Look at our red and purple groups exploration today of our garden area…

They found some dinosaurs and created an outdoor dinosaur world that they are developing over the course of the week. The children were also weaving the large branches through the pallet – super fine motor skills! Super exploration for our kiddies today in the outdoors.

It certainly felt a bit nippier in the air so please make sure you wrap your wee one up for the elements.

Leanne S

Let’s talk about grammar!

Lots of wee ones don’t use correct grammar when they are learning to talk. They may say things like “Look at the mouses”, “me need the toilet”, “I felled” or use he/she/his/her incorrectly. This is part of normal language development, but there are ways to help them get their grammar right 😄

Try these strategies to help your child get all the little bits of their talking just right…

1. Model: When the child says something that is grammatically incorrect, model to them the correct way of saying the sentence (e.g. child: “Me want to go home” adult: “I want to go home”)

2. Story Books: Reading books helps model correct grammar use.

3. Play: In play ask the child what is happening, what just happened or what might happen next (e.g. adult: “What is the baby doing?” child: “The baby is sleeping”; adult: Makes teddy jump and asks, “What did Teddy just do?” child: “Teddy jumped”; adult: “What will the dog do next?” child: “The dog will go to sleep”)

4. Telling Stories: Encourage the child to tell you the story in a book using the pictures. The child will usually produce a simple sentence which will enable you to model the correct grammar if it is said incorrectly. The more the child practices telling the same story the more they will pick up on your models and improve their grammar in their story telling.

5. Pronouns: When a child is learning about the pronouns ‘he/she’, explain to the child that “He is a boy and she is a girl”. You can then find pictures of boys and girls doing different actions and say a sentence about each picture (e.g. “He is jumping” or “She is laughing”)

6. Pronoun ‘I’: When helping the child to learn how to use the pronoun “I” engage the child in different requesting activities where they have to ask for items (e.g. Mr Potato Head, puzzles, snack time, choosing a DVD, posting blocks)

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‼️Parent/Carer Information‼️

This is a small reminder of the cohorts that your children have currently been in from start of term up until the day we stop for the October holidays this term.

I will post on the app, newsletter as well as here on our blog, about the next set of cohorts and what rooms the children will be in upon return from the October holidays, I will post the next set of cohorts prior to us stopping for the October holidays for all your information.

Kind Regards – Leanne S x

‼️Parent/Carer Information‼️

Lainshaw ECC will be closed on Thursday 17th September as an additional day was agreed following consultation with East Ayrshire Council as a result of schools retuning a week earlier in August due to COVID-19.

The Centre will also be closed on Friday 18th September and Monday 21st September for the September weekend.

We look forward to welcoming the children back on Tuesday 22nd September at their usual drop off times for AM & PM. I have also added an image of the holidays for east Ayrshire council for you all too ☺️

The silver and ladybird group have been exploring the gruffalo… Karen has made this amazing provocation for children to explore and enhance their learning about the gruffalo further.
Would you like to have tea with a gruffalo?

Today the red and purple group have been further exploring the impending autumn season by doing some conker exploration which involved stomping, cutting and smashing to get them open. We even found a slug friend attached 🙂

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Here at lainshaw ECC we are always trying to create new environments to inspire curiousity, enquiry, exploration and imagination We have created a curiousity list to see if anyone can help us gather lots of items to transform our ECC into one which enhances these skills. We would appreciate all donations as this would enhance our learning environment and support us in creating our vision here at Lainshaw ECC.

Curiosity list:

Any Vintage items From tea sets, cutlery,typewriter, scales, trunks,phones, small televisions, single vintage seats, Clocks, to all the weird and wonderful random items from vintage times.

Wooden crates (small)

Pallets

Wooden spools (all sizes)

Plastic Milk crates

Silver items – silver jugs, silver platters, silver kitchen items, silver goblets

Photo frames (All colours and sizes)

Plastic guttering

Old telephones

Old style scales

Vintage trunk

Different clocks

Placemats

Old tepee

Natural fabric

Sticks, stones, shells, wood slices (small and large)

Fairy lights

Fake plants

Metal dishwasher racks

Tree stumps large enough to sit on

Matching nuts, bolts and colanders

Artificial grass coverings

Mug holders

Kitchen roll holders

Curtain rings

Glass jars

Maps, atlas, globes, telescopes, magnifying glasses

Hats

Old vanity table

Cultural statues

Animal ornaments

Snow globes

Mirrors (all shapes and sizes)

Old glasses

Old perfume bottles

Non fiction books

Morning all ECC parents,

Now that we are 4 week back in to the new term, I thought it would be highly useful to gain some feedback on how you are finding our service since returning to the ECC.

All feedback is greatly appreciated. The link is provided below

Kind Regards Leanne S

Evening all ECC parents,

Going forward I would like to highlight ways we are aiming to provide you all with relevant feedback about the going’s on inside the ECC, your child’s individual progress and learning experiences offered within the ECC.

Look at what our lovely Hayley and Sarah have made in the purple and red group today! A new autumn play dough area made with pallets and all things natural