Our Sea - frozen water bodies

Theme: Frozen water bodies, coastal area (outdoor learning)

Children age: 6-7 years

Objectives: The child knows that river flows into the sea. The child knows that water bodies freeze in winter. The child knows the dangers of thin ice on water bodies. The child enjoys and knows how to make outdoor art from snow and with snow.

Tools: Warm and comfortable clothes. Branch, measuring tape-ruler.

Preparation: We have examined pictures of frozen rivers and sea. Investigated how the river and sea freezes, what are the similarities and differences. We have explained the dangers, what might happen if you go on thin ice. In outdoor activity the children experience and feel everything themselves.

Activity:

Oh what a joy when snow comes. The children want to play with the snow and go crazy in the snow.

We went to investigate - are the river and sea frozen? Can we go on the ice?

When we went closer it turned out that the river ice was not strong or thick enough to go on it. You can sink through it and you can drown. Water is very cold and from that cold seizures occur in humans.

The children investigated and saw that river flows into the sea and they become one. River is long and sinuous fast flow water body, sea is more bigger water body and the waves are big and foamier. In winter the sea can also partly freeze, especially in coastal area. In our observation day the sea was not froze.

We notices the rescue car afar. It was exciting to observe. The rescue workers went on ice to measure the river ice thickness. The river was frozen but not enough. 

Our observation concluded that the river ice was not thick enough to walk on.

We practiced throwing of snowballs onto ice. Whose ball flew the farthest and whose ball sank or floated? Some of the snowballs remained on surface and some sank where the ice was too watery.

We drew with our feet ragged trees. For children was it a challenge to think out how to make this kind of art so, that the result is also beautiful.

We made snow art onto the trees. The children made image of ducks, swans, fishes and one winter white rabbit.

We made an experiment: How deep is the snow in forest? You stick the branch so deep that you feel 
the earth. You mark the upper snow limit on the branch. Then you measure the part of branch what 
was in the snow. The result of our experiment was that the snow was 15,6 cm deep in the costal forest.

And in the end we made snow butterflies fly....

OUR SEA - WORLD WATER DAY

 22 MARCH - WORLD WATER DAY

This year too, the children from Detelina Kindergarten celebrated World Water Day.

Тhe theme of World Day is that water is valuable. The topic focuses on the value of water and what it means to people.

In nature, water means peace, harmony and preservation.

Our children drew pictures and showed what water means to them.

 

 

 

 

 

Health and well-being

 WATER DRINKING CHART

Children age: 2-3 years

Child knows that drinking water is healthy and essential for us and for nature. Child drinks water and makes a mark in the chart. Child knows that nature need water. Child knows how the water changes in colder times.

In the morning circle they talked about water and introduced the chart to the children. Each child chose the line with preferred sticker and teacher wrote their name there. Each time the child drank water they were able to make a little dot or circle on the line. This chart was used through the day.

From snow melts water. Water is everywhere around us. We like water. Water helps to clean hands. We like to drink water. Also the trees and nature need water. We are going to the hike in the forest to see how is water at the moment in cold times. 

We hiked in the forest to our fir tree that we call "Päkapiku kuusk" (Elf fir tree). We went to see the Pirita river. River was hiding under the ice and snow. 

We made health stop to exercise (snow joga), played and eat healthy snack.

Drinking chart

Snow joga

The Elf fir tree

Hiding behind the trees

Where is the river?