Planting at home!

Hi everyone, we are missing seeing you all and hope that you are getting on well at home!

The weather has been fantastic hasn’t it?

Our nursery plants are growing so big and tall at home with Stephanie. Hopefully by the time we are back at nursery there will be some yummy home grown vegetables to eat.

The seeds that were planted needed to live by a window so the heat came through to help them grow.  However, because we planted so many amazing seeds I had no room for them on my windowsill so I bought a special greenhouse to help the plants grow.

Our Peppers and Avocado have grown so much!

You can even see the radish growing and our cucumbers now have lots of leaves!

When I was at the shops, I noticed that there were lots of seeds and decided to buy some more and plant them for nursery! I thought I’d share this process with you guys, so that you could plant and grow your own food at home!

As most of you know, you need to start off by putting some soil into a plant pot.  Then add your seeds, then cover them up with some more soil on top! Remember to write on your pot what you have planted.

Once you have planted your seeds, make sure to water them and leave them in a sunny, warm place for them to grow. Remember to water them every few days.

Don’t worry if you don’t have any plant pots in your house, You can recycle some of your rubbish and use them as planters – Here’s some ideas!

I used an empty orange juice carton, an empty milk carton, an egg case and the bottom of a plastic bottle!

Remember you don’t always need seeds to grow your own food.  You can use food to grow more food! HOW AMAZING!

Here’s some links to videos as an example of using food to regrow more food.

Be sure to leave us a comment and let us know if you planted your own seeds or used some of the hacks in these videos!

 

National Smile Month 18th May-18th June 20 :)

As part of National Smile Month, this week we are promoting good tooth brushing technique and good oral health habits.

Another successful National Smile Month | AP Smilecare

Below are some activities you could do as a family at home:

  • Make up and complete a tooth brushing diary, draw pictures of your lovely sparkly teeth or dazzling smile 🙂 to decorate, if you have stickers to hand you could maybe add a sticker to your chart each time you brush.
  • Use the 2 minute tooth brushing song to help ensure you are brushing your teeth for the right amount of time. Some links below for you and your family to enjoy and learn the songs –

https://youtu.be/3N8YZU7-bRA

https://youtu.be/QURu68na4Qw

  • You could make a poster to share what you know about good tooth brushing.

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Please share your work with us in the comments.

You can also share on social media using the following –

#SmileMonth

@Childsmile

@NHSGGC

 

Here are a few more web links that you may like:

·       http://www.child-smile.org.uk/parents-and-carers/index.aspx

https://youtu.be/QURu68na4Qw

http://www.child-smile.org.uk/parents-and-carers/toothbrushing/index.aspx

 

Hello from the ladies in the Outdoor Area

Hello everyone and hello June!

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We hope that you are enjoying the lovely sunshine, keeping safe and having fun 🙂

This week Kirsten, Alison and Stephanie from the Outdoor Area have been working hard together to share some activities you can enjoy outside, we hope you have lots of fun.

We are missing you so much and love seeing and hearing what you have been getting up to so please share how you have been passing the time in the comments.

Take care and stay safe.

 

Williamsburgh Pebble Pals & Muddy Artists…

Williamsburgh Pebble Pals

We’re very proud of you staying at home over the last few weeks, especially when it’s been hard being away from friends at nursery.  We’ve been missing seeing your friendly faces too.

So, we thought it would be nice to make some pebble art together, to remind us our friends are still around, even if we are not seeing them.

Here’s what to do!

1. Find a pebble whilst you’re out on a walk – it can be any size or shape you like.

 

 

2. Decorate the pebble ANY way you like.  Use whatever you have; sharpie pens and paint work well, but even nail varnish works (ask an adult to help with this). Be as creative as you like!

 

 

  1. Add your name on the bottom of the pebble.

 

 

 

4. Take it to the nursery gate and add it to the line of pebbles that have been started by the staff.

(of course continuing with social distancing restrictions and hygiene guidelines)

 

  1. Enjoy looking at all the pebbles left by your friends – hopefully more will be added as the days go by!  Why not come past on a trip to Tesco or on a daily walk to see if more have been added… Let us know how you’ve got on by leaving a comment here too!

 

 

Muddy Painting!

Are you missing the new mud kitchen at nursery?  Why not try some muddy art at home?

A note for adults:  we know it can be messy, but scientific research says playing in mud helps your child’s immune system and increases endorphins and helps them relax.   Yes… it’s good for your child’s health to play with mud! This will also help them experiment with mark making, early writing skills too…

You will need:

  • Mud
  • Water
  • Paint or Food colouring (optional)
  • Washing Up Liquid (helps the mud to spread and remove any colour stains)
  • Paint brushes, sticks or lollypop sticks (anything you can ‘paint’ with!)
  • Plastic pots
  • Cardboard or paper
  1. Collect some mud into plastic containers (yoghurt pots work well)
  2. Add some paint or food colouring if you like
  3. Add a squeeze of washing up liquid
  4. Mix it up with water to whatever texture you like
  5. Paint away – experiment with all different textures and patterns

Let us know how you get on!

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