Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
We have had a fabulous time making cheese straws for our ‘little chef’s theme this week.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Communication and Language (CL) using single words. Enjoys babbling and increasingly experiments with using sounds and words to communicate.
Physical Development (PD) passes objects from one hand to another.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Baking with your little one at home. Bread dough is an old favourite for using their hands and fingers to knead.
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
We made a big block of ice and filled it with different sized and coloured pom poms.
The children loved this activity and spent a long time picking and melting the ice with their hands to get to the one that they wanted to get to.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) using fine motor skills to hold utensils to break the ice.
Personal, Social, Emotional Development (PSED) turn taking with the utensils to break the ice. Communication and Language (CL) Using describing words about how the different objects and ice feels.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Freeze other objects in ice. This is a perfect activity to use all sorts of developmental areas with your child. Why not put it in the garden and watch it melt as your little one tries to get to the objects.
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
We dressed up in clothes that made us look like what we wanted to be when we are older. There were builders, train drivers, firefighters, doctors and Farmers, to name but a few.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World and Communities (UTW) Looking at different occupations
Physical Development (PD) Dressing and undressing themselves using their fine and gross motor movements
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talk to your little one about the job that you and other members of the family do. Perhaps even take them to where you work to show them what you do and what it looks like.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We have been looking at our community and different occupations and what they do. We had some really good circle times talking about what we would like to be when we are older.
Number of the week: 5
Shape of the week: Triangle
Colour of the week: Red
Letter of the week: Bb
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
Our favourite activity this week was P.E The children were super good at getting themselves dressed for P>E. We then gave the children a bean bag which they were asked to throw into a circle drawn in chalk on the floor. What a fantastic aim they all had…. excellent effort!!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Shows increasing control over an object Communication and Language (CL) Able to follow instruction
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Take it in turns to throw a small ball with your little one, using over arm and under arm techniques.
Number of the week: 19
Shape of the week: Triangle
Colour of the week: Red
Letter of the week: Jj
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…Jelly and Jam, Jelly and Jam
Jiggling on a plate
Oh, what will I eat with it?
J, j, j, j, j
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
This week we made our very own banana and yogurt ice lollies and anyone that came in while we were eating them would have known that we loved them very much indeed!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to hold the lollies.
Communication and Language (CL) Has a strong exploratory impulse.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Why not make lollies with different using different flavours and fruit
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
We had an amazing time making each other ‘ice-creams’ with our play dough ice-cream Parlour. Make mine a 99 with a flake!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Vehicles we see in our community
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to make their ice-creams
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about our favourite flavours and what we would like
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Cooking with your little to encourage mixing, pouring and taking turns
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Shape jelly play! We explored the jelly with our hands to pick out different shapes and name them.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Mathematics(M) Recognising shapes and counting up to 5
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about and describing the different shapes.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Look at the different shapes that household objects are. Your clock might be a circle shape and your picture frame might be a rectangle?
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We went on a shape hunt around the room and the garden. We created a tally chart and recorded each shape that we found.
Number of the week: 25
Shape of the week: Circle
Colour of the week: Purple
Letter of the week: Zz
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
The children were given a choice to create their own sandwich. They buttered the sandwich, chose their own filling and talked about healthy and unhealthy foods
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Using fine motor skills to butter and cut their own sandwiches. Understanding good practice with regards to hunger and contributing to good health.
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about being healthy and unhealthy
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Making homemade pizza’s at home is fun. You could choice the vegetables to put on the top and you can even buy ready made dough mix to make the base!
Number of the week: 18
Shape of the week: Rectangles
Colour of the week: Bronze
Letter of the week: Bb
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
Bring your bat and bring your ball B, B, B, B, B
Bring your bat and bring your ball to the park to play
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Multi-sensory exploring- The babies got stuck in exploring different textured, coloured and scented foods. Including colourful cooked pasta, rainbow rice (which the babies enjoyed sprinkling) and we also had banana, strawberry and chocolate mousse, which the babies whizzed their hands through and tasted!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Communication and Language (CL) Has a strong exploratory impulse and frequently imitates words and sounds
Physical Development (PD) Enjoys the sensory experience of making marks
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Raid the cupboards at home and choose different types of foods to explore together!
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Playdough, pasta and cheerio threading. We stuck raw spaghetti into play dough then used our fingers to carefully thread the cheerios through
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Using fine motor skills
Communication and Language (CL) Has a strong exploratory impulse and gives everything a go
Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) will stay at an activity they enjoy and that interests them.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Set out activities to encourage your child to use their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. An example of this might be using penne pasta to thread onto pipe cleaners
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
We looked at pictures of extreme weather conditions such as tornados, heavy snow, and a tsunami. We spoke about what they are and all our experiences outside in the rain, snow and sun.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Communication and Language (CL) Beginning to understand “why” and “how” questions and learning new words rapidly and can use them
Understanding the World (UTW) shows care and concern for living things and the environment
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Go out in all weathers and talk to your little one about it. If you go on holiday talk about the weather when you are there too.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We have been looking at different types of weather too. We made rain clouds and we also carried on with our mark making and trying to write our names. We also cooked up a storm and made flapjacks.
