Here comes the sun!

Here comes the sun,

and I say,

It's all right...

sun, sun, sun, here we come!

What is the best way to start Tuning In for our unit?

Well, none other than going out for a walk to enjoy and see the lovely sakura trees!!

We had our beautiful morning walk at Rokko Island and we were greeted by these blossoming sakura flowers around us.

We played our favorite 'I spy' game focusing on the different things we saw, heard and felt during our walk.

While walking, passers-by couldn't help but laugh as they hear the contagious laughter of the Preschooler's as we explored the beautiful surroundings around our school.

Back in school, we talked about the different things we saw during our morning walk. They worked with their group and together they wrote/drew the things they have seen.

Then, as a class we have sorted the groups into Living and Non Living Things.

They have defined living things as:

.. things that grow

.. they move

.. they need air

.. they need water

.. they need food

.. they think

.. they have emotions

.. they multiply to become many

.. they die

Non living things as:

.. things made by people

.. they don't need air, water or food

.. people make them move

.. they need gas, petrol, or battery

They all agreed that sun is important to everyone's life.

We cannot survive without it.

The sun made the sakura trees produce beautiful flowers!

In the class, they also enjoyed painting a sakura tree using pointillism style.

Beautiful artworks!

Of course, our walk wouldn't be complete without the preschoolers photo under the bright blue sky and a beautiful sakura tree!

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