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!