"Every Day is Fruity Day" • PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Changi-Simei Blk 131 (KN)
This is the 3rd year that PCF Sparkletots Preschool Changi Simei Blk 131 (KN) has carried out our ‘Fruity Day’. We are extremely glad that this practice has been beneficial to the children in our centre and we are certain you would find it beneficial too! We began with promoting Fruity Day once a week in 2015. In 2016, we had Fruity Day thrice a week, and in 2017, EVERY DAY is Fruity Day!
Objectives
Children will be given the opportunities to:
- Develop good eating habits
- Encourage each other to eat fruits
- Learn about the concepts of size and quantity in an authentic setting
Main Activity Stages
Stage 1
Children and teachers take turns to bring different kinds of fruits to class.
Stage 2Children engaged in class discussions to find out more about the benefits of eating fruits every day
Stage 3 Children count the number of children
who bring fruits on that particular day. |  Children classify the different types of fruits into groups. |
 Children find out more about the fruits from
the labels on them (e.g. where the fruit is imported from). |  Children count and compare the
number of each type of fruits brought. |
On top of the daily yummy and healthy snacks that children bring to share with their friends, they also enjoy the sliced fruits prepared by our awesome Aunty Pauline.
Stage 5
In their respective classes, the teachers further extend the children’s learning and incorporate fruits in the subsequent class activities.
Benefits
Some of the learning concepts that children explored:
- Rational counting
- Comparing size and quantity
- Sorting
- Patterning
Children talked about the following:
- names of fruits
- fruits with seeds/without seeds
- packaging labels
- price of fruits
- which country the fruits come from
Parents were really happy that their children were beginning to like fruits and learning to explore uncommon fruits
(e.g. dragonfruit, guava, papaya, kiwi).
Contributed by PCF Sparkletots Preschool Changi Simei Blk 131 (KN)
Nur Syahida Sapari, Nur Leena Binte Anuar, Syakirah Afiqah Binte Mohd Suhairi, Bhattacharyya Sabarna, Nisa Amelia B Amran, Yang Jingwen, Song Shumei, Habsah Bte Ismail, Azlina Bte Khailani, Faridah Binte Yusof, Ow Bung Peng Margaret
