Ladybirds
The Ladybirds favourite activity of the week.
Noah’s Ark bubble scrubbing. A water tray with Noah’s animals in and lots of bubbles. Give the children a brush and off we go!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Explores objects with mouth, often picking up objects and holding it to their mouth.
Characteristics of Effective Learning (COEL) changing strategy as needed
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Water play at home with different materials for a sensory experience
Butterflies
The Butterflies favourite activity of the week.
Cheerio threading. Using hard spaghetti to thread the cheerios on to. This takes lots of practice!!!
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Math’s(M) Counting the cheerios as you thread them on
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Encourage your child to join in with threading using penne pasta and pipe cleaners
Bumblebee’s
The bumblebee’s favourite activity of the week.
Water play with all the different sea animals to explore and talk about.
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Understanding the World (UTW) Talking about all the animals and their habitats and being aware of a wider community
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Go to the pet shop to look at the different tropical fish and perhaps go to the beach to collect shells
What our Preschool Bee’s have been up too?
Pre-school bees have been making lots of under the sea animals and artwork for our new display. They used different materials to make these. They have also been to the smart board to look at the real-life sea animals.
Number of the week: 17
Shape of the week: Star
Colour of the week: Silver
Letter of the week: Ff
Dragonflies
The dragonflies favourite activity of the week.
We have been talking about hygiene and health and what we can do to keep ourselves healthy
What areas of development did this activity focus on?
Physical Development (PD) Health and self-care
Activities parents could do at home to extend their child’s development further?
Talk about why we brush our teeth and take pictures of things that we see that are either healthy or hygienic. Practice washing your hands together.
Number of the week: 10
Shape of the week: Triangle
Colour of the week: Grey
Letter of the week: Rr
The Jolly Phonics song for our letter of the week goes like this, why not try singing it at home…
See my puppy rip the rag R, R, R
Se my puppy rip the rag
When he pulls so hard