These youngsters have been having some froggy fun in school.
The Grade 2s at The Bridge Assisted Learning School in Beverley have been learning about ponds in life skills this term, particularly focusing on things that live and breathe in a pond. The children learnt about the life cycle of a frog, how a tadpole transforms itself into a frog and how to sequence when learning about the life cycle.
The kids were asked to put the stages of development in the correct order to help develop language skills, executive function skills like working memory and reading skills.
“We spent the week learning about in the pond,” explained Kayla Keating, one of the Grade 2 teachers. “Each day we learnt a different stage of the life cycle, Monday to Thursday. Thursday we put together the whole cycle.”
Besides learning facts about nature, the lessons helped develop other skills in the children, including sequencing skills and how to have fun while learning.
“The children love learning about nature and we often teach them the life cycle of the butterfly. This time we decided to do the frog just for something different,” concluded Keating.
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