The children have been making lots of new discoveries within the Rainbow Room, creating gloop and bubbles in the water, discovering sounds from the instruments, deciding and making snack from using the toaster to boiling up some pasta.
The morning children have had great fun recreating the story of “the pig in the pond” after helping to create our very own Nelligan’s Farm, which also links with our new rhyme “old Mcdonald had a farm”
The morning children attended Shotts Nature Park with their mum, where they put their curiosity skills into action by creating a forest friend using clay.
Water whether that be made from a puddle or by a running steam provides endless possibilities. The children were fascinated by the ripples made by the stones as they threw them into the pond and developed their early writing skills as they used mud and a sticks to create their marks on the ground.
In the afternoon the children explored the park independently as developed their awareness of risk as they swung and climbed the trees, built dens and played hide and seek.
Family learning sessions will continue alternate Wednesday’s for each session……Wednesday 19th July at 1 pm will be the afternoon families. Please note that this is only for children who are currently registered to attend.
The children have been very busy this week with Shirls collecting lots of foliage for the large Guardian of the Forest. They were introduced to a special cutting tool called loppers which we safely used to cut some of the larger pieces. Shirls encouraged the children to use their creativity skills to decide which pieces they would use for the eyebrows, beard and hair. At the end of the session, Susan built a small fire to keep the children warm up then they used it to brown their bread to make toast.
We are looking forward to the big reveal with our families on Thursday 1st December.
Today the children used their imaginations to begin to create their guardian of the forest mask, working alongside their high school buddies they gathered natural resources from the forest to create a giant head on the forest floor.
We finished off the session using the kelly kettle to make some delicious hot chocolate – making some for our buddies too.
It was lovely to have a little visit from the local police officers Michael and James who popped down to see what we were doing and say hello. Kindly we shared our snack with Michael and invited him to visit the nursery after the October break.
The Children in the Rainbow Room have been exploring the wonders of the world, looking up at the sky watching the clouds float by, seeking out spiders in their webs, they have been enjoying collecting stones and leaves and building with the natural resources that are in the outdoor environment.
They children have been exploring lots of sensory experiences where they have been observant and curious of the different textures that have been on offer.
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