Today the children were enjoying some songs with movement, puppets, rhymes help the children to join in and retain their interest. We all got to choose the songs we wanted to sing and used props if we could to make it even more fun.
Old Macdonald had a farm đˇ
Little bunnies see them sleeping, see them hopping đ°
Incey wincey spider
The children were having a great time singing, dancing, rhyming and this can be done at home sharing songs and having a lovely time together đ
Today the children in the home room have been exploring the sewing area. We had a discussion about threading a needle and how it can be really difficult to do but once it is done we are able to create stitches on the sewing table. Together the children shared their thoughts and ideas on what to do next, as a group we decided they would like to try sewing something onto the hessian.
The children searched the sewing area and found a variety of different materials in different shapes, sizes, colours and patterns and they were able to choose what they would like to use.
Firstly they drew patterns on the material that they chose to sew on and, with a little support with they cut out shapes using the large scissors. We then used the hole punch to cut out holes in our material to make it easier to thread the two bits together, this needed a lot of concentration. The children used their hand and eye co- ordination while completing this task. At the end they talked to each other about their own creations.
âcan we cut out love hearts?â
âI can thread my needle?â
We decided using the Hessain table was easier than an individual piece.
âI liked doing bothâ
“I cut mine all by myselfâ
“mine is stuck togetherâ
The younger children have enjoyed threading the large buttons, they spend a lot of time doing this so we added some pine cones, sticks, pipe cleaners, ribbon and wool for them. The children needed a little guidance of what to do and before we knew it they were confidently picking materials to wrap, weave and twirl, all the time developing their fine motor skills and concentration.
Today was a day for celebration in Cart Mill as we had a ‘street party’ to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The children and staff all made such an effort to dress up for the occasion. Thankfully the weather was kind and we were able to decorate the garden with red, white and blue flags and bunting. It looked fit for a queen!
The best bit is, we got to do it all again in the afternoon – a double party!
The children enjoyed Victoria Sponge Cake, scones with jam and cream – we had jam first, how do you have yours? We also had fresh fruit and a glass of chilled water to wash it all down. It was a fantastic party which was followed up with a Royal banquet at lunch.
We were very proud of the children – who, along with Iona made all the party food. Here are some pictures of them hard at word making their Victoria sponge cakes and their fruit scones. Maybe you could ask your star bakers to show you their skills at home because we can tell you, their baking is delicious!
The children have been very excited this week learning all about the Queen and her upcoming Platinum Jubilee. In the garden they worked together using the big building blocks to build Buckingham Palace or âthe Queens houseâ as the children liked to call it!
We added cylinders to our Palace to make turrets and the children wanted a ramp at the front to slide out.
The blue blanket was used to create water in front of the Palace and other blankets to make a bridge at the side!
âThe bridge is a shaky bridge to keep people out!â
âNo one can get to our Queen across the water!â
The coloured material was used by the children to dress up as the Queen in her Palace. They had great fun roleplaying all different scenarios pretending to be royalty.
The children decided the Palace needed a flag so we painted some cardboard in red and blue to create a flag!
We taped a cane to our flag and stuck it in the Palace.
The children were very proud of their Palace and flag! They had lots of fun playing in it and it attracted other children to come and play too! Â We are all looking forward to continuing our Jubilee theme with our party tomorrow.
Today in the noisy and quiet room the children decided to make a nursery rhyme basket. First, we went on a prop hunt and filled our basket up with all the nursery rhymes props we could find. We found quite a lot of small toys that we could use which related to nursery rhymes. We had lots of fun looking for, and putting together our nursery rhyme basket.
â I found a busâ
âI found a fish and a starâ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â â Look I found a mouseâ
â I found a spiderâ
It was a great way to get everyone involved and we had lots of fun on our rhyme hunt. Well done every one good job ! đ
We then sat down to explore our basket whilst singing our song â whatâs inside our basket, our basket, will ( name of child) like to have a look.â
The children took it in turns picking out their favourite nursery  rhyme props  whilst singing the rhyme and doing the actions within the group.
The children used the experience to enhance their language as they recited their favourite nursery rhymes, it was a great activity for children learning English as an additional language too. By using the props, it really bought the songs to life and helped develop further skills, such as recognising and naming objects and simple story sequencing. The children developed their social skills by demonstrating the need to take turns and shared their songs with others in the group. The children also developed their fine motor skills by moving their fingers and hands.
