February seems to have come and gone in a flash! The red group has been very busy exploring the nursery environment.

This month the children have been introduced to some ‘Froebelian Occupations’ which have been developing their fine motor skills, concentration and creativity.

Paper Pricking – we experimented with cocktail sticks in the playdough and adding paper to make our own designs.

Slat work – The children have been very creative and have shown great imagination with the wooden slats creating their own designs.

 

We have been baking shortbread with Mrs Sloan, developing our fine motor skills and learning about all the different ingredients we use to make some delicious sweet treats.

Our first job was to measure out all the ingredients….we used sugar, flour and butter.

Then we used our hands to mix the ingredients together, it was very sticky!

Then once the mixture formed a dough we rolled it and flattened it and used different shape cutter to make our shortbread.

Finally we put it in the oven to cook. The smell from the kitchen was delicious. We took our shortbread home to enjoy!