Number of the week: 23
Shape of the week: Oval
Colour of the week: Light Blue
Letter of the week: Qq
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We had a great time walking through our sensory trays, using our bare feet to feel all the different textures. There was shaving foam, bubble wrap, jelly and sand (to name just a few)
The children had to talk about whether they liked the sensation on their feet and use describing words for each one.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Experiments to create different textures. Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)
Uses talk to explain what is happening Communication and Language (CL)
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Communication and Language (CL) extending vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring meaning and sounds of new words. Beginning to be interested in and describe the texture of things.
Number of the week: 16
Shape of the week: Circle
Colour of the week: Gold
Letter of the week: Ll
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
We lick our lollipops
We lick our lollipops
L, l, l, l, l
We lick our lollipops!
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Exploring our outside world with our senses. We used soil, watering cans and water to mix and make different textures with our hands and fingers.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Exploring and using their senses to explore by tipping and pouring Physical Development (PD)
Using simple words (dig, scoop, fill, mud, cold, dry Communication and Language (CL)
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Planting flowers in the garden and perhaps picking weeds!
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Gluing and Sticking Mini-Beast pictures
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Showing control when using mark making tools (PD) Physical Development
Playing alongside others and turn taking (PSED) Personal, Social, Emotional Development (PSED)
Colours (M) Mathematics
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Go on a bug hunt in the garden
Why not try a gluing and sticking activity with your little one?
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
We made collages out of old materials and containers and glued them, used Velcro and painted them too. We spoke about how we don’t need to throw everything away and that we can reuse things repeatedly. That’s called recycling!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Shows care and concern for living things and the environment (UTW)Understanding the World
Notices features of objects in their environment
Select tools and techniques needed to shape, assemble and join materials they are using
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Look around the house for old objects that you don’t use anymore. Have a look in the recycling bin and make something out of what you can find.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Look around the house for old objects that you don’t use anymore. Have a look in the recycling bin and make something out of what you can find.
Number of the week: 22
Shape of the week: Crecent
Colour of the week: Pink
Letter of the week: Vv
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We have been making sensory pots using lemon, orange and vanilla to go in them. We had lots of fun closing our eyes and smelling the smells and trying to guess what it was.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Experiments to create different textures. Expressive Arts and Design (EAD)
Uses talk to explain what is happening Communication and Language (CL)
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Why not go on a scavenger hunt and give your little one a list of textures and smells to find.
Number of the week: 15
Shape of the week: Pentagon
Colour of the week: Light Green
Letter of the week: Uu
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
U, U, U go umbrellas
U, U, U go umbrellas
U, U, U go umbrellas
When it starts to rain!
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Scented Ice play with Safari animals. An activity that gets our little ones to use EVERY sense.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD)- Senses to explore
Communication and Language (CL) Alert to the sound of speech
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL)Fleeting affection and Strong Exploratory Impulse
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Water play of ice play with different colours to explore and mix up.
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Giant Race Track
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Use the pincer grip to hold the cars as you race them along
Personal, Social, Emotional Development (PSED) Playing alongside others-turn taking
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL) Playing and Exploring-Showing particular interests
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Run the cars through paint and make tracks on some paper on the floor
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Making Father’s Day cards and gifts
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) Use different materials to create a masterpiece!
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about the things we love most of all about our daddy’s
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talk to your little one about what they like doing with you. Going on a Father’s Day family walk
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Celebrating and talking to our children about their daddies or an important male figure in their life and cooking cupcakes together.
Number of the week: 9
Shape of the week: Hexagon
Colour of the week: Yellow
Letter of the week: Xx
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We have been making cards for our daddies or the important male figure in their life.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about the different families we have and what is most important about family life.
Physical, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) Talking about what makes you feel loved. Using describing words
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talking about what we love most of all about pour daddies
Number of the week: 14
Shape of the week: Oval
Colour of the week: Dark Blue
Letter of the week: Oo
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
Now it’s dark the lights go on
O,o,,o,o,o
Time for bed, the lights go off
O,o,o,o,o
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
We made a dinosaur tuff tray using lentils as the lava coming out of our grey playdough volcano. There was also cress that we grew to make the forest that some of the dinosaurs lived in.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Reaches out for objects, touching and beginning to hold objects.
