The Bell House Blog is designed to show parents what activities our children are doing week by week and how these activities relate to the Early Years Curriculum. We feel it’s important for our parents to be able to see ‘what’ as well as ‘why’ we plan the activities we do for the children. Parents are encouraged to be a part of their child’s education being invited to do the ‘At home’ ideas with t
We made a very yummy banana smoothie using our fingers and hands to squish the banana and then we added the milk to make it drinkable!
Physical Development (PD) Using their fine motor skills to hold and squish the banana between their hands and fingers.
Communication and Language (CL) Imitate words and sounds
Expressive Arts and Design EAD) Exploring media as a sensory experience.
Make different flavoured smoothies with different types of fruit with your little one.
Making ‘fast’, ‘slow’, ‘loud’ and ‘quiet’ music with our pots and pans!
Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) Explores and Experiments with a range of media through sensory exploration
Understanding the World (UTW) Linking together approaches e.g. shaking, hitting etc.
Using different objects to make music. It’s amazing how many sounds a stick makes on different surfaces when you are out on a walk. Why not describe the sound it makes (Clink, tap, thud etc.)
Our theme of the week is mini beasts and we really enjoyed hunting for insects in the garden using our magnifying glasses to see them really clearly
Understanding the World (UTW) People and Communities and our environment
Communication and Language (CL) Talking about the different mini-beasts and using our describing words.
Going on a nature walk and talking about what you see is always very interesting for children.
Looking at minibeasts around our environment as this our theme of the week. We also used our fingers to make our own little mini beasts!
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
We lick our lollipops l, l,l
We lick our lollipops l, l, l
We lick our lollipops L,l,l,l,l,l,
We are enjoying our topic of healthy living and hygiene. We especially enjoyed looking at how many teeth we have in our mouths and taking a picture of our mouths and teeth.
Physical Development (PD) Health and Self care Understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating sleeping and hygiene contribute to good health
Discuss why we clean our teeth, how to brush them properly and how going to the dentist helps keep our teeth healthy
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 !