EXTENDED CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Suggested Extended Curriculum activities for:

Jessica finds her true Value (Jessica's Special Buttons)

Jackson Uncovers Hidden Treasure

Olivia's Jar of Pickled Inspiration

·        Research collectibles i.e. things that people collect as a hobby/interest

          e.g. stamps, number plates, spoons, buttons, flags,  books, etc.

·        Children write invitations to a ‘Grandparents’ morning tea’.

·        Invite Grandparents (or a significant older person) to share their hobby/interests with the children.

·        Undertake a class project collection of buttons (or something the class chooses). Use the collection for sorting – eg. colour / shape / size etc., graphing, similarities, differences etc.

·        Help children explore their own hobby/interests—especially collectibles.

·        Invite an expert/enthusiast guest speaker to present to the children about stamp collecting, gem stones, plants, coins etc.

·        Have the children conduct a survey of family, neighbours, and friends about things they collect. Graph / chart the findings.

o   What difference does age, gender, wealth, nationality or religion make to what items people might collect?

o   How would living in the city or the country be a factor about what people might collect?

·        Make a list of sad words. Try to find opposites for each word.

·        Set up number lines for different feelings that children interact with around the room or at home.

·        Create a continuum of words from sad to happy.

·        Pin up a variety of Wellbeing Charts on feeling words and faces.

·        Have the children rate themselves out of ten for how they feel (happy / sad) on a daily basis for week. Graph the class results.

·        Explore other picture story books which talk about feelings and follow with up a Circle Story Time discussion.

·        Explore other ideas for running Circle Time on a regular basis e.g once or twice each week.

·        Research varieties of fish and where they are found or their migration.

·        Invite a geologist, a lapidarist or a ‘Rockhound’ to speak about their collections and studies of rocks, stones and gems.

·        Invite a fisherman to speak about different forms of lures & baits for catching different types of fish.

·        Research the types of fish that are found in Australian freshwaters.

Olivia's Jar of Pickled Inspiration extended curricular:

      ·      Do some research on stick insects.

·      Do some research on home pickling or preserving food. Invite someone e.g. contact someone from the Country Women’s Association (CWA) to come and demonstrate pickling or preserving.

·      Expand on the list of Inspirational Quotes. Make your own Jar of Pickled Inspiration. Or maybe make a Treasure Box of Inspiration. Consider making a class jar of Inspiration Scrolls to read from at the start & end of each day. See you can remember them next day or at the end of the week.

·      Experiment and do some research on calligraphy. Invite a calligraphy expert.

·      Do some experiments on ‘sweet’ versus ‘sour’ tastes with pickled and preserved foods. Draw up a scale/chart of your ratings. Explore the areas of the tongue where sweet & sour are tasted. What other tastes can our tongue register?

For an extensive list of Inspirational Quotes CLICK HERE

I AM SPECIAL POEM 

FAITH THOUGHTS 
    

    Feel free suggest other ideas that you may come up with so that I can add them to the list. Use the comment box and please include your name so that I can acknowledge the source.