Miss Sarah’s Kindergarten class have been learning about pets and have turned their role play area into a pet shop.  They wrote a list of all the animals they could think of that would make good pets. They brought in their own toys from home to fill the pet shop, and wrote name labels for the pets it sells. They wrote about their perfect pet, which animal it would be and why.
In Numeracy, the children have been identifying coins and counting pennies and they have been using real money when paying for pets in the pet shop. In Literacy, they have looked in non fiction books to find out facts about pets. They wrote some out and shared them with each other at circle time. They also painted pictures of their favourite pet, enjoyed do-to-dot and colouring activities and made paper plate rabbits which had lots of parts which needed cutting out and sticking together.
What a super example of how our topic based curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to allow children to plan their own learning through a variety of enjoyable first hand experiences that are meaningful. See a slideshow of them busy at work.