In nursery we are always singing. Sometimes we sing along to the radio, sometimes we sing nursery rhymes and sometimes we discover an amazing song on Youtube which soon becomes our most played song. In the 2’s our most requested song has been the Transportation song by Singing Walrus. I have played this song many times whilst being on lockdown as it brings a smile to my face as I picture all the children happy, singing and joining in with the actions. Songs and music have a powerful way of helping us remember people, places and feelings.  So today I am going to play this song again and remember all my boys and girls as I dance crazy round the kitchen. Maybe you can ask an adult to play this song or a song that reminds you of your friends at nursery and just take a moment to talk about our friends and think about all the fun times we will have when we’re back together.

Follow the link for the singing walrus song:

https://www.earlyyearsstorybox.com/corona/

Whilst we are stuck indoors it is a good time to practice our cooking and baking skills. In nursery we have carried out lots of cooking activities, pancakes, clootie dumplings and biscuit decorating. Making a sweet treat to cheer ourselves up needn’t be difficult. You can start off easy by making simple rice krispie cakes which can involve just 2 ingredients: rice krispies and melted chocolate. Add mini marshmallows or even raisins to make them fancy. Our you can try  a mug cake, so easy that my daughter has made one nearly every night for her pudding!!

Ingredients

1. 4 tablespoon of plain flour
2. 4 tablespoon of sugar
3. 3 tablespoon of milk
4. 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil
5. 2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
6. 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder

All these ingredients are added into a microwaveable mug and mixed well together. After mixing you pop in the microwave for 2 minutes. Boom you have a delicious chocolate mug cake. Enjoy.😊

Cooking together encourages language, communication, turn taking. As we follow the recipe we are developing our numeracy skills and building on our vocabulary. The best bit is we are having fun. Hope to see some pictures of your mug cakes or any other cooking activities you all do together as a family.