girls not being able to go in, because they don’t work in a workshop. The girls didn’t agree….
But there was plenty of room for the boys still.
The home corner hasn’t had much activity lately, so it’s time to try something new. We had a talk about what the children’s ideas might be for another play space – it came down to a workshop (which links in with farm safety activities and ideas) or a lolly shop. We thought we might have to take a count, but Elliott suggested that we could have the workshop inside and the lolly shop outside (she was voting for the lolly shop) – what a great way to compromise! Everyone was happy…. so we started to clear out the furniture, dolls and so on. It looks pretty bare right now but the children have already started to fix it up…goggles from the woodwork, headphones(ear muffs) from the music, old hairdryers for drills, and of course box and tube constructions…for Benjamin’s jack which he needed to jack up the TV before William could work on it….
and now William can get to work…
We have been given some big boxes from the electrician and we have been saving our cardboard cylinders – so much discussion, problem solving, imagining, planning, independent or cooperative work out of a box and a tube or two ….or just the tube sometimes…
So boxes and tubes can be…
a long neck dinosaur
as well as a road/tunnel for cars and balls, a robot, and of course, the old favourite, a cubby …
or four….
We went down to the Primary campus this week to watch a performance of the Bremen Town Musicians. It was a great way to start our transition program for the year. We found out about the bubblers and the different toilets…
We had to go into the Multi-Purpose Room.
We thought the Bremen Town Musicians were very funny!
This was a great way to start off our transition program – the performance was excellent, the children were relaxed and very proud to be a part of the whole school audience.