Week beginning 20/09/21

The children have returned after the long September weekend ready to learn and play.

This week we have been expressing ourselves through music. The children have been dancing to familiar Disney songs and pop music in the garden.

They have also been dancing to instruction songs such as “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and “Elephants have Wrinkles”.

Week Beginning: 13/09/21

This week the children have continued to investigate their sense of smell. They have explored this by mixing a combining dry and wet ingredients which had different smells, I.e spices and floral shower gel.

The children continued to explore different types of water play. This time they were splashing in the puddles and using tubes and pipes to poor water from one level to another.

Staff have also been supporting the children to play alongside one another peacefully and for those who are ready, to play with one another. The children completed puzzles together and built towers, amongst lots of other activities.

Week beginning: 6/09/21

This week we have been investigating our sense of smell. We have been playing with fragrant coffee beans; filling and emptying tubs and small world tractors. We have also been playing with play dough scented with cinnamon and ginger. In the water tray the children have also been experiencing the scents of sliced up lemons (and some children even tasted them!)

The children have also been exploring their emotions to help them better understand how they are feeling. We have placed emotion cards on our mirror for the children to mimic the facial expressions associated with ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘angry’ and ‘sleepy’.

We have also been working on our ability to play alongside one another peacefully. We encouraged this by making a large piece of art together which has been displayed on our playroom wall.