Ladybirds

This week we have focussed on our Christmas presents and cards to give to our mummies and daddies. We have also really been enjoying the winter sunshine and had lots of time outside, wrapped up in our coats playing on the slide. The little ones have also loved some table top activites this week including painting with paint and flour and getting lovely and messy! Great creative sensory fun!

It is the last week before Christmas next week so we will be spending a lots of time finishing off our Christmas activities and generally feeling very festive! We will aim to have as much fresh air as we can as well as plenty more messy, sensory and physical experiences.

Butterflies

Candy canes, presents and stockings have been among some of the Christmassy creations we have made this week! The Butterflies have also loved festive sensory play with plenty of tinsel, glitter and tissue paper too! Father Christmas came to visit us this week and all the little ones got a present!

Next week we are really looking forward to some Christmas culinary fun and making Christmas shortbread! We will also be getting creative with some tinsel printing, making Santa’s footprints and also having sensory fun with some Christmas playdoh!

Bumblebees

We have been cracking on with our Christmas decorations this week and making candy canes, wreaths and Christmas stars. We also spent a lot of time practicing for our Christmas concert on Friday which went really well – well done little Bumblebees! A visit from Father Christmas earlier in the week was also a highlight for the children (and staff!)

We will be making magic reindeer food next week (all ready for Christmas Eve of course!) as well as some Santa sleighs and useful calendars for the New Year!

Dragonflies

This week the Dragonflies have been very busy constructing buildings to make a village for Father Christmas and his elves. We especially enjoyed using soft cotton wool balls for the snow and glitter to make it shimmer! We also had fun with our cars and shaving foam this week, driving them through the foam to make tyre marks. We are still working on our little gifts for our parents ready to give next week. A big highlight of the week was a visit from Father Christmas who gave everyone a present!!!

The letter of the week next week Dd is and the number is 12. The colour will be light blue and the shape is a crescent. We will play elves next week and deliver our friends cards around the nursery. We will also have lots of fun with a present hunt around the preschool and see how many we can find as well as more fun Christmas games including “pin the sack on the sleigh!”