Bookbug has brought a host of fun and valuable learning to thousands of children. To find out more about what is happening for this special birthday, click on the link below to visit the Scottish Book Trust:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookbug/bookbug-is-10
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Hello All,
The Busby ELCC team have been making some short videos for you all to enjoy. To view, click on the green text links above the pictures.
Mrs Small noticed that lots of people are out enjoying gardens and green spaces. Click on the links below to watch videos of Mrs Small giving us tips on how to be safe.
Remember to let us know how you are getting on with your community spaces and gardens!
If you need help to identify birdsong click on the link below;
Playdough is always a favourite in our house whether it’s homemade or shop bought. There is lots that children can do with playdough and it is an amazing resource that covers all areas of learning, which the article below explains in more depth.
For Erin I found loose parts around the house for her to use in her creations along with the playdough. Loose parts play is a type of play that supports invention, divergent thinking, problem solving and offers a sense of wonder to children. They are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways. From pasta and spaghetti to cupcake cases, curtain hooks and lids for cutters, stones, shells, kitchen utensils, flowers…the list is endless when you start looking.
I have included a photo with a recipe for how to make playdough and the article attached also has recipes within it. Why not give it a go and let’s see your imagination go wild?
I hope that everybody had a great holiday weekend staying safe at home. Erin and I were enjoying the weather last week and thought it would be great to do some painting outside, which we decided to turn into a science experiment. Instead of paper we filled balloons with water and put them in the freezer overnight. After observing what happened to the water once it had been in the freezer, we peeled off the balloon and it gave us ice which is a great surface to paint on. Erin particularly liked it when the ice balloons started to melt and the colours all mixed together, giving us another science experiment to observe. To join in with the science fun we were having we tried to dig out the toys we had frozen inside a couple of the balloons by using salt water to help us melt the ice. Ice melts faster in salt water because salt water has a lower freezing point than fresh water, so the ice cube will have to absorb less heat in order to melt in salt water than in fresh water. Let’s see your science experiments; why don’t you try painting on a different surface from paper? Do the colours mix like they did on the ice? Also how quickly can you melt ice with the salt and rescue your toy inside? 
Hello everyone,
The Scottish Wildlife Trust is inviting everyone to join in 30 Days Wild, doing one different Wild Thing each day, and this is something the children have enjoyed doing in nursery in the past. You can sign up to join in 30 Days Wild for free, and receive a digital set of cards with simple and easy Wild things to do each day. The children have the fun of choosing a different card each day. Some examples are below:
You can find great ideas for other wild things to do and make at home at this link:
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30-days-wild-homeschooling
Why not send us any photos of Wild things you have seen or done to our Twitter account?
By using kitchen resources I created a filling and pouring station for Erin. There is no need to have a tuff tray to do this as this can be done on a smaller scale on an oven tray, inside a cardboard box, a plastic box from under the bed…anything really that will contain the mess. I collected various items from the kitchen rice, cous cous, tea leaves out of teabags, cornflakes, cheerios, spices, herbs, oats, a crushed up biscuit, spaghetti…the list is endless. You only need a small quantity of each to enable pouring and scooping between containers so don’t worry about using up lots of food. Then add to the tray any utensils and bowls to aid scooping and pouring; different sized spoons, measuring cups and spoons, sieves, pots and pans…make sure nothing sharp is placed in the tray that could pose a hazard. Filling, scooping and pouring activities help develop fine motor skills in under 5s as well as using concepts such as less and more. Adding scales to your pouring and filling tub can also introduce the concept of weight. These tasks help children coordinate their hand movements with what they are seeing and feeling.
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