Hearts and Minds Harmony Week Thinking 2022
Understanding and EmbracingDiversityUniversal themes focussing on Homeand FamilyIs ‘home’ a place? A feeling? An idea?A person/ people?An old proverb says“Home is where the heart is.”Do you think this is true or false?Why?Habits of mind:MetacognitionListening with Empathy and Understanding Our Harmony…
Autumn- Changing Times and Changing Seasons- Our Painting
See. What can you see in the painting? Let your child slowly observe and say what they can see and touch. Shapes, lines, colours, talk about warm colours of autumn. Focus on ‘slow looking’, letting the eyes wander and see…
Autumn – Changing Seasons and Changing Times – Our Story
Our Themes: -Recognising, understanding, accepting and adapting to change -Empathy -Letting go Habits of Mind: -listening with empathy and understanding… devoting mental energy to another’s thoughts and ideas, making an effort to perceive another’s point of view and emotions. -gathering…
m is for mama… our activities
Look at this beautiful picture of a child with her mummy. The artist drew this with pastels. Can you draw a picture like this of you and your mummy or someone in your family that you love lots? Make it…
m is for mama… our painting
See: What can you see in this painting? Let your child look slowly to observe the things that they could touch. What do they notice. Give them time and talk about ‘slow looking’. Think: When your child has talked about…
m is for mama… our story
Our Themes this time are Mothers who are celebrating Mother’s Day this week, quirky families, appreciating differences as well as appreciating spots, stripes, patterns and elephants! Our Habits of Mind focuses this time: Thinking Flexibly – being able to change…
Dinner Table Thinking Siblings, Space and Serenity Now.
Think of a really good person that you know. What is it that makes this person good? Is the moon made of green cheese? How do you know? If someone is being kind to you but accidentally ends up hurting…
Siblings, Space and Serenity Now … activities.
Do you like to play music? If you don’t have instruments, could you make some…or even pretend. Listen to this song… Write, draw or make something special for someone in your family.Do something kind for someone that you love. Mike…
Siblings, Space and Serenity Now! Papa Please Get The Moon For Me by Eric Carle
Week 2 Our Themes this week are family, siblings, helping, kindness, feelings, learning new things and the Moon. Our Habits of Mind focuses are creating, imagining and innovating, responding with awe and wonderment, listening with empathy and understanding. Questions to…
Siblings, Space and Serenity Now … ‘The Gower Family’ by George Romney 1776
Talk About Art …Visual Thinking Strategies Early Childhood Questions About the Painting: -can you make some of the poses that the Gower children are making in their dance? -if you don’t have a tambourine, how could you make music to…
Arts, Critical & Creative Thinking, and Philosophy for Kids
