ANNOUNCEMENT:
NEXT THURSDAY 18TH IS EASTER BONNET COMPETITION FOR ALL ROOMS!!
Please bring in your child Easter bonnet in order to win a prize – if your child doesn’t attend Thursdays you are still more than welcome to bring in their bonnet before Thursday in order to be in the competition!
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Animal farm tuff tray using hay, leafy carrots, lentils, sand and toy animals. Exploring textures and animal noises.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical development – encouraging sensory exploration and fine motor skills.
Communication and language – learning new noises and words.
Personal, social and emotional development – Making relationships with adults and peers through play.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Going to pet shops to see animals and looking at local surroundings where animals may live.
Butterflies
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Preparing for Easter, making handprint chicks, easter eggs and chocolate playdough.
Talking with children about easter, noises chicks make, looking at colours to decorate our eggs and using sensory and fine motor skills to explore the playdough.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical development – using fine motor skills.
Understanding the world – looking at habbates for chicks and talking about Easter traditions.
Communication and Language – Learning new words and encouraging language
Personal social and emotional Development – Playing along side peers, turn taking and communicating with one another.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Chocolate nest making, to encourage children to use all their senses and talk about the easter period. Getting them involved in mixing, scooping and tasting!
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Looking at different animals as part of our pet week. We used sticking, painting and colouring to create fish bowls for pet week. As well as talking about our own pets or what pets we would like.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the world – talking about how different animals live and how we take care of them
Communication and language – maintaining focus on activities and learning new language through group chats.
Personal social and emotional development – talking with friends, sharing resources and learning about care for animals.
Physical development – Using different fine motor skills to create pictures.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Going to the pet shops and exploring different animals and learning about different habitats.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Pre-school Bee’s also got involved with the animal theme activities as well as having ‘pet show and tell’ where they brought pictures of their pets and told their friends all about them.
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…
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.
Easter crafts:
- Sticking and gluing bunnies
- Colouring Chicks
- Easter cards
We have also been learning about Easter traditions and why we celebrate Easter using books and our smart board!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Expressive arts and design – using our imagination throughout creating pictures and exploring colours
Physical development – using different pencil grips when colouring and fine motor skills when sticking.
Understanding the world – learning about different traditions.
Personal social and emotional – sharing ideas with peers, turn takin resources and helping one another throughout activities.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talking about the chicks arrival at nursery and what to expect.
Getting creative with making Easter bonnets for our Bonnet competition next Thursday!
Number of the week: 5
Shape of the week: Oval
Colour of the week: Blue
Letter of the week: Pp
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake
PPP, PPP
Puff out the candles on the pink pig cake
PUFF PUFF PUFF.