We have been reading the story “The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee”. The story contains illustrations of landmarks in Dundee which prompted questions of who has seen these landmarks and also who can tell us any other landmarks in Dundee? We discussed and looked at pictures of Dundee and the children showed a great interest in the McMannus museum and the Slessor gardens. As it is our first trip out of nursery we have selected the pre-school children to participate in the trips to town. Our first trip was a great success. The children loved going on the bus and were able to point out all the landmarks from the book. When we arrived in town we visited the museum and the children were amazed and showed interest in all the displays. Highlghts were : Tay whale, the model of Dundee, old fashioned toys and shoes, the animals and the long wooden boat. After the museum we explored the gardens and found a perfect shaded area to have our snack. After snack we played music in the sensory garden then ventured back to the bus stop to catch our bus. The children really enjoyed their trip and are looking forward to many more.

We are so excited in the nursery as we are now into week six of our tadpole to frog journey and today we spotted froglets!!! The word froglet means that they have 4 legs, need more air but still have the tail of a tadpole. As they are getting bigger, and their tank is getting smellier, we decided that we would create two homes. We collected more stones, so they would have areas to hop onto to get some air, and have added some foliage for them to eat. They appear to have settled in quite well to their new home. We will now wait patiently to spot our first frog, we don’t think it will be long!!

We are using the iPad with the children to capture the growth of our tadpoles. When we use the iPad to magnify them we can view them closely and clearly. Metamorphosis is an amazing process. We are now onto week 6 and our tadpoles are just beginning to form their back legs. Also at this stage we discovered they can also become cannibals and eat each other. 😩. The next stage is for the back legs to form and for the tail to disappear. They would then be called froglets. Please have a look at our tadpoles when you come into nursery. They are amazing. 🐸