Mearns Nursery (2019-2020)

We know that it is important to visit your dentist every 6 months to let them check your mouth, teeth and gums. Today we are thinking about what you can do to keep your teeth healthy at home through good oral hygiene and cutting down on sugar.

Activities

Complete a daily tooth brushing diary

Brush your teeth to your favourite two minute song

Create a poster showing others how to brush their teeth

Create sugar bags to show how much sugar is in food you enjoy. Find the number of grams on the nutrition panel under “Carbohydrate of which sugars” then divide this number by four to find the number of teaspoons

Challenge!

  Swap some foods for similar less sugar ones, keep a track of the swaps and let us know how much sugar you reduced over the month.

Violet was playing number games with her brother today. She also loved making paper dolls after reading the story about them.

At the weekend, they climbed a local hill and she walked the whole way!

Lets take time to think about the different shops and services that you can find in your local area.

Activities

Think of all the shops in your local area, how many can you think of?

Pick your favourite local shop and tell someone why you have chosen it

Draw a picture of your favourite shop or service to visit

Explore the library service online, with an adults help, choose an audio book to enjoy together

Challenge!

Set up a pretend shop in your home, what will you choose? Some suggestions include a toy shop, shoe shop or fruit and vegetable shop

Today we are thinking about Vets. The job of a vet is to help sick or injured animals and to help owners care for their animals to keep them healthy.

Activities

Set up a veterinary area in your home using your toy animals

Draw a picture of the pet you would like to own

Find out three facts about your favourite type of animal

Read stories or poems about different kinds animals

Challenge!

Design an imaginary animal

Activities

 Can you retell the story of the Gingerbread Man?

Make or draw and decorate some Gingerbread people

Design and create a Gingerbread house

Find out 3 facts about one of the animals in the story

Create a story map of the Gingerbread mans journey

Challenge!

How fast can you run?