Why not make a nursery rhymes basket at home, see what you can find around your home that matches with nursery rhymes and let us know how you get on!đ
The boys and girls have recently enjoyed developing their fine motor skills by picking up seeds with tweezers to plant their sunflowers so we have decided to create a finger gym area dedicated to outdoor fine motor play. These experiences help to develop the muscles required for handwriting and also helps to develop independence in things such as buttoning jackets.
We started by digging out our log peg boards. Some of these hadnât been used in a while so we had to assess their safety. We found a few nails were a little wobbly so we very carefully tapped them back in to place. Then we realised we only had three boards and four children wanted to play so we walked around the garden to find another small log and asked our janitor, Michelle, if she had some nails we could use and created a fourth peg board. We used our pincer grip to hold the nail in place then used great hand-eye coordination when using the hammer to make sure we didnât hit our fingers.
We then enjoyed using our fine motor skills to wrap elastic bands around the nails to create some lovely artworks. Just look at our wonderful designsâŚ
Everyday the children enjoy helping to make their own snack. Â Which usually consists of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Preparing snack offers children the chance to develop their fine motor skills through chopping and slicing, make choices, gain an awareness of healthy eating and be able to express their likes and dislikes.
Today some of the children found some blueberries in the fridge and asked if they could make something else with them? We looked at different recipes and found one for blueberry muffins! We decided that this would be fun to try.
First we talked about what ingredients we would need.
Then we got to work making our yummy muffins. We followed the recipe, adding flour. One child commented â I bake lots with granny, I know that is flourâ Next thing to do was mix the oil into the mixture, followed by some soya milk and of course we had to add the most important ingredient, some blueberries. The mixture needed a lot of mixing and our arms got quite tired but we took it in turns so everyone could get a rest!
Next we used our mathematical skills to divide the mixture up between our paper cake cases before taking them to the oven. The hardest part was waiting until they came out because we could smell the delicious baking scent. Finally, they were ready and they looked amazing!
Today in our garden we have had lots of fun transforming our mud kitchen into a mud cafe where the children served up some delicious food!
Firstly the children worked as a team to create their own menu, the children showed great writing skills and fine motor control.
After the menu was complete it was time to open for business! The children picked what they would like to eat from the menu and our lovely âwaitressâ took their order then off to the kitchen she went.
âIâll have the ice cream and pasta pleaseâ
The children were super creative in the mud kitchen, working together mixing the mud, water and loose parts to make the yummy food.
âIâm making a delicious cake with mud and waterâ
Now it was time to serve the food!
âHere you go, the spaghetti is readyâ
âItâs a little hot, be carefulâ
The children love spending time outdoors in our mud kitchen. It offers them many benefits such as exploring sensory play, working as a team, using their imagination and of course being outdoors, as well as many more.Â
Today the children have been developing their fine motor skills in a variety of ways.
Fine motor skills is the coordination of small muscles in movement with the eyes, hands and fingers.
We played a game called âPickle Popâ where the children had to use their hand muscles by moving the pickle with their finger to pop the bubbles.
â I have to move it over there to catch the bubbleâ
We put shaving foam on the light board and used our hands and  fingers to draw shapes and make patterns. This provides children with the opportunity to strengthen their hand muscles and hand eye coordination.
â The thread goes  up and down â
â I made a line through itâ
We spent some time at the mark making table where the children drew pictures, copied and continued shape and number patterns.
Today in the Studio we explored our creativity skills.
We decided to use our imagination to transform paper plates into some wonderful colourful creations!
Our journey began when we thought of what we wanted to make- e.g  our favourite animal,  a tv character, a flower.
We had a great selection of different resources to choose from to make our creations such as types of paper, pens , pencils and lots of different colours.
We exercised our fine motor skills whilst strengthening our muscles as we cut paper carefully with scissors, used glue pots and glue sticks and stuck them down to our plates.
The children all had some fantastic individual ideas they brought to the Studio. We loved discussing what each other made their plate into and were able to describe and talk about what we did.
âIâm putting lots of spots on my ladybirdâ
â I need a snorty nose on mineâ
âMinions are my favourite , they are funnyâ
The children used good hand eye co ordination when using their cutting and sticking skills.
They  children worked  well together. They  understood and displayed good turn taking skills  and were able to demonstrate awareness of others needs.
âThis is a bit tricky can you hold this for me ?â
âcould someone pass me scissors?
Why not get creating at home – do you have any paper plates ? What ideas or wonderful creations can you make ? Weâ d love you to share your creations with us.
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