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Today at Cart Mill family centre we are feeling happy😁

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Today the children were feeling happy and wanted to bake smilie scones made with yummy strawberry dairy free yogurt.

”We need flour first” “I remember it’s four scoops”

“Three tablespoons of yogurt need to go in to make it extra strawberryish” “ I love strawberry yogurt””It smells so good”

We added some coconut milk “ we need to measure it in the jug”vanilla essence and baking powder. The children used their fine motor skills to measure and stir.

.“ I think we should make the face with cherries and raisins “ “We need to make the cherries smaller, we could cut them in half” “I need 8 cherries for the smile” “I only need one cherry for the nose” “I’m making a big nose out of 4 cherries, some people have a big nose” “They go into the oven for 12 minutes “The children used lots of mathematical language during their baking.

The children were very excited to see how well their scones turned out hopefully they are as tasty as they look. Well done everyone đŸ€©

 

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Let’s get busy

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Today in the home corner the children were able to work on lots of different skills, practicing helping, sharing, nurturing and caring skills.

The babies are well looked after here atCart Mill Family Centre, getting washed, dressed and fed, developing a sense of nurturing and hygiene.

“ the babies need to eat breakfast “

”I’ve made pasta”

“Great washing up boys and girls”

Then it was time to put on the washing, developing fine manipulative skills by pinching the pegs to hang up the “wet” washing.

It was soon time for a nap and working from home.

This type of role play gives children the opportunity to apply their learning in real life situations mimicking what is observed in their home life and in the world around them.

Literacy

Tea party in our den!

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Today in the home room the children wanted to make the cosy corner into a den using blankets. They picked some blankets and used the large pegs to secure them.

This created a great comfy space for reading books and it was lovely to watch the older children reading books to our younger children. They all joined in singing Hickory Dickory Dock whilst looking at the book.

Some of the children decided to bring the babies to their den and have a tea party. They brought the cups and plates over and set up a lovely party. They invited other children to come for some tea and cake too!

“I’m having chocolate cake and my baby wants her milk!”

”I don’t like chocolate cake, I want strawberry cake!”

Some of the children then decided to dress up “fancy” for their party.

“I’ve got a big hat and a special bag!”

”I want all the pretty jewellery on me!”

What great fun we all had using our den for lots of different fun things!

 

 

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What can you create?

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Today in the discovery room the children have shown an interest in our loose parts area. Some of the children were talking about the fireworks they seen at the weekend with their family for guy fawks night, so they created their own fireworks.


“It goes poooooof”

”So noisy I had to cover my ears”

“So high in the sky”

”Lots of colours”

“I’ve made a rainbow with lots of colours and fireworks under it”

Some of the other children made funny faces and little houses.

“My face is funny”

”My face is excited”

“I’ve made lots of houses, they are all different colours”

 

 

Social Studies

This week in the noisy/quiet room

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Following on from recent interests, this week in the noisy quiet room the children have enjoyed exploring the farm animals in the small world area.

The children have been using their imagination and role play skills to create their own stories and play using the small world equipment.

”its Old MacDonald’s farm, there is sheep and pigs and cows”

”There is little cows and big cows, small goats too”

”My favourite animal is the pig”

The children have also recently enjoyed building with our wooden train track and talking about all the different places you could go on a train…

   

”You could go to the shops or to a restaurant”

”I go on holidays”

”Trains go so fast”

Small world play is a great way for children to explore their imagination and develop their role play skills. It could represent a real life place like a farm or it could be a completely imaginary world.

 

Why don’t you try some small world play at home?

Expressive Arts, Literacy, Outdoor Learning, Social Studies, Special Event

Firework Splat Painting!

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Today In the garden we created some firework pictures in preparation for bonfire night this weekend.

The children selected some paint and resources that they could spray and splat. We picked a selection of different spray bottles and pipettes to spray at the large plastic sheet and create our firework picture.

The spray bottles and pipettes helped us to develop our fine motor skills. We demonstrated good skill when filling them up and spaying them.

We then used the paint and sponges to throw the paint at the ground to make splats that resembled fireworks. This was a good way to get our bodies moving and develop our gross motor skills while being creative.


While we were painting we talking about fireworks and how we can stay safe.  These are some of the children’s comments. 😊

“You don’t touch the fire”

“Fireworks and very hot so you need to stay away”

“They go in the sky”

“Only adults do the fireworks”

Expressive Arts, Social Studies

Building fun đŸ‘·đŸ»â€â™‚ïž

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Today the children loved engaging their imaginations in the construction area. We had a variety of building materials for the children to use, and they enjoyed creating different types of role playing scenarios.

“I want to make a hotel for spider man”

“We’re making a tunnel for the train”

”eyes!”

The children worked great as part of a team, helping each other and using their problem solving skills to build their creations. Some children loved making rocket ships


Other children enjoyed making busses and dens


”beep beep!”

And we even had a Spider Man fire engine!

The children really loved showing off their creativity through role playing with the blocks, and sharing the fun with all their friends. Great work everybody đŸ‘đŸ€©

Expressive Arts

Hammer Time

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Today at the tinker table we investigated a few of the tools including the hammer, screwdriver and saw. The children named each one and decided they would like to explore the hammer first.

“Hammer nail”

“hammer things in wood”

“My daddy uses a hammer”

I demonstrated to the children how to hold the hammer correctly.

Hold the hammer at the end of the handle to allow the weight at the head to help it drop down

Gently tap the  hammer on the top of the nail.

Always make sure you look at what you are doing.

The children all took turns holding the hammer

“It’s heavy”

“It’s small”

We talked about how to keep ourselves  and others while using tools. We thought it was a great idea to make a rule book or oyster so our friends know how to stay safe.

What will we put in  our book

Only with an adult

Safe try goggles

Not 2 people

Keep hands away from tools

Always look at what you are doing

We then each took a turn of hammering a nail into the wood  following all our safety procedures.

Expressive Arts

Hallowe’en Art🎃

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Inspired by everyone’s Halloween costumes, the children decided they would like to create their own Hallowe’en art.

First of all the children picked their own materials to make their art, varying from black and orange coloured ribbon to Hallowe’en sequins and craft tissue paper in different shapes and sizes.

They then used scissors to cut the card to their preferred size and selected glue and glue spreaders.

“ I want black and orange card, they’re Hallowe’en colours”

”mines looks like a spooky Hallowe’en spider” đŸ•·

“I’m going to hang mine up like decorations”

The children have been very creative and have made fabulous pieces of Hallowe’en art.  Happy Hallowe’en everyone🎃


Expressive Arts, Special Event

Diwali Festival of Light

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Today in the noisy quiet room we had a chat about Diwali and learned about the festival of lights. We watched some videos of traditional dancing and decided to give it a go ourselves since we love to dance.

We used a selection of materials and musical instruments to take part in the Diwali celebrations.

First we selected some brightly coloured material to make our own outfits ready to dance.

Then we put on some traditional music and enjoyed some dancing with our friends.

Happy Diwali celebrations to you and your family

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