Excursion Time

Daniel had his first excursion today with preschool. It was lovely to be asked to be a parent helper. The kids were amazing as we headed to the shops and while we were there. It was great to see the kids contribute to the mural and can't wait to see the finished product. Here is the recount that preschool sent to the parents about the excursion.

With much excitement and enthusiasm we headed off for our excursion to the Local Shopping Centre. First we walked along the board-walk beside preschool, through the park and up onto road, opposite the station. We walked past the library, across the road at the traffic lights, and down into the carpark. We walked along the pedestrian crossing though the carpark and up the ramp into the shopping centre. We gathered together in the shopping centre Parent Room to wait while we took turns at placing our hand prints on the special Community Mural that is being painted on the wall. While we waited we could do some colouring-in or listen to a story. 

 
After we did our hand print we washed our hands and could go back to listen to a story or do some more colouring-in. There were people helping us from the Shopping Centre Management Team. When we had all done our hand prints we walked through the shopping Centre to Harris Farm Markets to buy a piece of fruit each.

Children chose mandarins, green apples, red apples, a punnet of strawberries, pears, bananas an orange. Daniel chose a pear. The children put their piece of fruit in a paper bag and we then walked back towards preschool, stopping at the park to eat our fruit! 

This was a lovely experience for the children. Contributing to a community art project, and incorporating a visit to a real Fruit Shop, enabled us to link in with the learning that our pretend play Fruit Shop has provided. Making decisions and choices, and the process of using real money to purchase their chosen piece of fruit has all been part of a fun learning experience!