Outdoor Preschool - Norway

Here's an outdoor preschool in Norway. I've never seen these types of preschools before, but the concept is neat and the children learn a lot. It's great to connect them with nature since it's something that most of today's kids miss out on.
Click here to watch the video. Embedding is disabled with this video which is why I don't have it directly on this page.

Pond Sensory Tub

Here’s a simple pond sensory tub.



What’s in it?

Water,
Stones of different shapes and sizes,
Rubber duckies,
A frog,
A turtle,
Plastic aquarium plants,
Different sized cups for pouring
And pieces of foil supposed to be Lilly pads.




I tried to make Lilly pads from foil or at least something shaped kind of round or oval, but it wasn’t working. I couldn’t get anything close to a circle, oval and certainly not anything shaped like a Lilly pad. Plus I was rushing to get the tub done and didn’t want to keep messing with foil. I kept the pieces in there anyway because it was something that floats. The kids can pretend they are whatever they want them to be. I like the stones though and the duckies are fun too! If you squeeze the ducks, water comes out of the mouth. I’m sure water would be all over the place when the kids discover that.






For next time, I’d include more plants, more plastic frogs and turtles and maybe I could find some fish that look more like fresh water fish. The plastic fish I have are all sharks, seals etc. I need to take another trip to the dollar store soon. You could also include larger stones or pieces of wood and if you are really adventurous, put a little dirt on the bottom.

Nature Sounds Listening Activity

I’ve made another listening activity using nature sounds. I hope you enjoy them.

Track List:

1. Beach
2. Rain
3. Windy
4. Waterfall
5. Swamp
6. Rain with Thunder
7. Rainforest
8. Lava
9. Avalanch
10.Footsteps in crunchy leaves
11. Pond
12. Ice cracking
13. Hot spring
14. Babbling Stream
Click here to download the files.