Communication and Language (CL) Has a strong exploratory impulse
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL) Not easily distracted
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Nature walk through a forest, using your sense of smell, listening and touch with your little ones.
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Using corn flour and water we mixed the 2 ingredients together to make a texture changing ‘gloop’. We added different colours to the ‘gloop’ and used our fingers to make patterns and mix the colours together
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Feeling different textures
Communication and Language (CL) enjoying talking about different colours and feelings
It is so easy to make, and your child will love exploring the feeling of ‘gloop’ with you too. Add rice, pasta and lentils to make different textures and enjoy picking up the different things using your fingers and hands
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
We really enjoyed building rockets for our space board. We had different ideas on how our rockets should look and designed them ourselves. Some models were very technical and colourful.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Mathematics(M) Using shapes and colours to design our rockets
Literacy (L) We tried to write our names on our rockets using our mark making skills
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Encourage your child to mark make, using their name as a focus
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We used the smartboard to look at dinosaur body parts and did some dinosaur foot printing too.
Number of the week: 19
Shape of the week: Triangle
Colour of the week: Red
Letter of the week: Jj
Jolly phonics song for J
Jelly and Jam, Jelly and Jam
Jiggling on a plate
Oh, what will I eat with it?
J, J, J, J, J !
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We enjoyed using our ‘independence skills’ by getting ourselves dressed (most of us all by ourselves!) without much adult support. We did stretches to warm our bodies and muscles up. We all completed 3 laps of the garden, the climbing equipment and down the slide. We then practiced our jumping and star jumps together as a group. A really good session!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Health and self-care skills. Dressing and undressing independently
And using our gross and fine motor skills to maneuver around the course
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Encourage your child to dress and undress themselves at home. Ask them to put their socks and shoes on too, especially if your little one is going to school in September!
Number of the week: 12
Shape of the week: Hexagon
Colour of the week: Light Blue
Letter of the week: Dd
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
The letter D,d
See me play on my drum,
Playing drums is lots of fun!
With a d,d,d,d,d,d,d
See me play upon my drum!
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Messy Rainbow Icing sugar play. Wow! What a mess!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Personal Social Emotional Development (PSED) Playing alongside others
Physical Development (PD) Using tools to create marks
Communication and Language (CL) Listening and Attention
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Why not decorate biscuits with different coloured icing at home.
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
The Hungry Caterpillar Tuff Tray
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Literacy (L) Reading the story as a group
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) Exploring textures
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Extending and improvising story times using toys, puppets and role play resources
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Our theme for this week is dinosaurs and we made up a dinosaur tuff tray with flash cards to identify the different dinosaurs
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Learning about a different age in our Planets history
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
To find similarities between toys and outside objects and identifying the concept of ‘big’ and ‘small’
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We used the smartboard to look at dinosaur body parts and did some dinosaur foot printing too.
Number of the week: 18
Shape of the week: Rectangle
Colour of the week: Bronze
Letter of the week: Bb
Phonic song is ‘B’
Bring your bat and bring your ball, b,b,
Bring your bat and bring your ball to the park to play!
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
Our favourite activity this week was a science experiment involving placing folded paper and card flowers in some water and watching the petals unfold. Some unfolded straight away and some more slowly
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
This experiment was to talk about absorption and for the children to predict what might happen to the flowers when they went into the water. A few children predicted that the petals would unfold, others said it would sink, some did not what would happen
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL) Making links, making predictions, testing their ideas
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Have a tray of different objects and a large bowl of water. Ask your child to predict then test which objects sink and which objects float
Number of the week: 11
Shape of the week: Square
Colour of the week: Brown
Letter of the week: Mm
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home… (M.m)
The mums and dad’s make many meals mmmm mmmm
The mum’s and dad’s make many meals for the hungry children
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Noah’s Ark bubble scrubbing. A water tray with Noah’s animals in and lots of bubbles. Give the children a brush and off we go!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Explores objects with mouth, often picking up objects and holding it to their mouth.
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL) changing strategy as needed
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Water play at home with different materials for a sensory experience
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Cheerio threading. Using hard spaghetti to thread the cheerios on to. This takes lots of practice!!!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Math’s(M) Counting the cheerios as you thread them on
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Encourage your child to join in with threading using penne pasta and pipe cleaners
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Water play with all the different sea animals to explore and talk about.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Talking about all the animals and their habitats and being aware of a wider community
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Go to the pet shop to look at the different tropical fish and perhaps go to the beach to collect shells
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Pre-school bees have been making lots of under the sea animals and artwork for our new display. They used different materials to make these. They have also been to the smart board to look at the real-life sea animals.
