Our third beach school session and sadly the last of the year was a great success.
We had 9 students in total with an age range of 2.5 years up to 9 years. It was really important to see how the children responded to each other in this situation and as expected, the older children really enjoyed being the mentors of the group.
We discussed shapes and textures of shells while also thinking of new ways to use them. We found many clam shells and the larger the better for digging away.
It was a great activity to get the group warmed up and thinking creatively. It really inspired them afterwards too with their chosen activities.
We talked about shapes too and used this to introduce the red hazard triangles. It is important that not just the teachers are aware of the potential dangers but the participants too. The class was very active in finding many things from broken shells to broken glass, so it proved an important activity indeed.
One of the activities the group decided to do was to build a big Mount Fuji and they used a red triangle to mark the lava which was dangerous!
Counting the shells, reviewing the activities was all part of the session too.
We even had time to make some necklaces and of course everyone took home many shell souvenirs.
What a lovely way to conclude the 2014 Tree's Kindy beach school sessions.
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