In Junior Infants we have enjoyed learning about different types of pets, how to care for them and where they live. We loved our Pet Shop Role Play area and Vets. We acted out being the vet, veterinary nurse, surgeon or customer. We bought different types of pets in the Pet Shop and used coins to pay for them.
In literacy we are enjoying learning new sounds and making the different letters using different materials like buttons and playdough. We enjoyed looking at animal books in the vets while we waited for our animals to be examined by the vet. We made dinosaur pictures and wrote words to describe what our dinosaur looked like.
In maths, we made patterns using Lego blocks and spools. We sorted different types of pasta and animals into different sets. We sorted different types of coins correctly. We ordered numbers to 10 using magnetic letters. We played an animal memory game where we matched the number and the animals correctly. We estimated and then weighed the same amount of sand, cubes, rice, buttons and pasta using the balancing scales. We discovered that the sand was the heaviest. We measured the length of dinosaurs using cubes and made dinosaurs using shapes.
We enjoyed making different types of animals and using different types of material in the art area. We made rabbits, fish and cats using paper plates and paint. We made jungle animals, monkeys and tigers using paper plates and paint and traced around our arms for giraffes and made patterns for the snakes. We made pets using toilet rolls and different types of fish using different coloured strips of paper. We enjoyed making skeleton dinosaurs using pasta. We made different types of pets and animals using playdough and animal habitats in the construction area.
This month we loved going to the hall and using the benches to balance and jump over. We also jumped over hurdles and learned how to skip using skipping ropes.
We really enjoy our outdoor area for fishing, sorting different types of animals in the sand, washing animals in the water area and making dinner in the Kitchen area.
In February we made cards for our family for Valentines Day and coloured a heart shape using patterns. We made St Brigid’s crosses and coloured St Brigid’s cloak using different colours. We hope you enjoy our slideshow of our activities below.
