As well as it being a fun place to play, the children love taking responsibility for looking after their outdoor environment. Here you can see some great work being done recently to tidy up the garden and what a super job the children made of it too.
Seth’s family enjoyed seeing photos of him developing his tennis skills in the school playground:
“Seth will have loved playing outdoors it’s great to see what he gets up to at nursery”
He certainly seems to love all outdoor activities and everyone had great fun at the tennis. He will be getting another tennis session next week so that’s something to look forward to for everyone.
Wednesday afternoons have provided the opportunity to develop the children’s skills with Mike, the tennis coach, who has organised lots of fun activities to help the children begin to learn control of a tennis ball. Each room will have two sessions in the school playground with Mike this term and the children have shown great enthusiasm for all his activities, listening well and showing good concentration. I wonder if we have a budding tennis star in our Nursery?
We would like to share a gallery of the Raindrop Room’s first tennis session last week.
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The Rainbow room took art outdoors recently as they used various vehicles to experiment in making patterns. Trucks, bikes, diggers and scooters all made different tracks on the card and the children loved trying out the various wheels. Some preferred the little vehicles on the table while others liked to “drive” along or walk on the card to make their pattern. The children were certainly proud of their finished work and showed themselves to be responsible and independent by cleaning up all the materials at the end of their artwork. What a great day’s work!
To help with counting skills outdoors, some of the children have been busy using the resources they could find in Nursery to make their own counting string. Making holes in the bottle tops was tricky but was a great activity to help develop the children’s fine motor skills as was the threading of them on to string. We think that this little group has shown themselves to be great little engineers and love the counting line that now hangs in the outdoor area for everyone to play with.
Last week brought the first fire of the new year in the Rainbow Room garden and, just like those in the Raindrop Room, the children listened very well to ensure their safety. Marshmallows were on the menu for this little picnic and they went down very well once toasted on our fire. The children love to chat round the fire and even the process of putting the fire out brings lots of discussion. We hope that you enjoy our photos.
Snack outdoors is always popular, particularly if there is a fire involved. The children love to help prepare their own food and there seems to be nothing tastier than a snack that you help to prepare yourself. As well as learning to stay safe near a fire, the children in the Raindrop Room are developing their fine motor skills and independence as they spread the butter on their bagels. As you can see, the children are always keen to join in round the fire and they made a good job of toasting their snack.
As well as experimenting with a range of resources in the outdoor area to develop problem solving skills, motor skills and creativity, the children have also been enjoying some games. The children in their second year have been great at leading the play and here you can see some of the Rainbow Room children having fun playing “Duck Duck Goose”.
Come rain, snow or shine our children love outdoor play and they particularly enjoy the big puddles that sometimes appear in our outdoor area. Exploring puddles seems to bring huge smiles to children’s faces and we are lucky to be able to provide such opportunities for them. No doubt this big puddle will be back soon to provide lots more fun another day.
We would like to thank Braden and his big sister for donating this lovely swing seat to our garden. We think that everyone will have great fun on it when playing outdoors. Thank you for being so kind.
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