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The Rakau Jungle in our room
After the success of the Rakau Dragon, it was time to discover what might appear in the Rakau room next. So we sat down and talked about what we wanted to learn about next and everyone, was very eager to share and a common pattern of different wild animals came through so we thought about it and we said “how about we turn the room into a Jungle”, with everyone shouting excitedly in agreeance!
The next step was to start planning what the jungle will look like, so again we had a discussion with the question this time being “What do you want in your jungle”? and just as before everyone was eager to share and many great ideas were written down on our planning sheet! We also had other discussions about jungles, where they are, what they look like and what different animals live there!
We then set to work, making our jungle come to life, we started with making leaves and trees together, all happily helping cutting and painting. Then when these were up many strange animals began appearing, from monkeys, to snakes and giraffes (we just wanted them in the jungle)! The rakau room slowly began to be transformed….it was now, enter at your own risk into the crazy Rakau jungle!! (which, we are all very proud of and show off to anyone who dares enter).
We are also learning our numbers and alphabet through doing activities and provocations which the children can engage with within their play. This will foster our mana and get us ready for school.