Outdoor Learning

Super scientists👹‍🔬

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Today in our garden we have been super scientists! We decided to make our own chalk paint, so we gathered all the ingredients needed and got started. We used our problem solving and teamwork skills to follow the steps to create the paint. Firstly we added in the cornflour, water and then food colouring of choice.

The children then painted lonely designs on the floor.


“I’m painting my  mummy”

”Look at mines, it’s a funny face”

The children then decided they wanted to mix in different ingredients to see what happens, so we mixed in bicarbonate soda and vinegar and waited to see what happened.

“Wow it’s exploding”

“Mine looks like a volcano”

“It’s bubbling”

Social Studies

Dolly Day Care

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Today in our home room we shared how we used our imaginations and skills we have observed from our families home.

We demonstrated how we are caring and nurturing using our dolls. We bathed our dolls and put clothes on them to keep warm.


“she all cold”

”bubble bath”

Once our babies were dressed they had rumbley tummies and needed fed. We put some playdough into pots and carefully making sure we didn’t burn our fingers used our cooker to warm the babies food.

“It’s burnt”

”hot, hot”

We placed our babies in the high chairs while their food was cooking. When it was ready we put some into a bowl and used a spoon to feed them.

“Yummy “

Once our babies had ate up all their food I was time to clean up, we washed our dishes in the sink.

Our next part of the day was as shopping trip. We got our handbags ready for going to the shops.

“I am going for milk”

”I get pasta”

”I will get yummy biscuits”

When we got home from our shopping trip we settled our babies down by reading them a lovely story before tucking them in.

Outdoor Learning, Trips and Outings

Colours walk

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Today we have been learning about our senses and specifically talking about our sense of sight. We decided to go for a walk round the local area to discover what colours we could see. We started by creating a colours board we could take with us and made sure we could name each colour.

As soon as we left the nursery we noticed the green grass and there was a yellow buttercup too. Then we saw the yellow gate and the purple climbing frame at the park.

Continuing on our walk we noticed all the beautiful colours of the flowers.


“I see yellow flowers, they’re like sunflowers.”
“I can see purple! And there’s red inside them !”
“There’s lots of flowers in this garden! Look, different coloured tubs!”


But
. the best thing we noticed today was the big blue sky and the yellow sun ☀

 

Expressive Arts, Literacy, Outdoor Learning

Al fresco Bookbug 😁

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As the sun came out on this beautiful Friday, Bookbug came to visit us to share some songs stories
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We all said ‘Hallo’ to Bookbug with a great big hug followed by

The Wheels On The Bus, our wipers were swooshing

The children jumping up and down on the bus

Sticking out our tongues being a Little Green Frog

We all enjoyed our interactive touchy freely story about a teddy bear

Finishing off with Little Bunnies!!!

The children love when Bookbug comes to visit and if you fancy joining us he’ll visit once a month morning and afternoon and you can come and join in the fun 😁

 

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Den Building â›ș

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Today in our garden the children have been very busy and super creative! They have been working hard as a team using their problem solving skills to build their own dens out of different materials and loose parts.

The children then built their own campfire so they stay cosy and warm

“It’s so hot, be careful”

Come inside and have a look at the children’s fabulous den!

“This is the kitchen and living room”

”This is our bedroom, night night”


They then relaxed and had a little picnic.
“Here’s your sandwich”

 

Literacy

It’s as easy as ABC!

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Today in nursery we had lots of fun making our own little letter hunt to develop our letter recognition. We created a little sensory bucket for our letters to hide in, and made it really colourful and sparkly!
Some children loved seeing all the different colours and shapes too.

Some children found different letters they recognised, They could relate the letters to different familiar words.
“That’s an M for mummy. And me!”

Other children loved finding all the letters in their names..

We had lots of fun exploring our fine motor skills too, using our hands as well as the tongs to develop our pincer grip and strengthen our little muscles to collect different letters and little sequins. The children loved helping each other find things and it spurred on lots of social conversations with each other.

“That’s an M. That’s in my mummy’s name too! What does your mummy’s name start with?”

