Happy Diwali to those who celebrated last weekend!
The kids and I have been learning about Diwali and have really enjoyed the colours, lights and fun together. We learned about the fancy clothing (of which they got to see a real Sari and bangles), the tasty food, the fireworks, the music, Diyas and Rangoli. The kids and I made and decorated Fimo Diyas (clay pots that hold either oil or candles), painted sparkly fireworks using paper tubes and made paper flower decorations. The highlight of our week was using coloured sand to create our own Rangoli (patterns created on the floor using coloured powder, sand, rice, etc). The kids had practice holding and pouring bottled sand into funnels, pouring the sand with control and practiced patience and manners while asking and waiting for the colours they needed.
Our storybooks this week include:
Dipal’s Diwali by Twinkl
Diwali Lights by Rina Singh
Binny’s Diwali by Thrity Umrigar
Peppa’s Diwali by Nevill Astley
Let’s Celebrate Diwali by Anjali Joshi
Our letters this week were D and P. They practiced forming the letter P on the fridge with line and curve pieces. For the letter D they had to search through a basket of objects to find those that started with D.
The kids also practiced their shape, number and colour identification through our owl game. They had to find the two pieces, of the same colour, that make up an owl and run it back to me to tell me what colour the owl is, and what number and shape is on its tummy.
The kids and I have been learning about Diwali and have really enjoyed the colours, lights and fun together. We learned about the fancy clothing (of which they got to see a real Sari and bangles), the tasty food, the fireworks, the music, Diyas and Rangoli. The kids and I made and decorated Fimo Diyas (clay pots that hold either oil or candles), painted sparkly fireworks using paper tubes and made paper flower decorations. The highlight of our week was using coloured sand to create our own Rangoli (patterns created on the floor using coloured powder, sand, rice, etc). The kids had practice holding and pouring bottled sand into funnels, pouring the sand with control and practiced patience and manners while asking and waiting for the colours they needed.
Our storybooks this week include:
Dipal’s Diwali by Twinkl
Diwali Lights by Rina Singh
Binny’s Diwali by Thrity Umrigar
Peppa’s Diwali by Nevill Astley
Let’s Celebrate Diwali by Anjali Joshi
Our letters this week were D and P. They practiced forming the letter P on the fridge with line and curve pieces. For the letter D they had to search through a basket of objects to find those that started with D.
The kids also practiced their shape, number and colour identification through our owl game. They had to find the two pieces, of the same colour, that make up an owl and run it back to me to tell me what colour the owl is, and what number and shape is on its tummy.
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