Number of the week: 17
Shape of the week: Star
Colour of the week: Silver
Letter of the week: Ff
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We have been talking about hygiene and health and what we can do to keep ourselves healthy
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Health and self-care
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talk about why we brush our teeth and take pictures of things that we see that are either healthy or hygienic. Practice washing your hands together.
Number of the week: 10
Shape of the week: Triangle
Colour of the week: Grey
Letter of the week: Rr
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
See my puppy rip the rag R, R, R
Se my puppy rip the rag
When he pulls so hard
Blog Foreword
The Bell House Blog is designed to show parents what activities our children are doing week by week and how these activities relate to the Early Years Curriculum. We feel it’s important for our parents to be able to see ‘what’ as well as ‘why’ we plan the activities we do for the children. Parents are encouraged to be a part of their child’s education being invited to do the ‘At home’ ideas with t
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
We made a very yummy banana smoothie using our fingers and hands to squish the banana and then we added the milk to make it drinkable!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to hold and squish the banana between their hands and fingers.
Communication and Language (CL) Imitate words and sounds
Expressive Arts and Design EAD) Exploring media as a sensory experience.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Make different flavoured smoothies with different types of fruit with your little one.
Butterflies
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Making ‘fast’, ‘slow’, ‘loud’ and ‘quiet’ music with our pots and pans!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) Explores and Experiments with a range of media through sensory exploration
Understanding the World (UTW) Linking together approaches e.g. shaking, hitting etc.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Using different objects to make music. It’s amazing how many sounds a stick makes on different surfaces when you are out on a walk. Why not describe the sound it makes (Clink, tap, thud etc.)
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Our theme of the week is mini beasts and we really enjoyed hunting for insects in the garden using our magnifying glasses to see them really clearly
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) People and Communities and our environment
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about the different mini-beasts and using our describing words.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Going on a nature walk and talking about what you see is always very interesting for children.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Looking at minibeasts around our environment as this our theme of the week. We also used our fingers to make our own little mini beasts!
Number of the week: 16
Shape of the week: Circle
Colour of the week: Gold
Letter of the week: Ll
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
We lick our lollipops l, l,l
We lick our lollipops l, l, l
We lick our lollipops L,l,l,l,l,l,
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We are enjoying our topic of healthy living and hygiene. We especially enjoyed looking at how many teeth we have in our mouths and taking a picture of our mouths and teeth.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Health and Self care Understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating sleeping and hygiene contribute to good health
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Discuss why we clean our teeth, how to brush them properly and how going to the dentist helps keep our teeth healthy
Number of the week: 9
Shape of the week: Rectangle
Colour of the week: White
Letter of the week: Hh
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
I like to hop, hop, hop up and down
I like to hop, hop, hop all around
I like to hop, hop, hop up and down
H,h,h,h,h,h !
Blog Foreword
The Bell House Blog is designed to show parents what activities our children are doing week by week and how these activities relate to the Early Years Curriculum. We feel it’s important for our parents to be able to see ‘what’ as well as ‘why’ we plan the activities we do for the children. Parents are encouraged to be a part of their child’s education being invited to do the ‘At home’ ideas with t
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
This week in Ladybirds we had a pot bashing time making music with pots and pans
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to hold the spoons and their hand eye coordination to make the mark
Communication and Language (CL) Fleeting attention-new stimuli taking their whole attention.
Expressive Arts and Design EAD) Exploring media
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Using pots and pans to make music at home. Empty containers and add rice to make musical shakers.
Butterflies
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Making transport pictures for our display
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Vehicles we see in our community
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to make their pictures
Communication and Language (CL) Naming the vehicles as we make them. What’s your favourite vehicle?
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Go for a trip to the train or bus station. Is there a local police or fire station near you?
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
We have been drawing members of our family and talking about what each family member looks like.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) People and Communities and how we are different.
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about how we are different of similar to each other.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
We have been drawing members of our family and talking about what each family member looks like.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
We have started to get creative by making surprises for our Mummies. There won’t be a dry eye in the house!
Number of the week: 15
Shape of the week: Pentagon
Colour of the week: Light Green
Letter of the week: Uu
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
U, U, Up go the umbrellas
U, U, Up go the umbrellas
U, U, Up go the umbrellas
When it starts to rain
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
Handling and looking after our growing chicks. Talking about the farm that they are going back to.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Talking about living things and what they need to survive
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about everything we can see. Use ‘describing’ and ‘doing’ words to explain.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Discuss new born animals and what they are called and perhaps the lifecycle of some of the animals your child is interested in. Where do you
Number of the week: 8
Shape of the week: Star
Colour of the week: Black
Letter of the week: Ee
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
Eggs in a pan E, E, E
Eggs in a pan E, E, E
Eggs in a pan E, E, E
Crack the eggs like this ‘E’