Courtyard – Block play
I’ll HUFF and I’ll PUFF and I’ll blow your house down! Taking our interest in building houses further, this week the children have introduced the familiar story of the three little pigs! Using pipe cleaners for straw, real sticks from our garden for sticks and construction blocks for bricks, the children amazingly replicated the story and discussed all the different strengths of each house and if they thought the big bad wolf could blow their house down! 🐺 Problem solving was a key skill on display in this activity but it was not a problem for the builders! Fantastic work little pigs 🐷 🐷 🐷
Expressive Area
FASHION WEEK 👕🪡👗👙
We used recycled fabrics and materials to create our own outfits. The children learned about the importance of recycling and how it benefits our planet we live on.
Courtyard – gross motor skills
This week in the courtyard the children have been making their own obstacle courses using the gross motor resources!👣 we have been practicing our coordination, balance and team working skills
Outdoors
This week our little gardeners have been clearing away some space in our allotment to prepare for some more plants to be planted! We are focusing on herbs just now and have decided to plant some lovely oregano! We have been discussing how our body feels after some digging and how the soil feels and sounds as we dig it up! Fantastic works diggers! Our garden is looking amazing thanks to you!
STEM area
This week in the STEM area we have been exploring forces through the pull of magnets. The children have been making magnetic mazes, hovering butterflies with paper clips and taking part in our discovery tray magnet hunt.
Acorn room
The acorns have been feeling the love this week to celebrate upcoming Valentine’s Day with some sensory experiences
Home room – Snack
This week we have been exploring bananas by making different snacks. We used yoghurts and raisin to creat banana ice lollies. We also created delicious banana muffins.
They demonstrated fantastic fine motor skills by cutting and mashing the bananas.
The children demonstrated great writing skills by creating their own banana muffin recipes. We have created our own recipe bags to send Home
Home room – Fine motor area
Some of the children said they liked learning about numbers. During this activity they were able to put the numbered cards into the correct order once they had done this they could use the coloured blocks to count out the correct number of blocks. This was developing their number recognition skills, their counting skills and their fine motor skills.
