Monthly Topic Presentation

International Kindergarten Horizons

Zelengaj 6
10 000 Zagreb
www.kindergarten.hr

SCHOOL YEAR: 2016/2017

THEME OF THE MONTH: Monsters
GROUP: Fireflies
TEACHER: eljka kori
 Monsters
AIMS: OBJECTIVES:
- Strengthening children's confidence - discovering what we know about
and self esteem monsters communicating different
opinions
- better understanding and perception
of right and wrong - perception of monsters and
correlation with pleasing to the eye
- making a costume for the Carnival
celebration - using combined techniques to create
a pet monster
- involving parents in the topic and
everyday routine
PARTNERS ON THE PROJECT:
Our partners in achieving our aims and goals were Smart Bears and their
teacher for enabling us additional time and space to work as well as joining us in
activities; kindergarten pedagogical staff for providing support and parents for
supporting our project and achievements by providing additional unshaped
materials, picturing books and working on the 10 Step Guide to Caring For a
Pet Monster
 Activities within the theme
Title of the activity:
Making a pet monster
Materials used:
- small styrofoam eggs
- colourful pipe cleaners
- tempera colours
- wiggly eyes
- glue
- pompoms
Making a pet monster
 Activities within the theme

Title of the activity:

Monsters in the forest
Materials used:
- spending time outside
- our own body
- things we found around us
- sports props
Monsters in the forest
 Activities within the theme
Title of the activity:
Monster poster
Materials used:
- paper
- temepra colours
- brushes
- cardboards cut into regular and
irregular oval like shapes
- markers
Monster poster
 Activities within the theme
Title of the activity:
Monster PE
Materials used:
- hoops
- rope
- cones
- trees
- balls
Monster PE
 Activities within the theme
Title of the activity:
10 Step Guide To Caring For a Pet
Monster
Materials used:
- a small 10 page booklet made by the
teacher inquiring about the pet
monster
- paper
- printer
- cardboard
- stapler
- illustration (photo insertion)
10 Step Guide To
Caring For a Pet
Monster
 Activities within the theme
Title of the activity:
Reading
Materials used:
- Picturing books
 Monsters - EVALUATION:
AIMS:
- Strengthening children's confidence and self esteem
Children became aware of what they are doing and what others are
doing. They also became more open to communication and
interaction as well as approaching new situations.
- better understanding and perception of right and wrong
Children are more aware of events around them as well as their own
behaviour..
- making a costume for the Carnival celebration
Children showed a lot of interest in the process. They showed the
tendency to copy from one another both in the idea as well as
behaviour.
* It was important for them to have the head band and didn't have
time for making the rest because they were too busy playing
Costumes
 Monsters - EVALUATION:
OBJECTIVES:
- discovering what we know about monsters communicating different opinions
At first most of the children perceived the term monster with scary
and bad and they had trouble accepting that others didn't think like
that. They were open to listening and often used things they heard
when talking to others about it.
- perception of monsters and correlation with pleasing to the eye
Children began understanding that physical appearances/state of things
doesn't always indicate the real state of things. It reflected on how
children reacted to the Carnival masks their older friend wore especially if
they covered the face.
- using combined techniques to create a pet monster
Children are by this point versatile in using materials though they still
encounter physical restrictions due to their age (e.g. cutting thick
felt materials)
- involving parents in the topic and everyday routine
Parents reported a positive feedback on the idea but not all returned
the 10 step guide.