Today our morning group had their 2nd visit to the Mini forest. They were able to recall some of our safety rules from last week .
Today was a day of running through all the paths and using all the little dens and hideaways they could find. The children used their imagination today as they searched for dinosaurs, looked for monsters,toasted mash mallows, played puppies and sailed in boats,
It was very muddy and slippy and they had to navigate their way through a huge muddy area they held hands and helped each other.
They found a long worm and talked about its home and if it had babies. They returned it carefully to a hole in the ground and covered it up.
The children will certainly be tired tonight as they constantly moved around all areas of our Mini forest,exploring and calling to each other.
The children continue to investigate 2D shapes and 3D objects in their environment. This week the children helped to collect sticks and leaves during their Mini Forest Adventure, bringing them back to the ECC in our new trolley. The children have been using the natural resources to make shapes, weaving 2D shapes with wool and pipe-cleaners and drawing chalk shapes on the large playground. Before exploring the painted markings on the playground running in spirals and following the outline on the square grids.
The children have been exploring 2D shapes and 3D objects this week, today the children were introduced to geo-boards. Using a mix of manmade and natural boards the children had the opportunity to make a wide variety of shapes and patterns.
This is our first week in the Mini forest for our afternoon children. We had a lovely start as the sun was shinning. The children had firstly to put on their outdoor suits and then we choose a leader, Our leader has to count all the children and lead us safely to the Mini forest. After a chat about our safety rules they decided to explore. They found little paths and called to each other as they went different ways. It was quite muddy and they soon found sticks to mix the mud and to stand the sticks up in the mud. They found sticks and tapped them together to make music They compared footprints, climbed on small trees and made a patch of mud as a place to sit. We had a snack of pancakes and water. Then the children really enjoyed being washed with the hose by Mrs Gray. We look forward to next week and lots more outdoor learning.
Mrs Mack is leading our gym sessions in September starting with a fantastic shape yoga session. This month the children are developing and extending their skills: holding balance in various shapes, maintaining balance when moving and an awareness of their own personal space.
Today we had the pleasure of going into our Mini Forest with our morning group. For some of the children, it was their first experience and it was a great start. We had to put on our suits and boots and then we had an important chat about our safety rules.
The children all enjoyed exploring the trees, crawling about and finding new paths and trails. They found branches to play on and picked up lots of sticks and natural materials so they can create shapes with them relating to our Maths focus. The children talked about the length of the sticks and if they might snap because they felt thin. They made a pile of them as a campfire and recalled going on picnics with their families. Hide and seek with super counting and clever places to hide was fun to do.
Pancakes and a drink of water topped up our energy levels and then it was time to return to the ECC…..but we can do it all again next week as we will be regular visitors this year as outdoor learning and forest kindergarten is part of our school improvement plan.
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