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