Today we braved the wet weather and had fun in the Wee Gardens.

The children had all their outdoor suits on and this enables them to play happily regardless of the weather.

After a recap of our safety rules the children split up and all choose different thing to do.

Exploring under the trees and climbing into the tyres was popular. Some of the children continued their game of fire engines from last week. Sitting in the tyres and using their imagination  the crew took on many emergencies.

They took turns at swinging on the tyre and pushing each other too.

The children enjoyed running up and down the hill, having to use their judgement when to slow down and speed up.

We practiced returning to our special meeting point( the trolley) and the children impressed us with their good listening and prompt action.

On Wednesday we visited the Wee Gardens with our a.m group. As part of our outdoor learning we will be visiting it again this week.

The children enjoyed the walk over and observed the road safety rules. We had a sunny morning and the children explored their new surroundings .They found a  tyre to swing on and huge tyres to sit in. They found moss on the tree trunks  and enjoyed watching the trains going by, They enjoyed using their imagination playing games of “speedy hedgehog ” and ran up and down the hill. They found little stones and buried them as treasure.

We had a lovely snack of cheese sandwiches and water.

Then it was time to return to the ECC… we look forward to our next visit.

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Today due to super muddy conditions in the Mini forest we had a lovely park walk and then fun in the main playground.

The children investigated the leaves falling from the trees. They talked about the different colours and a few collected them bringing them back with us.

We then had a very splashy time in the playground as they enjoyed the variety of puddles. They talked about the size of puddles and how high the water might splash.

They found a spider in the drain and a slug on the wall. Each provided them a chance to observe and to talk about their habitat.

Snack was also outside in the outdoor classroom.

We finished off our morning with some outdoor songs and then it was time to remove their suits. Its much more challenging for children removing their wet suits than dressing in the dry ones and they are getting better each week.

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On Friday our afternoon children had the lovely experience of our outdoor play. Due to the wet weather they showed great interest in the puddles. They chatted about the size of them and tried to estimate how deep they might be? Some of the children took great delight in jumping in the smaller puddles and exploring the grassy area.They also talked about what might happen if you got stuck in a puddle..how would you get out?

We look forward to our outdoor adventures next week.