Good morning everyone!
There is supposed to be another sunny few days this week, so here is a fun science activity that you can do outdoors. You are going to experiment to see which items float on top of the water and which items sink to the bottom..
You will need a large basin/storage box with no holes in it (The clear underbed storage boxes are good for this!) Get a grown up to help you til fill the container with water. Get them to help you to gather a selection of items from around the house to use for the experiment ( make sure you ask a grown up for help incase some of the items are precious!) Have a chat about what the items are made of and guess whether you think they will float or sink. Have a go and see if you were right! Do you notice anything about the items that float/sink? Maybe the material they are made of? Have a chat with a grown up about what you have learned from your experiment.
Have fun!  ☺️

Hello everyone!
Here is an easy to make activity that you can use with a variety of different materials/loose parts.   You will need 5 or 10 tubes (you can cut the kitchen roll ones in half).  You will also need some strong cardboard for the base. In the picture they have used PVA glue to stick the tubes to the base, but sellotape is probably easier and more likely to be hiding in a drawer at home.  Before you stick the tubes down, label them either 1-5 or 1-10. Some of you might even manage to do up to 20! Once the tubes are stuck down,  you are ready to use your number line. You can use anything you have at home, say for example, small pebbles, pasta shells, straws, pennies, etc. Sort them out so that each tube contains the right number of items. Check them when you are done. Remember to count items properly, we have to touch/move one item at a time and say the number in sequence, starting at 1. It might be easier to move the items from one spot to another so you know they’ve been counted.

Happy counting guys! ☺️

Good morning everyone!
I hope you have had a nice weekend.
Music and rhythm is something that we all like to experiment with. Here is a little craft activity where you will end up with your own rain stick at the end of it. You can shake it along with music to your hearts content!

You will need:
–  a cardboard tube (tinfoil/cling film works better than kitchen roll), thick paper for ends, rubber bands, rice/beans/lentils for inside the rain stick, decorations (paint, pens, wool, stickers, glitter, pipe cleaners…..the list is endless!)

What to do: 1. Decorate your tube and leave to dry.    2.  Cut out two circles from the thick paper. Ship around the edge.    3. Attach one end and secure with rubber bands.   4. Fill your rain stick with the lentils etc.   5. Put the other circle on the other end and secure with rubber bands. 6. Finish decorations if you want to add extra.    7. Shake, shake, shake!!
🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

Hello everyone!
Here is an activity to try that will keep you busy for a long time and will help you become familiar with the money that we use to pay for things. If you have a change jar or “penny jar” at home, tip it out and have a look at the coins. Have a chat with a grown up and see if you notice the numbers on the them. This tells us how much each one is worth. See if you can sort them out into piles of each coin. You could use a cupcake tin to sort them, or little dishes, or even just into piles on the floor. Which coin do you have the most/least of, etc.

Remember to wash your hands afterwards as pennies have lots of germs on them.
Have fun! 😊

Hello boys and girls.
I hope you have been using the nice sunny weather we have been having recently, to make the most of being outdoors. I have a fun activity for you to try either in your gardens, or using any outside space around your home. The idea is to make a ‘bug hotel’ to provide a home for lots of different insects. You can use anything to make your hotel, like old bricks, stones, sticks, old building materials etc. You can give your hotel a name and make a little sign for it too, so that the bugs know where to come!
Have fun everyone! 😊

Hello everyone!
I know how much you all enjoy building things at nursery and we usually have lots of different construction materials available for you to explore. Lego is always very popular and I know many of you have Lego at home too, so I saw this cool Lego challenge online with a wee project to build every day. Use your imagination and get going! Using Lego bricks helps to get your fingers ready for writing too.
Have fun! 😊

https://www.freehomeschooldeals.com/free-printable-30-day-lego-challenge-instant-download/

Good afternoon everyone!

I have another interesting activity for you to have a look at. Edinburgh Zoo is closed at the moment, but they now have a facility where you can watch some of their most popular animals on a live feed webcam. You just click on the link below, select which webcam you want, and you will have lots of fun spying on the animals and having a nosey at what they are up to. Maybe you might want to draw a picture of your favourite animal?
Have fun and enjoy the weekend! 😊

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/

Hello everyone!
It is another beautiful day and I have another activity for you to do at home with your grown ups.
Birds are fascinating to watch and the sound of them tweeting and chirping away always cheers me up.  I saw this ingenious idea online for a homemade bird feeder, which I thought would be a great way to be able to encourage birds in to your outdoor space and to be able to watch them from afar.

All you need is an empty milk carton, some string and some bird seed, or even stale bread. If you have some sharpie style pens, then you could decorate the front to make it look like a little house.  I’d love to see some photos of your bird feeders if anyone would like to send them in on Twitter.

Have fun and stay safe boys and girls! 😊

🌈🐥🦆🐦🌳🌷🌼🌻☀️🍞🎨

Hello everyone.

I hope you have all had a lovely day in the sunshine. I have another idea to keep you busy at home. Why don’t you start a ‘wish jar?’ Because we have to stay at home to keep safe at the moment, there are lots of things we usually do that we might be missing out on. For example, visiting family/friends, going on holiday, visiting places, eating out, etc.
Every time that you think of something you would like to do, get a grown up to help you write your “wish” on a post-it and pop them into a jar or a tub. Once this troublesome time is over, we can pick a post-it out one at a time and do what it says. This way we have so many lovely things to look forward to once this is all over. 💕☀️🥳🌴🌸🌟🌈🍦⚽️🚂🏕🎉
Lots of love! 😊

Hello everyone!
I hope you’ve managed to enjoy some of the sunshine we’ve been having and maybe even had a wee go at some of the activities that have been posted. At nursery,  we love reading stories, so today I have attached a link for the booktrust website that has lots of audio story books that you can listen to at home.
Enjoy! 😊

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/