The children are encouraged to develop independence in Nursery and most love being given responsibility to look after their own resources. When experimenting with colour mixing the children need to wash their pots and trays to free up space to try new combinations of colours and, as you can see, they have become very independent at this. We hope that they are able to show you at home how good they are at washing pots and plates.
As part of our recent work on language and communication, the children have been learning “I Can Sing a Rainbow” using sign language so hopefully they will be able to show you what they have learned by singing along with this video. We have added a picture of the signs below to help you learn along with your child. Just like “Baby Shark”, this is another addictive song but it will undoubtedly put a smile on your faces.
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We would like to share this little gallery of beautiful daffodils by the Rainbow Room children in the hope that they will provide a little cheer. I wonder if you could count how many times you see daffodils if you go on a daily walk?
On our last day, until further notice, those children who were in Nursery helped to make large rainbows to display in our windows. Maybe you could go a walk with someone from your family to see them, provided you are not in a large group of course? I wonder if you can find rainbows on display anywhere else in our community? We hope that the children’s wonderful bright rainbows provide a little cheer for those passing by.
As we have been unable to continue with our visits to Lydiafield due to the current COVID-19 virus situation, the children have created a selection of artwork to send to the ladies and gentlemen in the hope that they may provide a little cheer at a time when they are not seeing any visitors. We would like to share a little gallery of their Spring flowers and hope that the residents of Lydiafield enjoy the children’s work.
As the children in the Raindrop Room spent time talking about their emotions, some worked on producing a self portrait to express different emotions. You may have noticed their display in the corridor but we thought we would share a selection of their work here.
The Rainbow Room children were learning recently about their bodies and thought about what is inside them. We looked at images of skeletons in books and added some X-rays to the hospital role play area to stimulate discussion about our bodies. This resulted in some super art work based on skeletons which we would like to share.
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Creativity and imagination are important attributes that we aspire to for our children and these children certainly impressed us with their efforts in the craft area. Having decided that they wanted to play with guitars, they simply investigated the materials available in the craft area and created their own super guitars which provided endless play opportunities.
It seems that the children in the Rainbow Room think fairies may have been visiting our garden so they decided to make homes for them. As you can see, the art area and outdoors were very busy as the children discussed their designs and created some wonderful fairy houses, using paint and glitter.
Fences and stepping stones required some careful work but they showed good fine motor control to create these little additions to the scene. Once the children had set out all their work, including the shells that had been painted recently, it looked like a very welcoming place for local fairies to live. We hope that they are impressed with their new homes.
Ella’s Mummy very kindly shared her talents with us recently when she brought in her fiddle and accordion. The children talked about what the instruments were made of and listened carefully for loud/quiet and slow/fast music. Great fun was then had by all as they clapped, danced and marched to a range of tunes including personal requests such as “Twinkle Twinkle” and “Humpty Dumpty” as well as Scottish music. Thank you so much to Ella’s Mummy for entertaining us and providing the children with a close-up look at these instruments which most had not seen previously.
