This week in nursery, the children wanted to learn about Mexico, because someone is going there on holiday. They looked at maps to find out where it is and looked at a Spanish dictionary to learn some words. The children learned how to say, “cat”, “pig”, “hello” and “goodbye”, in Spanish, and the fact that Mexico is next to Puerto Rico.
Some other children were also talking about holidays to Australia. One of our families is soon to be emigrating there. They decided they would change the home corner to become a “travel shop”. One child suggested we could phone the travel agent to get some books to find a holiday. We did this and Ms D went to collect them one evening. We worked with the children to create some mind maps of their ideas. As you can see below, we have some experienced travellers in our nursery!
Children began to create their own space in home corner deciding where the door should be. “We wont need the beds or tables now!” They made some drawings of aeroplanes to decorate the travel shop.
You can see some photos so far of the children planning their area, phoning the travel shop and bringing into the nursery, the resources kindly donated by a local travel agent. We look forward to watching how this develops!
Also this week, we have had the Code-a-pillar out a lot. Children can learn lots of problem solving skills, logic and pattern making skills using this cool toy. We have created obstacles for Code-a-pillar to go under, around and through. The children have had to consider which direction segment they will need to select to make it more in the correct direction.
Because the weather has been so frosty this week, we have had lots of opportunities for science explorations outdoors. Children in the 2’s and 3 – 5’s have been finding out what happens when we add salt to ice (it makes a fantastic crackly sound and begins to melt the ice!)
Continuing our love of Outdoor Learning, you can see the large Loose Parts play is always popular.
Unfortunately that’s it for this week, but keep checking the Learning walls in the nursery and our Twitter Feed. Have a great weekend!
