This week in nursery we are continuing to look at counting and number. Lynn’s maths course last week highlighted the importance of helping children to understand exactly how many objects represent a number. Learning to count is a complex process – first we need to know the words, and learn the words for the sequence of numbers. Then we begin to understand that “one” means one item, “four” means four items etc. We are being encouraged to take our children back to the counting of objects stage to ensure that they understand the “fiveness of five” etc. This seemingly gives children a much firmer grasp of the real concept of number which stands them in very good stead for going on to addition and subtraction later on. If you would like to help practise this at home we would be very grateful – even for children who seem to have a good grasp of number, as physical counting is a different, and initially tricky, skill. If you can play games where they have to count out items to give you, that would be brilliant!
On Monday we have our SFA football coaching sessions and Judit is coming in to teach us some more Spanish. Fantástico! Lynn is going on an Outdoor Learning Training Course in the afternoon.
On Tuesday we are not going to the woods, but we are going to get the children who have been on our Forest Kindergarten sessions to talk to the rest of the group about what they have done and how they found it. We are making a wee presentation for the Forestry Commission on our Forest Kindergarten and are keen to get the childrens opinions and comments.
On Wednesday Valerie is on a Management course all day onWednesday.
On Thursday Lynn and Kate are going on end of the day training courses in Observing and Extending Children’s Learning and Providing Provocations to Play.
On Friday we have another exciting music session with Susan and Mr Snappy.
This weekend is our half term break – Nursery is closed for holidays on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th and also for a staff inservice day on Wednesday 14th- Valentines day!!! Happy holidays everyone!
