Oakburn Early years centre

This week in the construction Area we have been focusing on Architecture and famous landmarks. I created the architecture wall and asked the children which buildings they wanted to recreate first. They chose the atomium and the Eiffel Tower. We spoke about all the different buildings and whereabouts In the world they were situated. I also asked if any of them could name the buildings and some of the children successfully named them. The used different materials to build and recreate the buildings for example, playdough & wood sticks and a variety of 2d and 3D building blocks.

This week in the construction Area we have been focusing on Architecture and famous landmarks. I created the architecture wall and asked the children which buildings they wanted to recreate first. They chose the atomium and the Eiffel Tower. We spoke about all the different buildings and whereabouts In the world they were situated. I also asked if any of them could name the buildings and some of the children successfully named them. The used different materials to build and recreate the buildings for example, playdough & wood sticks and a variety of 2d and 3D building blocks.

This week in the expressive area we have been developing our fine motor and mark making skills using different materials to write on and different tools to write with.

We froze paint and used the frozen paint cubes to make marks on paper. The children were interested in mixing the colours together to make new colours and watching the ice melt around the paper, turning back into coloured water.

We then thought about what other materials we could write on. We wrapped clingfilm around the table legs and coloured it in using paint. We painted our hands and printed them on the clingfilm. “It’s so stretchy”

We used cotton buds to draw patterns on the tinfoil “it’s so shiny” “it’s like the sea”

We also painted bubble wrap and printed it on to paper to see the patterns it makes.

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 they’re recipes.  We made scones and the start of the week then blinis at the end…….the children enjoyed eating both!

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. 💷💰

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.💷💰

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

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 ‘Gruffalo crumble’. 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

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 “symmetrical” 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.

This week in the music area 🎼🎶🎵we have been practicing the nursery rhyme 5 Currant Buns 🥮In a bakers 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 shop. The boys and girls enjoyed singing and practicing . We also decide to make  our very own Currant buns and decorated 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨 them beautifully, well done boys and girls.

We were also exploring shapes 🔵🔶🟪talking about the colour and sizes of the different shapes  , the boys and girls made and copied some patterns that were created on the easel.