Staff prepared a Spring craft activity which involved the children having the opportunity to cut out a picture of a watering can, drawing straight lines to create stalks on their plants and using chopped up straws to make flower shapes with paint.

“They are making the flowers”.  “Using paint to paint the flowers”.

“Look, it’s painted now”.   “I need a brush, I don’t want messy hands”.  “Painting the egg”.  “They are rolling it round and round”.

Children regularly have the opportunity to use wheeled vehicles outdoors.  Children take turns with their peers on a variety of vehicles which helps to develop their gross motor skills.

“Riding a bike outside”.

Staff created a cosy reading area in the indoor outdoor room for all the children.  We added a variety of books and children were keen to use books in a different environment.  Children joined staff in singing songs such as ‘the wheels on the bus’ as staff read stories to them.  The children used their language and social skills whilst they listened as staff read stories and joined in by sharing their thoughts throughout the stories.

“Reading a story together”.

“The library, to read and sit down”.  “They have somewhere to sit, even for a small person”.