I like to bring our kiddos to the playground whenever situations and weather permits. One morning after dropping off our oldest kiddo at kindy, I brought our girls to the playground as usual and as our girls ran ahead leaving me behind, I noticed something on the floor. A fluffy feather! Ahhh... thank you God for this learning opportunity!
I immediately called our girls over and gently showed them the feather on my palm, careful not to let the wind blow it away. I let them touch and feel the feather and repeated gently the word 'feather' (pronounced as 'fare-duh') Now being the long-winded mum that I am, I don't just stop there. I went on to explain to our girls as simple as possible that birds have feather, it keeps them warm and comfortable.
Then I asked our older girl how about dogs? And waited for her to try to answer and gently corrected her.
I went on to teach them about furs and hairs, giving examples that dogs and cats have furs, humans like her and mummy, we have hairs.
Now why this falls into the 'Teaching & Learning Moments!'?
* I get to teach our girls about feather and its importance to a bird.
* I get to teach our girls about feather, fur and hair and how to differentiate them.
* I get to reinforce our older girl's speech, sometimes she cannot pronounce properly.
Win-win!
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