Blog Foreword
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
Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
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!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Make different flavoured smoothies with different types of fruit with your little one.
Butterflies
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Making ‘fast’, ‘slow’, ‘loud’ and ‘quiet’ music with our pots and pans!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
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.)
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
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
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
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.
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Going on a nature walk and talking about what you see is always very interesting for children.
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
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!
Number of the week: 16
Shape of the week: Circle
Colour of the week: Gold
Letter of the week: Ll
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,
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
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.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Health and Self care Understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating sleeping and hygiene contribute to good health
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Discuss why we clean our teeth, how to brush them properly and how going to the dentist helps keep our teeth healthy
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 !