Cooking yumy and healthy spring fruit nests!
PSED (Personal Social Emotional Development) in the group activity exploring new textures.
PD (Physical Development) Taking it in turns to hold the spoon and mix the mixture.
CL (Communication and Language) Babbling whilst cooking!
Exploring different fruits with your child and encouraging them to either pick up the fruit or use a spoon.
Volcano Tuff Tray WOW! Look at that volcano go! We used bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to make an exploding volcano.
PD (Physical Development) Using spoons, jugs and cups to mix
PSED (Personal Social Emotional Development) In a group, explore the texture of the tuff tray ingredients, together.
Look at the effect water has on sand, stones, leaves or soil, when you mix them together.
Does it change or stay the same? What does it feel like?
Looking at seeds that are growing in our classroom. What is different about them?
Talk about growth and what plants need to grow
UTW (Understanding the World) Exploring growth and the different parts of the seedling
PSED (Personal, Social, Emotional Development) Taking it in turns to speak in a small group
CL (Communication and language) Being able to describe what the seedling looks like
Look at the outside world and talk about the plants and flowers and appearing all around you.
Planting a flower together and watching how it grows in your garden
We have started to get creative by making surprises for our Mummies. There won’t be a dry eye in the house!
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
A science experiment involving PVA glue, salt and food colouring. The children were fascinated with how many colours spread through the glue so quickly when you added the salt
UTW (Understanding the World) How things change.
CL (Communication and Language) Talking about the things we experience.
PD (Physical Development) Using the sticks, spreading the salt and dripping the food colouring into the glue.
Craft activities using different materials and mixing things together to see what reactions occur. (Try vinegar and bicarbonate of soda)
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
A,a, ants on my arm
A,a,ants on my arm
A,a,ants on my arm
Causing me alarm