Author: Snezhana
Re-opening and COVID-19 guidelines
We were happy to welcome children back to school from 26 May after a long COVID-19 break! It isn’t taking long for kids slipped back to their school routine, and we are back to learning and playing, and enjoying greatly the time spent with our school friends. We spend a lot of time in the open air, go for hikes and play, play, play!
Our special measures and policy for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency situation are in this document.
Cheeky Chickens
Throughout the COVID-19 closure the Cheeky Chickens have been busy acquiring new knowledge and skills at home, with the help of their parents. Their teachers are sending each day activities and videos for home learning to cover their current topic Plants and Flowers, math, Jolly Phonics, science, music.
Some of these videos are organized below. The rest you can find in the Science and Music resource pages .
Food and Nutrition
Cheese snack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i5Lx11PcB4 Layered oatmeal dessert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHtR7bOVHo Home made yogurt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NtGx8blbY8
Foods I like and dislike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZrJf_1TsY Food pyramid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9BB69vAZAI Playdough veggies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMh9XJJl5uc
Math Lessons
Patterns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irkPm6IVLu0 Addition 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFT8h8h4rhs
Numbers to 30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQFCsc_WqAY Numbers tens and ones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdoodPGTxcg Halves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-qN2E0yw_k
Jolly Phonics
Writing th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAvUTz1DLQE Dictation th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0DoZQkqgKs Writing uppercase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD5s3bOVpY
Letter sound SH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbZlMithYcU Writing words with CH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7I2wZeeMKw Letter sounds Th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xA72YD6-XU
Letter Sound CH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvMOtZ6AZKU CH writing words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUV4n_yuZiQ Blending words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiIATVGhWEQ Segmenting words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWEqKFiwF-Eh
Z – story https://youtu.be/-krNJ-aiJZ4 writing X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTFIovpgVwk
Y – writinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc3Q2l0vbcs Y – story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXdVXJsKjg Revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9xSrAjuWwg OO, writing practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npKGPnkCg_4 OO, story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_6Wy8OMNw4 Vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJiJf9vzpg V, OO writing words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTFyN6kmDQA V, story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8pBEy4P2B4 Word writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTg3q3P9QXs NG story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_Hi-zlfP0 NG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCjJ45VDyxg Letter sounds revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oMEcjyPdZg
IEYC Unit Plants and Flowers
Making bread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5kKz_NIPFA
Smelling game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8d676XTUZM Flower painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4aYBr_pjOs Flowers and plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwShhlzyXMs Miniature garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuXZYEkBaSo Plant comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhIiCYRHRmU Oliver’s Vegetables https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9T9wUgrKlU Plants-a week later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVK4wjD53y8 Dandelions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsapzETP9bc Dandelions – Starts in the Grass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CthJXuwpPvM Plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75us0UB1MKk Plants and flowers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FsU5GifaA
Big Busy Bees
Throughout the COVID-19 closure the Big Busy Bees have been busy learning with the help of their parents. Their teachers are sending each day activities and videos for home learning. Our IEYC unit Once Upon a Time helps children become better communicators and learn fascinating things about nature and animals by studying four classic tales.
You can also check out the Science and Music resource pages for more videos
IEYC Unit: The Brilliant Bug Ball
Escape from the web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB90924cY6k ANT prints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BhJQWTWNig Pond environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZwb8MMnezU
Caterpillar is hungry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDhBK16Fzg My book of lyfe cycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0yFa1EcQw Butterfly print
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2WeAkWUWyIMatch the butterflies game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyLhT_mqzxw
Insect Homes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZXb0egGSnail househttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBgRHfKvr7k Not a Buzz to be Found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-rAMXCa_os
Easter Crafts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yll_TGk10RU Prints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V434csaptE Easter bunny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMgUtoRDLrw
Once Upon a Time: The Gingerbread Man
GB man’s escape – boat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsnJNlHigf4 Who’s missing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYLIDk47Q0c Retelling the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKT-vP6jBow Baking gingerbread man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0f2klfp7i0
Once Upon a Time: The Turtle and the Hare
Let’s make a rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GM9fx2tls Prepositions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssDB5MKoK4g Flour trackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTLFU4s3jXw Making paper track for the turtle and hare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRzf_PszjRY
Math: shapes, colours, counting
Shapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wGrd8z0lCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7VCzEdCL1s Jump and counthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3QT9iDnrtM Hide and seek shapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn5gnMW78uY
Once Upon a Time: The Three Billy Goat Gruffs
Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQKrlB_d64Making rhythm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vryFAu3Usy4
Once Upon a Time: The Enormous Turnip
Once There Was a Seed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BvdI_D8Qc Planting seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNwudjloBUY The Enormous Turnip – BBB version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKW1OEcmdk
The Big Turnip Song, Miss Nadya
Little Ladybirds videos
IEYC Unit: Little Movers Make Giant Strides
Playing with shapes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FooSrT6og Fun with the ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOynfsj5f60
Find the Duck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbMScXPEV0 Fun with sponges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K50MC5-qzPo Finger Gym https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmuPtP9lYLc
SROTY TIME with Miss Dani
Quite and Loud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTvTEcLqNA The Very Busy Spider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYRz23GfKZE Daddy Pig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-Cw21WP7E
Playful Puppies story, read aloud by Miss Dani
Peppa Pig Goes To the Zoo, read aloud by Miss Dani
Easter egg prints craft, Miss Sisi
Science – Weather Introduction, with Mr Yavor
Science – Weather 1, with Mr Yavor
Music for LLB and BBB, Miss Nadya
Music for LLB and BBB, with Miss Nadya
Science video lessons
Our fabulous science teacher Mr Yavor has taken the science classes home to children with these short video lessons. It’s not as interactive as it’s in class but you can still experiment, have fun and watch over and over again!
