Kindy A-B

OUR STEAM EXPERIENCES

THEME: UNDER THE SEA

LEARNING AREAS

• SCIENCE
• SOSE
• LANGUAGE
• DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
• LITERACY
• NUMERACY

EYLF OUTCOMES: Children contribute and are connected to their world

TOPIC IDEAS:

• Water
• Under the sea
• The Oceans
• Sea creatures
• How water moves
• Things that float on water
• The Water Cycle
• Looking at water being a solid, liquid or gas.

SCIENCE:

• Ocean Bottles
• Aquarium
• Sea creatures

SENSORY PLAY : Play stations were set up with the different under the sea props and loose parts for children to manipulate and to create the different under the sea environments.

• The ocean – Sea play
• The Beach theme play
• Sea creatures fishing
• Real life Sea horse aquarium
• Create an under the sea world

ART & CRAFT: Children created through painting pasting, cutting and picture making their art and craft under the sea images

• Paper plate ocean with foam sea creatures, fish stickers
• Paper cupcake jelly fish, paper cup octopus
• The Rainbow Fish colouring and collage activity

DESIGN & TECH STEM PROJECT UNDERWATER THEMES: The children worked in groups to create their under the sea designs, through planning and creating.

• Diorama
  Tissue Box Aquarium
  A miniature model of a world under the sea with sea creatures
• Ocean Bottles
  An ocean in a bottle

ENGLISH LANGUAGE -STORY BOOK TIME, STORY BOARD

Viewing and listening to the stories: The Story of – The Rainbow Fish under the sea and the ocean picture books discussion session.

NUMERACY:

• Counting sea creatures
• Sorting sea creatures by size
• Interactive counting under the sea games

Group Experiences: (Mat & Table Sessions)

• Under the Sea floor puzzles
• Sea creature snap game
• Sea creature stencils
• Felt board story board
• Small sea creature puzzles
• Picture making