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*Listens to stories with increasing attention & recall (CL)
*Beginning to understand ‘why’ and ‘how’ questions (CL)
*Uses talk to connect ideas, explain what is happening & anticipate what might happen next  (CL)
*Describes main story settings, events & principal characters (L)
*Suggests how the story might end (L)

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First library session after the Christmas holidays

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First library session after the Christmas holidays

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For our first library session in Term 2, I picked one story sack and read them the story 'Peace At Last' by Jill Murphy.

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"But I don't know what that sound is!"-QL

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"Mrs Bear began to snore. SNORE! SNORE! SNORE!

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Mrs Bear was probably tired and did lots of snoring. Do you think we can all pretend to SNORE? Let's make that sound. (chn pretended to snore like Mrs Bear)

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"That's a clock! I have it in my house."-GM

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"A hedgehog? What's hedgehog?"-TN

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It's a tiny animal with lots of spines on its back. it has short legs too!

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"Mr Bear can't sleep in car. It's too scary."-AV

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Where did Mr Bear ended up sleeping?

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The rest of the children started talking about tea, said that it is very yummy and that it is only for 'grown ups'. One of the children said "I want drink tea!" I then asked the group if they would like to have a tea area in our class and everyone agreed to the idea!

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to find the perfect spot for our tea area and start gathering resources!

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Mrs Bear: Good morning dear! Did you sleep well?
Mr Bear: Not very well dear...
Mrs Bear: Never mind, I'll bring you a nice cup of tea....
And she did.

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Communication Friendly Spaces by Elizabeth Jarman

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Communication Friendly Spaces by Elizabeth Jarman

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It was indeed the perfect time to add a  Communication Friendly Space in the classroom to support the chns listening and speaking skills. The idea is to use more neutral colors (warm colours) and add some texture as well.

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The children were asked to have a little look around the classroom to find the perfect spot for our tea area

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*Beginning to use more complex sentences to link thoughts (CL)

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We finally finished our 'tea area'!
I gathered the same group of children and asked them the following questions:
-what do you think of our 'tea area'?
-what would you like to add to it?
-do you think there's anything missing?
-what do you think about the colours?
-would you stay in there? why?
-would you like us to have our 'tea time'?...........

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We then had a lovely afternoon tea in our cozy area. First, I showed the tea bag to the children. They each had a go at smelling it and they said:
GM: Ewww! I don't like tea.
TN: I like it! Can I have some?
QL: I don't like it!
AP: What's this?
KM: Ms Precious, I like it! It smells good!
I then introduced the teapot and the cup. GM had a go at putting the tea bag in the pot; the rest of the children poured water into the teapot. We then shared the tea and surprisingly, all the children liked it!

Ms Gurvinder was very kind in lending us her tea set and even shared her decaffeinated tea!

KM: Where get this one?
P: Well let's play a guessing game. I got it from one of the teachers here in the classroom and she is from England. Who do you think is she?

The children immediately responded, "Ms Gurvinder!"
I encouraged the children to speak to Ms Gurvinder (who was seated at the other end of the room) and ask where she got her teabags from.
-where do you think Ms Gurvinder got her teabags from?
-do you think she got these from Vietnam?
-Maybe Malaysia?
-Japan?
-Could you go and ask Ms Gurvinder please! (and they did!)

The children made many guesses and I had to write it all quickly on a big sheet of paper.
We ended our tea time by asking the children if they would like to try and know more about teas from other countries. To be continued.....

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*keep play going by responding to what others are  saying or doing (PD)
*uses talk to connect ideas, explain what is  happening & anticipate what might happen next, recall & relive past  experiences (CL)
*questions why things happen & gives  explanations.  Asks, eg, who, what, when, how (CL)
* understands that some resources have to  be used safely (PD)
*talks about why things happen & how things work (UW)
*engages in imaginative role-play (EAD)