Dalrymple Early Childhood Centre

Taylor has been learning about balance while on her walks. Keep up the great work Taylor.

Taylor has been practicing her cutting skills, great job Taylor.

Developing Body Awareness and Motor Development.

Simon Says is a fun game where children can practice improving body awareness, while also incorporating other motor skills, including balance, bilateral coordination, and other gross motor tasks and listening skills.

 how to play:

Simon says do this (touch your head). Do that (touch your knees) in which child should keep their hands on their head as you did not say Simon says. Or  Simon says stand on one foot” or “Simon says do 10 jumping jacks”.

Hi folks, a good way of learning about different patterns in the house, is by helping sort out the laundry. I’m sure you could help an adult match all the pattered socks and put them together. You could even do this with shoes. Let us know if you find any other matching patterns.

Can you use different parts of your body to make noises and put them together to create a rainstorm sound?

Here are some ideas to help you out.

What other noises can you make using your body?

Leaf Animals

While out for a walk collect some leaves and petals which have already fallen from plants. Use them to create works of art!

Be creative and have fun!

This is another activity that we like to do in gym…

Someone calls the following instructions, building up to a faster pace;

Runner beans – Run

Jumping beans – Jump

Long beans – Stand tall and stretch

Broad beans – Stand legs and arms wide apart like a star

Baked beans – Sit down and lift feet off floor

Jelly beans – Shake your body

We can be active while singing!

“Ring-a-ring o’ roses”

“Row, row, row, your boat”

Join hands while sitting on the floor

“The boat goes too slow”

Hold hands and go around very slowly…

The boat goes too slow…too slow, too slow

The boat goes too slow, early in the morning

PAUSE and change the pace! THE…

Boat goes too fast, too fast, too fast, the boat goes too fast early in the morning!!

Build up your child’s social skills

• Organising play dates – Play dates with children from your child’s new class help improve their social skills and makes the leap to primary school less scary – they will like knowing one or two of their classmates before school begins.  Having said this, in the current situation we unable to attend play dates, but there are other ways in which we can support the development of social skills.  We live in a world where technology is rife and we should use this to our advantage.  Why not have a zoom party with friends, facetime another nursery friend or send us a video recording for us to reply to?
• Practising greetings – Your child should know how to start a conversation with their new classmates. You can use dolls and soft toys to practise saying “hello”.

Take a walk through the jungle and see what animals live there!