The afternoon children have been taking part in a range of sensory experiences. They spent time exploring gloop (cornflour and water) shaving foam and playdough some children preferring to use tools, other using their hands to explore.
Mrs Gray
The morning children took part in a ‘Number Hunt’ during their park walk, we begin by using 1-1 correspondence as we count the children and adults before we leave the setting. We then looked for written numbers in our local environment, car registration, ages on gym equipment, signs on fences and park benches are just some of the areas we found numbers. The children then noticed numbers on their waterproof clothing and even their gloves.
Mrs Gray.
The children have been taking part in a music session. Using a range of percussion instruments, the children have been developing their listening and concentration skills and rhythm as they worked together to make music. We worked together initially listening to each instruments sound, we played softly, gradually increasing our level of sound. We used the instruments to tap the rhythm of our nursery rhymes.
Mrs Gray.
The afternoon children have been exploring numbers in their environment. Going on a number hunt they found numbers in the playground, on manhole covers, signs and car registrations.
Mrs Gray
The children have been exploring numbers in the ECC, creating sequences, (number lines) using different materials to represent number, counting the dots on the dominoes to identify regular dot patterns and using the pipes and cars to investigate length and distance.
I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order.
MNU 0-02a
Mrs Gray.
Bean Bag Game.
The game was initially set up by and adult, the children then took ownership and extended the game, making their own rules, mark making their scores and changing the configuration of the hoops to make the game more difficult.
Rule 1: One point for each bean bag in a hoop.
Rule 2: Only one point if two bean bags in one hoop.
Rule 3: Group decision if bean bag on edge of hoop.
Mrs Gray
‘Circle Time’ is a carefully planned time in which children can develop a wide range of skills and attitudes such as confidence, self-esteem, talking and listening.
Each week Mrs Mack takes all of our am and pm groups for a ‘Circle Time’ experience, working on lots of different areas of the Curriculum for Excellence. As part of Halloween week the children dressed as a witch/wizard and talked about the things they would like to wish for. We had some lovely responses: “A magic lollypop.” “Soft play in my garden.” “An Iron Man costume for Halloween.” “Broccoli in my garden.” “A treehouse.” “A Snow-white doll.” “Pizza.” “A Transformer fire-engine.” “I wish I could be hot.” “A flamingo.” “Have a dinosaur.” and “A bunny rabbit.”
Mrs Gray
The morning and afternoon children had great fun on a pumpkin hunt around our daily mile area. The children had to use their observation skills to find the pumpkin faces, find the corresponding number on their sheet and draw the pumpkins face into the blank pumpkin. Lots of number recognition, fine motor skills, organisation of resources and FUN.
Mrs Gray
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