Bom dia!
The staff team is very excited to be welcoming two groups of leavers today for some fun and a chance to reconnect with one another before moving on.
ANOTHER REMINDER THAT YOU CAN COME TO COLLECT ANY PERSONAL ITEMS LEFT IN NURSERY TODAY AND TOMORROW, 9AM-3PM FROM THE SCHOOL’S MAIN ENTRANCE.
LEAVERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING SOME OF YOU TODAY AT 12:30-1:30PM OR 2-3PM, AS PER YOUR INVITATION. WE’LL SEE THE REST OF YOU TOMORROW!
Today’s post continues to invite you to explore some of Froebel’s Occupations and engage with the types of learning experiences on offer at nursery.
- Painting. Even if you don’t have any ready-mixed paints or water colour blocks at home your child can still develop their painting skills: Use food coloring in water; mix different powders such as chocolate milk, spices, old eye shadow with water; collect mud from different parts of the garden, compare and mix paints from the various soils and sands; paint with water on dry ground… Discuss, line, shape, colour together.
2. Cutting paper
3. Drawing. Try to provide your child with a range of mark-making tools such as pens, pencils, pastels, chalk and crayons. Especially for those just beginning to develop fine motor skills a strong grip, some coloring pencils can be hard and lead to frustration as your child cannot draw or write with ease. Consider buying softer pencils or a crayon-pencil hybrid which should help.
4. Peas+sticks. Buy some dried peas and re-hydrate them before draining. Use the peas as ‘connectors’ and create structures using them and toothpicks. Teach your child to place the pea on a hard surface before inserting the toothpick and this should lead to fewer little injuries.
5. Outdoor play and nature. In the last few weeks we have shared many ways for your child to connect with and understand the natural world around them. Here are a few more.