“If you turn the M upside down it’s a W!”

”The O is like a little cats eye”

Well done everyone!

This type of learning experience would be perfect to try at home, and you’ll probably have everything you need in your cupboard. You could use sand, rice, lentils, crumpled or shredded paper for example. You may even try hiding numbers, hiding shapes, or even make your own shapes with different sensory resources! Good luck đŸ˜đŸ€©

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3,2,1… GO!

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Today the children have been exploring distance and time using different resources from around the play room.

They collected cars of different shapes and sizes and created a race track to see which car would go the fastest.

They chose the long cardboard tubes to use as the track but realised that not all cars could fit, so they chose some different ramps and tubes to test them out.

“We need to get a bigger tube, the yellow car doesn’t fit”

We watched for the cars coming down the ramp, we tried to see if they would go back up but they kept rolling down again.


”3,2,1 GO!” The  children shouted as they raced the cars, which one made it to the finish line first?


”The purple was the fastest”

“That black one didn’t win because it was slow”

Expressive Arts, Literacy

Creativity and Imagination

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Today the children were presented with a tray of interesting resources to explore and design their own models.
With the natural feathers and pieces of wood the children decided to make some animals.  I will make a owl with feathers. The children chatted about owls they have seen at the animal park and what noise they make.

Some of the children chose to make people using pegs for the legs. This is my mummy she is at work.

Todays activity has involved developing fine motor skills such as using scissors and glue sticks also picking up smaller parts especially when they stick to your fingers !

Todays fun at the tinker table has let the children ask and answer questions, talk to each other sharing experiences and ideas. We have extended our knowledge and understanding of how to use a variety of materials.

We have some great animals and models to admire . Well done 👍

Outdoor Learning, Social Studies, Trips and Outings

Local walk to Bonnyton House

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We have been growing some lovely Rhubarb in our nursery garden over the last couple of months, and they were now ready to be harvested.

Yesterday we picked our fresh, home grown Rhubarb. We wondered what we could do with it?

   

We had to use both hands to pull out the Rhubarb as the roots had grown deep into the soil.

    

”Look, this one has a really big leaf”

We decided that we would go for a walk to the local Residential Care Home and drop some off to them as a nice Friday treat. Working with the local community is something we love to do here at Cart Mill and starting back our Intergenerational work is what we are looking to do now that Covid-19 restrictions have eased.

The children were super excited to take a walk over…

 

Intergenerational learning has many benefits and is where people of all ages can learn together and from each other. Intergenerational care is all about providing opportunities for senior adults and young children to come together in the same space and work together to gain new skills and knowledge.

   

 

 

 

 

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Welcome to our Cart Mill Cafe

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Welcome to our Cart Mill Cafe where we just love our Marvellous Meals made by our cook Stephanie.

We have 3 sittings in our Cafe for our 3-5 year olds. 11.45 for our Stretch A am , 12.30 for our Stretch B  and finally 1.15 for our Stretch A pm and term timers.

We listen carefully for our names, go to the toilet,  wash our hands, then it’s time to wait for the Cart Mill train to take us to the Cafe!

“I’m so hungry!”.

Using our special tongs, we demonstrate fabulous fine motor skills through choosing our own vegetables from our crudité  platter. Pouring our own water helps us to practise our measuring and pouring skills.

“I like cucumber. I don’t like carrot”.

We just love sitting round our table together and it gives us the ideal opportunity to chat and get to know each other better.

After we have finished our tasty lunch we clear away our plates, cutlery and glasses. We just love helping to clean the tables and demonstrate excellent team work, working together to set the table for our friends. We are so good at counting how many chairs, knives and forks we need.

“I’ll do the fork and you do the knife”.
“I’ll do the plates”.
“We need one more fork and two glasses”.

We are very confident in sharing our likes and dislikes after we have finished our lunch. It was a definite đŸ‘đŸ» for the pastry today!

“I loved the pastry!”

”I didn’t like the potatoes”.

Our Cart Mill Cafe daily menu can be found below.

https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/nursery-men

 

 

 

 

 

 

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