Bead Threading.

4 YEAR OLD PROGRAM


BEAD THREADING.    Current Activity.

During a kindergarten session, one of the girls lost a bracelet in the garden. The incident created a conversation about bracelets and the children with educators, decided  that we could make bracelets and necklaces at kindergarten. Gina bought some elastic and an assortment of beads and we used some pasta  and wooden beads also.
A range of skills are used and developed in threading beads of various sizes.

Fine Motor Skills. Different grips and grasping help strengthen the small hand muscles.

Visual Perceptual Skills. Children chose beads to create a pattern, with a pattern in mind the children scanned the collection to find the beads they liked to use.

Visual Motor Skills. Eye hand coordination required the children's eyes and hands to work together.

Cognitive Skills. The children decided  to make bracelets or necklaces, some children decided to make something for someone other than themselves.

Outcome 4. of the Early Years Learning and Development Framework states that children are confident and involved learners.

The children resourced their own learning through connecting with educators and other adults in the room, kindergarten setting and the natural and processed materials offered.

The children manipulated the resources to investigate, take part, assemble, invent and construct.

Student Faye is securing a bead on the elastic.

Rachel is assisting the girls to find "pink beads".