Good morning everyone I hope you are all well. Today i thought you could try a little role play, while you are at home. You could set up your own shop, using toys and real life objects, like tinned foods, cereal packets and empty plastic bottles. Remember to ask your grown-up first. You will also need a till, some toy or real money to use. Some paper and pens to write how much things cost. This will help to develop number recognition.  Ask your family to join in the play with you. They can come to your shop to buy something.  I have put in some other ideas  to let you see some other kinds of role play you can do. I hope you have loads of fun. Maybe your grown-up will take a picture to let all your ladies see how busy you are in your shop.                                                                                                                                                            Role play is good for developing a child’s language. It also helps their literacy and numeracy skills whilst playing. They also gain knowledge that these are types of jobs people do.  Have fun xx

Good Morning Everyone 💛💙💚❤️💜

I hope you are all well.  Rory and I have had lots of fun making magic potions with water in the kitchen sink and wondered if you might like to try it too?  Rory’s potion was green, with lots of bubbles and had lime and leaves in it!

Here are some materials you could use…

Plastic containers, plastic cups, egg cups, small bottles, food colouring, washing up liquid / hand soap, leaves, petals, chopped fruit.

Making potions is fun but also allows your child to use their imagination and explore textures, smells, colour and nature.

Here are some photos of Rory and his potions..

Have fun and I can’t wait to hear all about your fabulous potions! 🧪✨ (please remember not to drink them).

Debbie 💛

Deborah.fitzgerald@eastayrshire.org.uk

Good morning everyone,

Throughout today all the parents/carers that completed the online form with their email addresses will receive an email from Learning Journals. This email will contain a link for you to set up a password and login pin. Once you have completed this you will have access to your child’s profile only.  The children still have their learning folders within the ECC that the staff have completed up to date, so there will be no backdated information on Learning Journals. We have put up a few observations and stories for parents/carers to look at and going forward we are trialling this out as our platform for evidence of your child’s learning.

Once the children return to the ECC you can expect to get frequent updates on your child’s learning and development.

In the mean time there is a section ‘Achievements at Home’ on your child’s profile and this is for you to upload any pictures or stories of home learning you would like us to see.

If you are having any issues or would like any information then please send me an email.

Maria

maria.paterson@eastayrshire.org.uk 

Good morning boys and girls, today let’s kick start our day with a bit of energetic exercise!

Joe Wicks is back again with a morning workout every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He will go live at 9am this morning, however you can find any of his workouts on his YouTube page “The Body Coach TV” https://youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV – “PE with Joe”

In the ECC, the children also enjoy joining in with The Learning Station, in particular, ‘Shake your sillies out’: https://youtu.be/NwT5oX_mqS0

Staying active and healthy has numerous benefits for children, it’s important for us to instill this mindset and habit from an early age.

Just some of the benefits of physical activity include:

• Strengthens muscles and bones
  

• Helps to develop coordination

• Enhances concentration and learning

• Makes children feel good

Think about how you feel after exercising. You might feel a bit warm or sweaty. You might need a drink of water. Try feeling your heart beating before and after exercise. Is there a difference to the strength or speed that it is beating?

Can you challenge yourself to a whole week of exercise? This can be anything from Joe Wicks, playing on a trampoline or a daily walk.
I am also going to take up this challenge and keep a record of what exercise I have done each day 💪🏼

Will you manage to do some good exercise today? You can email myself or your child’s key worker as we would love to see how you get on.

Louise  🏃🏻‍♀️
louise.mccloskey@eastayrshire.org.uk

Hi Everyone 🔴🟡🟢🔵🟣
I’m sorry I’m so late with my little job for you to do today but I’ve been very busy doing something very exciting for you and your grown ups to look at soon 🙂
Today I have went into my little boys room and all his cars were in such a mess 🙁 so we sorted them all out into colours, do you have anything that you could do that with in your house? It could be something different like Lego, socks, beads or trains?
Once we sorted them we counted them all in colours.