I Love Fixing Things!

Child/Tama: Abdulrahman. Teacher/ Kaiako: Naema.

Date: 12th March/ Poutῡ-te-rangi, 2019.

Welcome back after summer holiday.

Asalam-o-Alakum Karam, so nice to see you settled back into preschool after
summer holiday. During these last few weeks I have noticed you still have
great interest in construction
and loves playing with tools.
Today when I put the tool set
out on the table you quickly
came and put the safety glasses
on your face making sure they
fitted well. Then you gathered
the set of tools and tucked it
under your arm.
When you heard me saying “oh this table is broken?” You came and put your
tool on the ground. I heard you asked, “where’ “I responded and said, “Here
the top side of the table.” And lift the top of the table to show. You came with
a hammer and bang on the table, in the meantime teacher Mohamed came
and told us that he will bring his tools to fix the table. I mentioned how
interested you are to help. He said, “it is good to know that Karam will help me
to fix the table.” You showed your enthusiasm and got a hammer in your hand
in action. Teacher Mohammed told you that he will drill the screw to fix the
table to its legs. You watched him until he fixed the table.
When I mentioned how the hanger rack is broken and needed fixing, you
quickly pointed to the rack and gathered chainsaw, hammer, screwdriver and
ranger in your arm and followed Teacher Mohammed. When he looked under
the bench, he said, “Look Karam it is broken you looked it carefully and had
thinking face. When Teacher Mohammed fixed it and asked you to look after it.
You nodded your head with big smile and wave good bye to him.
 What is happening?
Observation shows Karam you still have a great interest in
construction and tools and have great understanding of
knowing that broken things needs fixing. This was shown by
your actions of bringing your tools to the broken table.
How can we extend this learning?
Karam, this term your learning pathway is to express your
creativity; we will facilitate you with the environments where
you can learn more about constructions and foster you understanding of the
tools. We will also provide carpentry table with tools and wood so you could
be more creative and expressive in your play. This will also give you the
confidence to build positive attitude towards learnings as it is one of our
centre’s priority.
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