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In the construction area this week children have been exploring new small world resources. Practitioners have introduced a small wooden pirate ship and Fireman Sam resources which are proving to be very popular.  Practitioners have been working closely with the children encouraging them to take care of the new toys and share them with their peers. Within the music area children are continuing to enjoy exploring a variety of musical instruments, such as symbols, drums and shakers which were kindly donated by the Music department of Braidhurst High School when the children paid them a visit this week.  The children have been using these instruments, cooperating and working as a team in creating a variety of sounds and music.

In the creative area children have been exploring a variety of sensory experiences such as,  flour, dry sand and water where they have been supported by practitioners to take turns and share resources. Children have been creating handprints with paint,  learning the importance of using ‘gentle hands’ when playing and sharing with friends. When dry they have been encouraged to cut out their handprints to represent leafs which will then be used to form part of our friendship tree.

Within the writing area and story corner the children have been exploring a variety of new vocabulary discussing what these words mean. There has been lots of conversations about caring, being kind and sharing. The children have had the opportunity to recreate these words using magnetic letters and writing them using a variety of media. In the story corner we have been looking at feelings books, exploring feelings, sharing our ideas on what makes us happy and what can make us feel sad.

As we learn about caring and sharing, children exploring the maths area have had lots of opportunities to play table top games giving them the chance to wait their turn and work cooperatively. Children have shown a particular interest in the counting caterpillar game and the pirate snap game. They have had lots of fun trying to be the ‘snap champion’.

Within the outdoor learning environment children have had the chance to participate in woodland walks. During these walks they have been working together to create their own “journey sticks”, together the children share a basket to collect their own natural materials that they want to attach to their journey stick. Children then use their journey stick to reflect on their nature walk. As the children learn about caring they have been encouraged to care for our nursery garden as they find and pick up litter and care for our beautiful flowers and plants.