Aistear: The Cafe
This month in Aistear our theme was The Cafe. Lots of parents in our school work in restaurants and cafes so we thought this would be a very important topic to address.
As usual there was a role play station and a small world cafe. The other stations included;
1. A menu writing station. Pupils wrote their own menus; drink menus, desert menus and dinner menus.
2. Sand Station: Children had to find pictures of food in the sand and catagorise the food into healthy, unhealthy, fruit or vegetables.
3. Playdough Station: Students were given pictures of food. They had to construct these food items using playdough.
4. Game Station: Playing the game "Fruit Pots", children had to take turns playing this game. This game was a HUGE hit with all the children in the class if any birthdays are coming up. They loved it!
Aistear is a fantastic concept used by teachers to enhance learning and development in the classroom. As a teacher, I feel it is extremely important for children to experience their make believe play in real life. Because of this, we took a trip to our local cafe, The Fumbally Cafe! Here the children experienced first hand the;
- chef that cooked their food
- the waiter that took our order
- the real menus that were available for us to read
- the lady at the till who we paid
They saw their pretend cafe in the classroom come to life. It will be an experience they will never forget.
