Learning through play- Pm’s fun week

In the afternoon nursery we have been really busy working on lots of fun activities this week. We have been learning about airplanes and making paper planes. We have then been using our measuring stick to measure how far they have flown. We have also been using lots of mathematical skills, not just to measure distance but measuring out water in our mud kitchen. The children had great fun working with different coloured water and mixing them to make new colours. The children were using mathematical language to estimate how much water they had in their container, was it empty, half  full or full. Could they share some with a friend?  As you can see below, they worked together to solve problems, shared and supported each other, even working together to put the outdoor tap on as it can be tricky.

We have also been working on our fine motor skills and have been threading colourful pasta to make necklaces and working on our scissor skills.

Math in Nursery!

In nursery we are so busy. Every day we are running around, playing and having so much fun. But where is all the learning?

Well we want to share how busy all your children have been while learning about Math and Mathematical language.

We have been playing “What’s the time Mr Wolf?” and having to count how many steps we move forward.

Through our drawing we use Math to make sure our drawings have  two arms, two legs and most of the time two eyes.

We look at the date every day at together time and we look at the date from today, yesterday and what tomorrow will be. We have to use Math to find out what number was before and what comes after.  We also look at our visual timetable to see what we are doing each day.

We use Math when we look at cook books and measure ingredients. We use Math to share with our friends and make sure everyone has a piece of play dough or a bowl of soup at the mud kitchen.

We learn to recognize our numbers and the amount they represent, when they are written or on a dice.

We use Math to understand that our buckets are full in the sand pit.

To count how many rungs on the ladder we can climb  and also to see how tall our block buildings are.

WOW!!! What a lot of Math we do  and this is only some of the activities we offer your children.

What Math do you do at home?

Please share on your ILD.

 

 

Letter fun

The children were doing lots of fabulous learning by exploring letters in the outdoor sand area.

They spent time identifying the letter sounds and some children created their names. The children gave each other  lots of encouragement and praise.

 

Welcome back to nursery

The morning and afternoon boys and girls were happy to see their friends and the nursery staff today.  It was so nice to see all the children and see their smiley faces.   Its been a while since we have been at nursery and the nursery staff  were amazed on how much the children have grown.

The children had fun in the nursery garden playing with their friends making lots of friendship circles.  They had so much fun playing exploring the garden and using the outdoor equipment.

They also had fun cleaning the hopscotch with the hose making lots of splashes of water.

 

The Nursery Team

 

Friday 12th February

Good Morning everyone,

How are you all feeling today? I have thumbs up!

I am really excited as we have lots of fun things to celebrate over the next week.

We have Chinese New Year and this year is the year of the OX!

There are 12 animals in the Chinese Calendar one for each year. I wonder which animal you are?

You and your family can find out here.

Here is the story of how the years were named.

 

We also get to celebrate  Valentines Day (14th February) and Pancake Day (16th February)!

Here are the boys and girls from the nursery assembly last year to tell you all about them.

Remember that we have no school/nursery until the 18th of February as it is our half term holiday.

Please enjoy all your celebrations and stay safe.

 

Thursday 11th February

Today I have some activities to share with you from our friends.

1. Painting on snow

What you need

Squeezy bottle

Food Colouring

Water

Instructions

Fill bottle with water and add food colouring.

Put on top and give a good shake

Open lid and squirt the snow with your coloured water.

2. Snow Volcano!

What you need

Vinegar

Bicarbonate of soda

Food colouring

Instructions

Make a volcano out of snow

Pour Bicarbonate of soda into your volcano

Add some food colouring

Pour vinegar into volcano

Stand back and watch your Volcano erupt!

3. Chinese Lantern

What you need

Coloured paper

Sparkles or pens to decorate

Scissors

Pencil

ruler

glue

Instructions

Take a piece of paper and fold in 1/2 lengthwise. Draw lines from fold (do not go to the end).

Take scissors and cut along the line – stop before you get to the end (about 1 1/2 inches)

Decorate the outside of your lantern

Make a circular shape by matching short ends together and glue them.

Use glue and attach some coloured streamers to the bottom of your lantern and a handle on the top.

Congratulations you have made a Chinese Lantern.

 

If you make any of these activities please share your photos.

Thank you

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