Baking Scones for baking week 02/08/21

This week has been baking week at nursery, the children have been talking about what they bake with mummy and daddy in the house and have been exploring different ingredients for theyโ€™re recipes.ย  We made scones and the start of the week then blinis at the end…….the children enjoyed eating both!

Expressive room 02/08/21

This week in the 3-5 room we were, working on letter matching, letter recognition and name recognition. The children were looking to find there own name and then finding the matching lollipop sticks with the letters on it to match the name tag.

After observing the children this week the children have been making each other snacks and drinks in the kitchen area, so we changed the kitchen area into Oakburn Cafe and they have been using the till, the children made their money to put in the till for the cafe. We have been recognising numbers on the money and learning to understand the value of money. ๐Ÿ’ท๐Ÿ’ฐ

Following on from the children making their own money, we then have been using hand-eye coordination and scissor skills to cut out the money so it can be put in the till. The children have been engrossed and have been imaginative playing in our cafe area.๐Ÿ’ท๐Ÿ’ฐ

Water play Wk beginning 02/08/21

This week in the water tray the children have been colour mixing.ย  They have been creating lots of different colours.ย  The have also done lots of pouring and filling while measuring how much of each colour they have used to make the colours.

The studio Wk beginning 02/08/21

Expressive area

This week in the expressive area we have been creating our own houses. We discussed the colour of our houses and what materials they are made from. We discussed how many windows and doors we had and used different shapes to stick these on our house.

We discussed the different types of houses people live in and searched online to see pictures of these. (Flats, houses, caravans, castles).

We then discussed who lives in our house and drew pictures of our family, some of the children wanted to to write the names of their family members along side their picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acorn Room 06/08/21

Blog 6th aug

This week our little acorns have been very busy!

Some of the children spoke about ice cream and their favourite flavours, we made our own with cotton wool and coloured rice for sprinkles. Using the scoops to share it out between our friends.

As our summer theme for this week was Baking the children made some โ€˜Gruffalo crumbleโ€™. The children also enjoyed reading the Gruffalo story and using our story spoons.

The children enjoyed developing their motor skills using tweezer to find the hidden letters hiding in the shredded paper.

We hope you have a lovely weekend x

Caterpillars to butterfly. 02/08/21

This week we finally released out butterflies. The children learned about their life cycle and were prepared for letting them go to find some friends.

one of the butterflies remained in our garden for a little while, this allowed us the opportunity to investigate the beautiful colours and patterns on their โ€œsymmetricalโ€ wings. This led us on to creating more symmetrical images, we found items in our environment that have patterns on then but are also symmetrical. We also applied our skills through loose parts play, creating visual art that was symmetrical.

Exploring music Wk beginning 02/08/21

This week in the music area ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽตwe have been practicing the nursery rhyme 5 Currant Buns ๐ŸฅฎIn a bakers ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ shop. The boys and girls enjoyed singing and practicing . We also decide to makeย  our very own Currant buns and decorated ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ them beautifully, well done boys and girls.

We were also exploring shapes ๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ถ๐ŸŸชtalking about the colour and sizes of the different shapesย  , the boys and girls made and copied some patterns that were created on the easel.

The courtyard, bake off week๐Ÿง Wk beginning 02/08/21

Courtyard Kitchen Area๐Ÿ˜

Weโ€™ve been using our imaginations to create our own cakes using a variety of different and interesting foods! The children suggested carrots, cucumber, pasta and noodles! What a tasty combination!๐Ÿฅ’๐Ÿฅ•We mixed, stirred, poured and used our senses to touch and smell.๐Ÿ‘ƒ

Shirleyanne brought in some cookery and baking books from home and we used these to help us think about what else we could add to our cake creations…๐Ÿ˜We realised that books can help us find out lots of information.๐Ÿคฉ

Flour, pine cones and play dough were some excellent ideas!

We extended our learning by deciding to make recipe books using mini notes books and felt tip pens.๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ˜‹

We thought about what makes up a recipe and found a lemon cake recipe that used lemons and caster sugar!๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‹The children used their note books to mark make and write their own recipes.๐Ÿ“š

We then turned our attention to the kitchen itself and thought it would be useful to make some signs for all the appliances. We made signs for the cooker, pots, pans and the sink. Super fine motor skills on show!

On Thursday we added herbal tea bags to our kitchen. These proved to be very popular! The children used scissors to cut the tea bags and pour the leaves out. They mixed the leaves with pasta to create a pasta cake!Genius!๐Ÿคฉ

Friday was especially creative with some super cake concoctions, using cotton wool, yellow play dough and glitter!๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ™ŒWhat a wonderful week of exploration, discovery, creativity and PLAY!โค๏ธ

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