Local author (and Busby Nursery mum!) Breea Keenan and illustrator David Nichol will be taking part in World Book Day celebrations, presenting their brand new rhyming picture book Nessie’s Selfie on Friday 6 March.
Breea will read the story to Busby Nursery and Primary One pupils and lead a discussion around its themes of inclusion, equality and friendships. David will talk through the book’s map of Scotland and will also show the children some of Nessie’s Selfie concept artwork.
The children will then be able to colour in their own Nessie monster which they can bring home – so please make room on the fridge for some new Nessie artwork!
To order a signed copy of the book for your child, which costs £7.99, please email: hello@newsofnessie.co.uk to arrange a bank transfer. A signed copy of the book will be delivered to the nursery/school.
Some of the children have been visiting Busby Library this week. They were so excited to learn about all the different activities going on in our local community library.
Peter the librarian read us some lovely books and told us how to join the library.
We voted for our favourite book and ‘Wolfie the Bunny’ won. “I loved the bit when Dot said she would eat the bear from the toes up, it’s a bit scary but funny”.
The children have been very busy and active in gym, working their hearts, muscles and imaginations in Creative Movement. They have been moving it to Jazz music, Swing, Salsa and Techno!
Make your move and copy your friends
Fly like a superhero
Chattanooga Choo Choo
They also like to move it outdoors and in the MUGA, where they have been developing their core strength, jumping, balancing and ball skills.
The children have been enjoying exploring rhyme through fabulous books like “Oi Frog” & “You Can’t Let an Elephant…”, alongside Rhyme bags, Story props and Rhyme Fishing in the Water Tray. They have taken great delight in generating their own rhymes, inspired by the books, and have come up with some great rhyming lines!
“Miss MacFarlane sits on a darling.”(EK)
“A rocket sits on a docket”(EH) “A giraffe sits on a path.” (NN) “Never let a bee come to tea.” (IMM) “Don’t give a scare to a bear!”(EP)
“Don’t give a coat to a goat.” (MN) “Don’t let a bear sit on your chair… or your hair”(FD) “Don’t let a bunny eat your money.” (EC) “That’s not a song because it’s just words. A poem is a thing that rhymes.” (HN)
“Honey… and money.”
“Pig rhymes with wig!”
“The wig is too… BIG!”
“Goat goes in a….boat.”
Fishing for Rhyming Objects in the Water Tray. “Egg rhymes with peg!”
“Tree rhymes with me.”
“What rhymes with petal? That is made of metal!” “And it rhymes with Gretel… and kettle!”
The children have been learning all about how things grow, as we look forward to Spring and also our Spring Event next Thursday morning, March 5th.
The children used cupcake cases, paper quilling, chalk, pen, scissors, crayon and glue to create their individual daffodil designs: “I know a different way to do it.” “All I did was fold it in and cut it like this.”
“The trumpet part is orange.” “I’m going to twist it round by myself.” (quilling)
Planting Iris Bulbs: we have planted indoors and outdoors, and are comparing how quickly bulbs grow in the different environments.
“Put a seed in, water it and wait till the sun comes.”
“One of my iris bulbs turned into a white flower.
The other one was yellow.”
“The bulb is round.”
“It has roots.”
“Mine has grown big.”
Singing “Ten Little Daffodils” and imitating how they grow.
Our master bakers have been busy mixing, kneading, rolling, cutting, scooping and squeezing to make their Heart Biscuits on Valentine’s Day.
“I’ve never used a spatula before!” “A heart means you love your family.”
“I’m going to make 3 love hearts from the one dough.”
“Its a bit runny.”
“Can you do pink around it? Its like painting.”
Squeezing Icing helps Early Writing!
“A heart means you love your family.”
ADVENTURES WITH HEARTS – sharing, comparing, naming the colours, counting, feeling, describing, what are they made of?
“I pick this one with the silver curls. I like the swirls and curls and lines and the dots.”“Who wants this one? Its beautiful.” “Feel this one. It feels like a teddy.”“This is number ten.”“I love all the colours – yellow, blue, red, pink, green and purple.”
“This one’s made out of paper and this one’s made out of wool.”
”These are the same kind. Is this pink glitter?” “I like this one. What is it made out of?… That’s wood, and that’s paper.” ”There’s a heart inside you – that’s the one you’re talking about…”
This morning we were playing Number Twister with the dice. We were recognising, matching and identifying numbers as well as counting and recognising the number of dots on the dice faces (subitising).
We extended the game by finding foam numbers and matching them to our mat. You can also see here X was counting on her fingers. It was a lot of fun exploring numbers today.
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