Month: February 2024

Snack Area

To celebrate Chinese new year, we used our cooking skills to make rice paper rolls.  We searched the fridge for healthy ingredients and together we decided to use “carrots” and “peppers”. 🥕🍥We also added some spring onions,which was a new ingredient for us to use.  We used our chopping skills to chop all the ingredients then safely cooked them in a frying pan to make them soft and mix all the flavours together.  We really enjoyed trying out the rice paper as it was “sticky” 😂 We had to follow the steps carefully, firstly dipping the rice paper in warm water then added our vegetables. Finally we rolled the rice paper over the vegetables to create the roll effect.  Looked at our amazing cooking skills,  we have the best chefs at Oakburn.👩‍🍳

Small World Area

In the small world area the children have been reading “One Button Benny “ who is a robot with one button , this button is only to be pushed in an emergency . We have been using different resources all week to create our own robots . We have used junk modelling, some different shaped paper and also playdough. We have had some amazing robots in nursery this week!

This has been developing our fine motor skills, our creativity, language and shape recognition.

Home Corner

This week in the home corner the children have enjoyed chopping a variety of vegetables. Children were using their fine motor skills to hold the vegetables still whilst using a knife to cut. This increase’s their independence skills. They are also learning how to keep themselves safe when preparing food. The children then used their imagination to make some delicious recipes. Keep up the great work !

Art Area

This week in the art area we have been practicing our cutting skills and making heart bunting in time for Valentine’s Day ❤️ the children have been talking about who and what they love and what makes them feel loved 🥰

STEM

This week in the Stem area the children have been exploring robots. The children have been looking at the story book ‘ One button Benny’ to explore the different robots. Using loose parts the children created their own robot. The children then used their problem solving skills to program the beebots to move in different directions.

Gross Motor Area

In the gross motor area we have been building obstacle courses. We have been using lots of different things such as the balancing beams, the pogo stick and the blocks. The children took turns each to go round the course, doing all different movements. This has been a fun way for the children to build their balance and coordination as well as their confidence. ❤️

 

Malleable Area

In the malleable area we explored numbers for number day. The children were asked to slide the pasta down the spaghetti depending on the number they chose. The children learned about counting forward in a sequence up to 10.

Art Area

This week in the art area we have been creating fairy gardens using transient art. The children have been using their imagination with the help of a you choose story based around fairytales 🧚

Home Corner

Today the children have been practising their numeracy and language skills. The children had fun saying the ‘One potato, two potato’ rhyme and counting the potatoes and matching to the corresponding number. The children were able to show the numbers in different ways. Well done children keep counting.

Snack Area

This week we have been trying out some new fruits.  We had mango, star fruit and pawpaw.  The children explored the different colours, shapes, smell and texture of the fruits using their senses.  We searched up where the fruits came from and how they are grown.  Some of the children’s responses were, “looks like a star fish, under the sea” “ it’s a star shape” “looks like a melon” “ tastes like a grape” “feels squishy”.   The children enjoyed some of the fruit mixed in with smoothies.

Story Corner

This week was numeracy week. In the story corner we focused on the author Mike Brownlow & Simon Rickerty books “ten little superheroes, ten little princess”. I set up an experience which encouraged children to count forward in a sequence 1-10 and identify numbers 1-10. The children were creating their own characters. Each of the children chose a number for their superhero, came up with a name for the character and a superpower.  Each of the children drew their own superheroes or princesses

STEM area

In the stem area we have been exploring our senses. This week we have been exploring our sense of taste and smell. The children tried a variety of different foods.