The children in the Toddler Room are always very expressive and creative so when we found some very colourful finger paints in one of the cupboards in the playroom they were keen to try them out.
At first they were very careful, using only one finger, testing out each colour.
They experimented with different colours, making swirls on their paper.
Very quickly they started to use their whole hands, feeling the paint between their fingers.
Its cold and squishyBlue paint.
Small swirls with one finger became huge swirls and mark making with a whole hand.
Oh look at my colourful hands tooPink hands
All the children had loads of fun painting with their fingers and hands and were very excited to see their finished artwork hanging up drying ready to take home.
Yesterday the children enjoyed their own mini games which started them talking about various sports that they all take part in. Running races, jumping, bike racing, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, swimming, football, golf to name a few.
This led to talk about the Olympics being held over the next couple of weeks in Tokyo, Japan. Some children asked what the Olympics were. Through discussions with staff, they learned that the Olympics were held every 4 years with people from countries all over the world taking part in lots of different sports to win medals for their country.
The children watched some of the Opening Ceremony from London 2012 with great interest and tried to guess the countries from their flags, as well as watching the ceremony where the medals are awarded.
1st, 2nd and 3rd placeJ said it goes round her neckShe looked very happy
After their mini games some of the children asked if they could make their own little medals. They found some gold, silver and a bronze coloured shiny paper and some ribbon. They glued the shiny paper onto some card, cut out a circle and attached some ribbon.
S’s medal goes over her head like the one on the screen.
C shows her silver medal off with pride.
Who knows we may have a future olympian here at Cartmill.
Taking part in sports helps to keep our bodies fit and healthy and improves our general health and wellbeing.
