This week we enjoyed reading The Leaf Thief as our story of the week. It provided great discussion about the changes Autumn brings around and led us over to our interest table to look at other books and items we may see around this time.

We played some rhyming games to help us become familiar with words that rhyme. The pictures helped us to say the word out loud and look for another picture that sounded the same.

We looked at subitising with dots and dice  – where you look and know right away what the number is, without having to count. The children noticed that the same number can be represented in different ways.

We were very lucky to have some special visitors along to the nursery to teach us all about water. The children learned all about how water is used in our environment and were amazed to hear that the amount of pipes in Scotland could around the world once. The children were encouraged to be mindful about not wasting water so may have some messages to share with you at home. The ladies brought along some of the safety clothing and equipment they would use whilst out carrying out their important work which the children were very excited to try on.

The children helped to create a haunted house in the small world area this week, which has led to some spooky storytelling being shared with each other.

The boys and girls popped their wellies and waterproofs on to go out to collect some Autumn leaves, which they used for leaf printing and to create some patterns.

Whilst in the garden, the children showed an interest in looking for slugs and wiggly worms. They used comparative language to describe how long the worms were and set up the tuff spot with their own mud and spaghetti.

An Autumn provocation set up in our creative area continued the still life theme from last week. The children explored autumnal colours and the changes to the trees during this time. They used a range of mixed media to create their art. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Denholm