Mearns Nursery (2019-2020)

Dentists have the important job of caring for peoples teeth, gums and mouths. We can help them by always taking good care of our teeth through brushing them twice a day and making healthy food choices.

The nursery staff are hoping that all the boys and girls are remembering to look after their teeth.

Anna has been learning the tooth brushing song at home with her mummy.

Activities

Count how many teeth you have

Choose a tooth brushing song to listen to while brushing your teeth

Plan a week of tooth healthy snacks and help your family prepare them

Can you find your teeth, gums, tongue, palate and lips?

Challenge!

Create a poster to remind people to brush their teeth

 

Holly has been helping to hoover in the house as well as playing ‘Pop to the Shops’ which helps her with her counting and dealing with money. She has also been matching her letters to pictures and doing jigsaws.

Holly prepares her own lunch. She loves chopping up the food.

Looks delicious, Holly!

WOW!! Your Fairy Garden looks fabulous. You have used your first tooth fairy money well to create a fantastic area to play in.

Oscar has been enjoying the tasks from the Learning Together calendar. Here he is writing his name with play doh.

Apparently, the best part was destroying it all at the end.

Well done, Oscar!

In this last post in the series we are going to look at some day to day activities that can help develop fine motor skills.

Activities

Fastening and unfastening buttons, zips and belts

Jigsaw puzzles

Using a knife and fork correctly

Block play

Drawing and colouring

Technology and using a mouse

Pegging out the laundry

Tightening and loosening nuts and bolts

Peeling and placing stickers

Challenge!

Create a fine motor skills box or area where you can work on your skills each day

Violet made some animal habitats with her brother. She made an elephant habitat and they then built a habitat for dragon, lizards and snakes!