This week we are going to be finishing off some of the things we didn’t get completed last week, like working in small groups to create some nonsense endings to nursery rhymes just for fun, also working on the children’s learning journeys and target books, and continuing with some ideas we have newly introduced to the nursery. If you hear the children mention “Brain gym” and “Playdough Disco, ” we are introducing some whole body and hand exercises to wake up their brains and their fingers ready for tackling the day ahead . . . and they love it. Here are some photos of the children taking part in these activities, we will post more as they get more  confident in the activities and what is being asked of them.

Dough Disco involves using playdough to exercise the muscles in your hands and  fingers . . . to very up beat music!

One of the exercises involved in our brain gym . . standing back to back and passing a ball to your partner . . crossing the midline of your body to wake up both sides of your brain . .harder than it looks and sounds!

We are also following a range of interests initiated by the children and the books showing these can be seen in the nursery. We are currently working on “Babies”, “Fixing Things”, “Planting seeds” and “Playdough Kitchen”. We are interested to see how these ideas develop.