Big Busy Bees – Insects
Insects 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD5s3bOVpY Insects 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN_nPmTWcZ8 Insects 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OChO48R8et8 Insects 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaM8BQRWWI
Cheeky Chickens science classes
Digestive System model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f-HUnn-adA Simple and complex sugars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o16kWzaPkhY Iron from oatmeal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPy9ulgXoSU
Week 6, Digesting Food 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBRPvsK-vY Week 6, Digesting Food 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn3Kyst9DIM Week 6, Digesting Food 3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3OtuwbwZc
Week 5, Roots 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ird_VvcZTDM Week 5, Roots 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xGM5WhZJFE Week 5, Roots 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2oRPuBaZU
Week 4- plants/leaves 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4F0fc2Kv1c Week 4-Plants/ leaves 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVHmsoAhasc Week 4-Plants/leaves 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_TXvxrYgCs
Week 1-viruses and soap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQfz_-6evXU Week 1 – Bacteria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOTKxsErPM0 Week 1 – Bacteria and Soap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nGJ31DsVs Week 2 – Yeast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzs1-7DSBg Week 2 – Yeast and volcano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5DKlaA-Phs Week 3 – Cells 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nwt17SXsU Week 3 – Cells 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2nwt17SXsU
Clever Kittens science videos
Week 5, Roots 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi2oRPuBaZU Week 5, Roots 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJXrXTDB0w Week 5, Roots 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kmKWFbYBSs
Week 4 -Leaves 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4F0fc2Kv1ch Week 4 – Leaves 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdROCHbutgc Week 4 – Leaves 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmVo8gIeMs
Week 1 – Yeast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtgt-aIkGT0 Week 1 – Yeast 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXSHB7Njqg Week 2 – Animal Cells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueF_yRAJf2k Week 2 – Animal cells 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFQVdwKT8Ts Week 3 – Plant Cells 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ardQ6ud4fAU Wk 3-Plant cells 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54K0MAUiR9E
Little Ladybirds and Big Busy Bees – Weather videos
Intro weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0X3OieFq9E Weather experiments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDQPDpHHsY Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlGoH83zGR8
Music class videos
Music classes
Big Busy Bees 21 April https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5AKf6OCcQ Little Ladybirds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjWF0zpqGL0
Soap and Water song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5PZraxA5ps
Tree Hugger song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cafwro-o-PY
Rainbow recipe song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjoFR1TdZ5U
Sun, sun, sun! song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJOgaupyjc
Birds song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MKznyLC8bg
Tiny caterpillar song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_A9fJx1pPk
ICCC group songs and Teddy Bear Picnic song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpxCmtXloN8
Favorite songs collection – 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-06etkEyso
Favorite songs collection – 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTPdCA4NT7o
Online learning library
Since the COVID_19 emergency we have been creating videos on our YouTube channel to support online learning for ICCC children while our pre-school remains closed. The links to the videos are on this page, organized by topics and groups.
Clever Kittens
Online learning for pre-school children: mission possible
It is not the same as being at school for 6 or 10 hour a day, but it helps! With the COVID-19 closure parents are facing challenging times, and we fully sympathize! Our team quickly reorganized to work from home to support parents as much as we can.
After the initial uneasiness – what could we do to help, and how, the ideas and enthusiasm started to flow. Teachers are preparing activities and home projects, recording stories in English and video addresses for children, music lessons, yoga and science classes. Each day parents get an email with instructions and links – they can do some or all of the suggested activities. They can also place video calls to teachers so children can keep their connection with school. It’s not perfect but we are learning and improving each day, and already receiving positive feedback from parents. Let’s all make the best of the situation, enjoy being together with our families and be grateful for what we have!
Art Exhibition
In February ICCC opened a very special exhibition with works of art by our 5 year old artist. For over a month the Clever Kittens explored various artists and styles of painting, drawing and collage. We experimented and created with real inspiration. At the end of our unit called Imagine That! our pre- schoolers and their teachers were so proud and excited to show their beautiful art to our parents who got invited for the opening of the exhibition!