Colour mixing🟠🟡🟣🔵🔴

The children enjoyed this activity on transporting water into different cups through kitchen roll. We socked it into differ t cups and left it a couple of days before returning to see what the outcome would be.

The water had mixed and the children could identify that red and blue made “purple”, red and green made “brown” and yellow and green made “brown”. The children then used pipette and enjoyed mixing colours into pieces of kitchen  roll.

Exploring forces with a hairdryer💨

we attached a balloon to a piece of string, the children used the hair dryer to move it from on end to the other. Some of the children predicted that it would move and some predicted they through it would burst. This was very excited for them to explore.

The children then found items from  around the room to see what else might float with the hairdryer. The children discovered that feather would float high as they were “light” but they also discovered that ball pit balls would float above the hairdryer as they were light enough to fly.

GOING WALKS AROUND THE ESTATE🌲

We went a couple walks around the estate this week due to the nice weather. We went a walk to the local charity shop to by some reusable materials and resources for our room to support our new curiosity approach.
We explored the woodland area behind the ECC to collect stick, leaves and even a very large branch that a child dragged back with them😂

Pancake day🥞🥞

For pancake day we made homemade pancakes. The children could demonstrate that you washed your hands to begin with. They helped sieve the flour, crack in the eggs, pour in the milk then mix it all together. This was a great team building activity and the children all took turns to have a shot.

Lava lamps🔵🔴

The children created lava lamps, we used food colouring and water to begin with. We then added the oil using the funnel to make it easier to transfer it into so we didn’t have any spillages.

Bicarbonate and vinegar🧪

We have been exploring different experiments all week, the children used pipettes to add vinegar to the bicarbonate/food colouring. This was excited as the children were predicting what they think might happen and once they added the vinegar watching what happens.

The Am and PM children have been so busy this week. We have been experimenting with science experiences, baking and exploring outdoors in the crazy Scottish weather! 🧪 🧫 🔬🧑‍🔬.    👨‍🍳🥣🎛.    🌧 ☔️ ❄️ ⛄️

As part of planning we have been introducing scissors into the room for the children to access freely and use them independently to give them more experience on how to handle and use them.

We have been given some new toys in the centre, the children have been enjoying the sorting the bears sorting them into the correct coloured dishes, copying and completing the cards by sorting the bears by their colour and size.

We have been enjoying the lovely weather so went exploring in the woods 🌲

Also part of our planning, we have been exploring ‘experiments’ 🧪 we did the milk challenge adding food colouring to milk and adding fairy liquid in and seeing what happened!!

Making the most of being out in the rain and the changing weather, we have been using umbrellas when outdoors when the weather has been so wet to still go out and burn off all our energy!

As part of planning we are introducing activities that will encourage mathematical language. Today the children showed great interest in this floating and sinking activity which encouraged great language with the children predicting what they think might sink or float and then their thoughts after they added it to the water and whether their predictions were correct 🤔👍🏽

Another new toy we have been given is the stickle bricks, the children really enjoy using these and this encourages their creativity to make whatever they want. Some of these creations are quite interesting 😄

Learning to care for Farm animals busing a range of materials such as sand, cereal, coffee and pasta🐖🐂🐓🐐

Sorting colours into the correct dish with small Kinect toys and using our fine motor skills to control the tweezers🔴🔵🟢🟡🟠

Learning about our first letters to help us recognise our names. The children found this tricky but enjoyed trying to find them📚

Using tools such as sharpeners becoming more independent ensuring we use them safely when drawing our pictures.

This week the Am and Pm children have been exploring with a variety of materials this week, using their imagination and creative skills to mould, build and create castles, roads and buildings! 🏰 🏗🛣🏭

We have also been using our thinking skills to  match through games 💡 🤔

We had the opportunity to become the snack helper, preparing food, setting the table and assisting adults 🍎 🍉 🍌 🍊 👩‍🍳

We enjoyed another Bookbug session with our peers, singing songs, listening to stories and taking part in fun games using the “Magic Lycra!” 🎶 🎵 📚 🟥

We have also been exploring with scissors, learning to hold them appropriately and cut around shapes ✂️ 🟦🔶🟢❤️

We enjoyed exploring outdoors in the fresh air, the sun even made an appearance! ☀️

We celebrated Burns Day though dance, poems and crafts. We even made the “Wee rid motor!” 🚗

We have been exploring with items that will sink and float.
We decided that we would make our own boats, using a variety of materials to see for ourselves what would happen.
To our surprise they  DID float! 🚤

The Pm children have been so busy exploring with real hammers, nails and materials this week!. We have been  talking about and investigating all about construction, we will be exploring it further next week!           🔨🧱🔩🧰🦺👷‍♀️

We have been learning how to hold tools appropriately and developing an understanding of the importance of personal safety.

With Burns day fast approaching on 25th January we will be listening to some Scottish music and Poems over the next few weeks within the ECC.   We have chosen a well known Scottish poem The Wee Rid Motor 🚘 that you can help your child to learn at home if they wish.

You can send us a wee short video of them reciting the poem and as part of our Burns Day Celebrations the children that wish to will have an opportunity to recite the poem for their friends within the ECC.

We delivered stockings for the residents with gifts made by the children to spread some Christmas cheer🎅🏻🌲

Our AM and PM Christmas Parties 🎅🏻🌲

AM🎅🏻🕺💃

PM Party🎅🏻💃🕺