We're going to the shop
The children have been interested in money this week. So, we followed their interests and made a shop to further extend their learning. The children decided what they would like to sell, we had a mixture of healthy and unhealthy food.
When looking at they money we could use, the children…
Pyjama Party
To finish off our night and day topic, we joined with reception and had a pyjama party. We started off the afternoon by talking about what we need for bed. We got out our, pyjamas, dressing gowns, teddies, blankets and slippers.
We got ourselves ready for bed.
Afterwards, we…
Whatever next!
After thinking about what we can see in the night sky, we made some star shaped biscuits. We followed a recipe and measured ingredients. We made the icing blue so it looked like the night sky and decorated them with popping candy, sprinkles and sweets. We liked feeling the popping candy on our…
Following our interests
We are loving our new topic all about night and day, and we have done some really fun activities, but there is always time for a fairy tale. The children have loved reading stories lately, especially The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
This interest was stemmed from rolling a toy car from one…
Yummy Vegetable Soup
This week to celebrate harvest we made vegetable soup. We came into nursery with a mystery bag left on our carpet. We took it in turns to reach in and pick out an object. It was lots of vegetables! We discovered some vegetables that we had not seen before.
Afterwards, we peeled and cut all of…
Sammy the Scarecrow
To celebrate harvest, we thought of ways to help the farmers in their fields, and thought of a scarecrow.
We read the story The Scarecrows Wedding, and decided to make our very own Roseberry Scarecrow!
Everybody meet, Sammy the…
Conker hunt
Today we welcomed Autumn by putting on our suits and wellies and had a conker hunt. We searched everywhere in our outdoor area. We used some great vocabulary as well as using some positional language such as, high, low, underneath, inside and around.
Afterwards we counted how many conkers we…
Squiggle whilst you wiggle!
This week the children were introduced to ‘Squiggle whilst you wiggle’, and they loved it. It is a fun and engaging way for the children to use their gross and fine motor skills.
Squiggle whilst you wiggle is an Early Writing Program created by Shonette Bason. Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle uses…
Pizza faces
As part of our ‘all about me topic’ the children made their own pizza faces. First the children talked about pizzas and what they think goes on one. Next the children discussed the toppings they could choose from, we talked about their likes and dislikes and how everyone is…
We love to explore!
We love our mud kitchen in our outdoor area, so we joined up with our friends in reception and went on a hunt for ingredients. We found lots of trees, full of berries, apples and leaves. We collected lots of things and made some yummy food.
We made berry pie for the birds, and a yummy apple pie…
Time to talk!
The children arrived at nursery with a large plant in the middle of carpet, ready for our time to talk session. The children felt, smelt, and talked about the plant. We wondered if anything would grow on it. We found out it was a cheese plant, and this was because of the holes in its leaves. We…