Floppy and clean water. 

Children aged 2 - 3 and 6 - 7 years.

How did we eliminate pollution?

We have been investigating water pollution, where clean water comes from and how it gets cleaned.

We used water, sand, mud, seeds, coffee powder and tea for testing in one container and the second container is water,  foil, plastic, tin and paper. Same time we play the game drowns or floats.

Tools:

                                          
                                      Two fish swimming in clean water

                                           
                                            Drowns or floats

                               We waited until the mud sank to the bottom and then we used                                 2 times coffee filters to clean the water

                                          And we repeat the same thing

               
Our water came out looking so clean – it looked good enough to drink. BUT – we then talked about things that might be in the water that we couldn’t see!

We are small scientists and we are studying the ants

What to do when the outside is cold and snowy, and the ants still fall asleep in the winter?
In partnership with parents, there is always a solution

Ant has a problem - Belgium story

Ant has a problem!  1 part 

 Children 2-3  and 6 -7 year

What we saw with a magnifying glass? Oh oh it's an ant

See how big an ant

We will sort the size

This is a bee

Bigger smaller

See how many feet he has

We draw insects

We listened to the story about the ant has a problem 1.part and we studied the insects also we get to know where they live.

World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day is a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This site serves as the central coordinating platform for World Oceans Day, with free resources and ideas for everyone – no matter where you live – to help expand the reach and impact of World Oceans Day on June 8 and year-round.

Overall theme for World Oceans Day 2017:

  

Our Oceans, Our Future

Encouraging solutions to plastic pollution and preventing marine litter for a healthier ocean and a better future

 

That day we watch a lots of videos in the youtube and discuss by the oceans and the seas. How we help its be clean that mermaid wants to live there and also who lives in oceans (fishes and animals) 

Flowers to the Mermaid

SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS ABOUT INQUIRY-BASED TEACHING IN PIRITA KINDERGARTEN

On 3rd of November 2016 all 12 Pirita Kidergarten teachers, director's assistant on the field of education and 14 teachers from other Tallinn's kindergartens took part of inquiry-based teaching seminar. The seminar was conducted by Estonian Associacion of Inquiry-based Learning instructors. On this seminar teachers learned about one active learning method which program was thought out in USA and adjusted to our system through Innove funded project POLLEN. This program is systematic, structured and directed so that children have the ability to get new knowledge through researching and to come to conclusions him/herself. The program can be used with children starting the age of 5 years. By that time the children have the vocabulary, ability to make group work and work on their own and their thinking has developed enough to be able to make logical connections. This program has activities in 5 themes: discover the senses; discover weather; discover comparison and measurement; discover the colors; and discover liquids. On this seminar the teachers were taught how to use theme "Discover senses (seeing, touching, hearing, smelling, tasting)" in their everyday work with children. They were given examples of activitis, how to connect this to our curriculum and also teachers book with the program.
In Pirita Kindergarten two groups are testing the program in this schoolyear: group Sinilill discover senses and group Rukkilill discover senses and discover weather.

Here are also some pictures of the seminar:

What is discovering and what is inquiry-based learning? 

What is the difference?

I am touching a round, hollow and rimose object in my mysterious bag.

It is, it is, it is a plastic bottle cork! Did You fine the same?

What sounds do You hear?

It was a very interesting seminar with full of activities and something to learn for everybody!