Today we have been dipping in and out of threading. It’s amazing what resources you will already have in your house. We used spaghetti held up by blue tac with cheerios and cut up straws, different sized curtain hoops and chiffon scarves, a colander to thread spaghetti through, pasta and string, a bridge from a train set and ribbons, a chain strap on a handbag and the rubber anti slip mat from under a rug with shoe laces. Do you have anything different in your house you can thread with? How about spare buttons and thread for an extra challenge of threading? I have attached a link that explains in more depth all the benefits of threading (specifically beads but any threading counts ) for all ages, so everybody in the house can get involved.
Are there any fairies living in woods near you?
Mrs MacLeod has noticed a few fairy doors in the woods near her house.
You could paint your own designs on stones or an old roof slate if you have any.
Mrs Hampton has been painting different insects and birds on stones at home too.
Who do you think lives behind these doors?
Here are Mrs Hampton’s lovely painted stones. What birds and insects can you see and paint?
If you go down to the woods today… look out for bluebells as well as fairies. They are starting to grow…
Today Erin and I have been busy using our problem solving skills to make our own jigsaws. I thought with the recycling bins not being able to be emptied at the moment it would be a good way to do our bit to help recycle. We used photos we had lying about, birthday cards people have sent us, leaflets that have come through the door, brochures and magazines. With adult supervision children could try cutting out shapes by themselves to practise their cutting. Why not even try making a collage or transient art from pieces you cut out?
Hi everybody, Mrs Reynolds here, I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe. I was reading Mrs MacLeod’s post about going on a rainbow nature hunt and I knew my little girl Erin would love to do that, so I thought I would share what we did. I made Erin a grid from string and cardboard and placed different colours onto it for her to find on our walk. For older children you could add different numbers to each colour of how many items to collect for a numeracy experience and write the colour names on it to promote literacy. Erin really enjoyed collecting the items and placing them under the string to take them home with her. Maybe some of you could try this on your next walk and send us a photo of what you managed to collect. Keep an eye on the blog to see more of what Erin and I are up to and please keep sharing your ideas with us as well.
Hello everyone,
We hope you have all been keeping well and enjoying some new experiences. If you have started to go out for a Daily Walk in the good weather, perhaps you might like a few new mini-challenges to take on your way. Or you could take part in a Design challenge with your family… Here are a few ideas:
Hello everyone,
Hope you are finding lots of ways to have fun at home and in this lovely sunshine! Mrs Reynolds has shared some photos of great ideas she has been using with Erin at home:
TRANSIENT ART
An old cutlery tray filled with interesting objects like stones and cones and an old picture frame can be used outside to create many different patterns and pictures.
Below are some examples of outdoor Transient Art by the British environmental artist Andy Goldworthy. You might get some ideas from him…
DIFFERENT WAYS WITH A PADDLING POOL
1) Use it as a Wee Den to draw and read in
2) Erin’s Daddy’s birthday balloons were collected to make a place for dolls and teddies to have a party
3) RHYME FISHING:
Another idea is Rhyme Fishing in a paddling pool, an old baby bath or a washing up bowl. Fill it with water and throw in some rhyming objects (e.g. cork -fork; key-pea; petal-metal), then challenge your child to fish out the objects that rhyme using a ladle or other utensil. For an extra challenge you could work on a way to make your own fishing net…
We hope you’ve had a lovely Easter holiday and found plenty to do at home. We’ve missed seeing you in nursery, please keep sharing your photos with us on Twitter or comment on our blog posts.
Below are some more ideas for learning at home.
Literacy and English
In the garden, use a paint brush and a bowl of water to practise mark-making skills. You could paint lines, shapes, pictures, numbers, letters or words.
Make up a silly story about a naughty spider. What have they been getting upto? You could tell your story, draw it or ask someone to write the words for you.
Keep practising writing your name. Remember the first letter needs to be a capital letter and is bigger than the other letters. Do you have a middle name? Try that too!
Numeracy and Mathematics
Sing ‘Five Little Ducks’ and use 5 toys to be the ducks. Each time a duck swims away, take a toy away. Notice how there are fewer ducks.
Talk to your grown up about the number 0. What does this number mean and what number comes after it? Have a look for this number on phones, calculators and anywhere else you can find it. Practise writing this number. Do you recognise the number 10 or 100. There are zeros in them!
From your bedroom window, count how many trees you can see. Then try from your front door. Which view has more?
Health and Wellbeing
Choose a song you love and make up a short dance. Teach it to your family and maybe share with us on Twitter!
On the Earthwatch Europe Facebook page, there are ten activity cards sharing ideas for exploring nature using toilet roll tubes. An example is shared below:
We hope these ideas are helpful and that you have lots of fun learning at home.
Hello to all the children from Busby Nursery! We hope you have been having fun playing, learning, creating and exploring at home.
Have you seen any signs of Spring through your window?
Any birds building nests or looking for food?
Any leaves starting to grow on bare trees?
Any new Spring Flowers?
The famous artist David Hockney, who is 83, was busy drawing some beautiful daffodils on his iPad last week. Here is his picture:
Here is another huge painting he once did of trees in the Spring. It is the size of a whole room. Do you like the colours?
Why not try looking for some signs of Spring through your window or on your daily walk. You could keep a notebook of them.
Lots of children have been drawing and painting beautiful rainbows and putting them in their windows. Perhaps you could also try painting some Spring flowers or trees to celebrate Spring. You could try using an iPad like Hockney if your family has one, or you could do it with pens, pencils, coloured paper or anything else you can think of. Let’s make a Spring Gallery. You can share your pictures on Busby Primary and ELCC Twitter.
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