I need ideas for creative assignment at a nursery?

Question

I know I ask a lot of questions to do with my course, but I am struggling to come up with an idea. I have to find something by next Tuesday, when I am being assessed. Also, everday activities eg washing up that nursery children would do. And ideas on sealife. All for one course.

Answer 1

sealife - use the water tray! back it up with stories related to the theme n make a tactile display! :)

Answer 2

I love this sort of stuff lol

If your doing a sealife this has always been my idea as i wanted to be a teacher.

Get a big cardboard box and cut out the top and front and paint it blue inside and add sequences/sand/rpebbles inside.  You will also need to place various rows of sticks along the top opening.

Get all your little people to draw or colour in sea animals and seaweed etc and create your own sea and get them to think of a name for their sea.  If your doing this you could even get them to create their own sea animals.  

When they have finished creating their sea animals pierce a hole in it at the top and use fish wire/string to hang them up on the sticks.

I hope that made some sense.

As for the washing up you could maybe get the pupils to decide in what order the washing needs to be done and make a game out of it.  Sort of like simon says.  You could say 'Simon says I need to put on a dark wash/coloured wash/white wash and get the pupils to say what colours can go together?  That propably makes no sense.  And discuss why you should only use your washing machine if you have a full load due to energy efficiency.

I hope I havn't confised you too much :)

Good luck

xx

Answer 3

What about arts and crafts activities. They'll like that. Maybe make a big sealife display. Christmas cards? Clay models? Role playing game? I personally loved arts and crafts.

Answer 4

I'm doing child care as well i found by going onto any teaching website they have loads of resources u can print off and loads of grate ideas for activities hope it helps you

Answer 5

Sealife-make a display as a group-mix sand and yello paint to make a beach, stick on shells or cut out versions which kids decorate....then you can have a blue sea and children can maek their own things that they think live in the sea! It's hugely creative and leaves children to use their imagination and experiences of the sea.

Everyday activities: Snack time routine, washing hands, if they do their own washing up then great....we have a self-regitration at the begining where kids get namesoff pegs and put in special box I help by sitting near box to remind wondering children.

Look on under5's.co.uk they usually have good ideas!

Answer 6

Hi I'm doing a teaching degree and i know the feeling of desperately trying to come with ideas all the time!

I think if you search on the Internet you should easily come up with some ideas, a really great website that i have come across is http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/index....

Hope this helps :-)

Answer 7

creative arts...Origami

Answer 8

The criteria necessary for evaluating a field site trip is Preparing for the field site trip. When preparing for a field site trip, the children can think about, discuss, and record what they think they will see, which questions they may be able to ask, who they may talk to and what they might bring back to the classroom.  A Field site  trip may not mean leaving the school but sometimes involves leaving the classroom to investigate some part  of the environment more closely.

The class can go to a site which gives them  chances  to see  objects, plants, animals, vehicles, events, equipment, people, and processes. They take  notes and make sketches of what they are most interested in and what they would most like to learn more about when they return to school. The visit may not require special transportation if it is within walking distance. There is usually a lot to study on the way to the site.

There is also the Field site  trip follow-up. This is when the  children discuss the field trip, discuss accounts of what happened, whom they spoke to, what they saw, what they learned. The children can use the sketches they made for detailed paintings ,construction models  and drawings . The children  can also use this time for information books, question that are raised  and letters.  A follow-up field trip is  planned.

Sometimes there is visiting experts ,these are people who have first hand experience of the topic being studied, through their work and  travel. Visiting experts can be invited to the classroom to talk to the children, answer questions, engage in discussion, or be interviewed.

Before going to the field site the teacher must consider several aspects. Is the site safe for the children, how much experience can the children get out of the trip , is there any  hands  on equipment  that the children can explore. They also must consider is there any experts on site to show the children around and if the children have any questions is there anyone who can answer the question the children might have .

There is several ways I can share what the students is learning . First I would

take pictures of each of the children working on the project. 2) Put examples of the children’s work also in the class book. They could each take a page and paste in their work and also add their picture. I could also display their work around the classroom so the parents or caregivers  can see it as they enter and exit the classroom. Next during parent teacher conference I would show the parent the class book to show what the children has learned .

Another example is  to make a movie. The children would participate by making the movie. They each would have a part in the movie to show what they have learned .  the children will build a house using different types  of tools and explain step by step as they do it . The topic of the movie would be  building with construction tools. We would make a movie night where the parents /caregiver would be invited  where the children  also could sit down and enjoy the movie.

Another example is to do a play.  Where the children could be a tool and explain what each tools is used for . Each child would  say something about tools. They could also dress up as a tool or hold a tool. They could also show pictures they have created and also talk about the field site or the person who visited the class.  The parents could be invited to see the play.

The five key experience through the project were initiative ,social relation, music and movement language and literacy ,and creative representation.

Creative representative was enhance when the children made tool boxes out of shoe boxes and paper. They decorated their shoe boxes with makers ,crayons , stickers, and pictures of tools . The children seem to really enjoy this activity they did not want to stop decorating the shoe box . Jonathon kept saying could I get another sticker. Another time creativity was enhanced is when the children  made bricks out of paper bags and newspaper .Maddie kept asking to make another brick and another brick. The children traced a brick they had in block area and used the newspaper to stuff the bag.

Music and music was enhanced when the children sung a simple song about tools. I  made up a song about how the children like tools in the jungle room . They children seem to really enjoy the song at first they just listen to the song but once they got a hang of the song most of the children participated . They seem to really like songs like the weather song and old Mac Donald’s .

Language and literacy was enhanced when the children talked about tools. One incident Jonathon s was sitting at the table talking to Draven and he said lets talk about construction tools. We are going to use our tools to build a house . Another incident Molly talked about how her dad use a lot of tools to fix things.

Social relation was enhanced when the children talked to Steve a unfamiliar adult about tools. The children asked questions about what tools he had in the tool box. They seem to really enjoy the conversation with Steve. Jonathon asked what kind of saw he had.