Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Cooking yumy and healthy spring fruit nests!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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!
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Exploring different fruits with your child and encouraging them to either pick up the fruit or use a spoon.
Butterflies
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Volcano Tuff Tray WOW! Look at that volcano go! We used bicarbonate of soda and vinegar to make an exploding volcano.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
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?
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Looking at seeds that are growing in our classroom. What is different about them?
Talk about growth and what plants need to grow
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
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
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: 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
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
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
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Craft activities using different materials and mixing things together to see what reactions occur. (Try vinegar and bicarbonate of soda)
Number of the week: 2
Shape of the week: Square
Colour of the week: Green
Letter of the week: Aa
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