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Our music lesson this week revisited what we had covered the previous week starting with moving our bodies to the piano music, stretching, one potato two potato, Dinosaur Roar, the banana song, heads shoulders knees and toes and finishing with zen relaxation.

Our outdoor room is a popular area with the bairns.  This week they have used their gross motor skills for climbing and jumping, explored the sand pit by turning it into a volcano, city and race track and built structures with the blocks including a ferry and a house site.  We’ve also had a few renditions of the Up Helly Aa song complete with Vikings and their torches marching around a galley.

How much fun can you have with a plastic bag and a piece of string on a windy day?!  The bairns used the bag and string to test the direction of the wind, noticing its strength and varying speed during gusts.  The bairns wondered if the wind was strong enough to lift something.  They chose to test their theory with tractors and tied these to the back.  There was much surprise when the tractors took flight over the garden.  We discussed the environmental impact of plastic and how we shouldn’t let go of our plastic bags in case a bird became tangled.  The bairns made up their own game called Don’t Get Caught By The Bag which involved them running all over the garden to escape the bag.

Here is a selection of the remaining learning and development from this week.  There has been lots of co-operative game play, creative building and helping our friends with the nursery routines.

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We had another energetic music session this week, starting with musical hoops.  The bairns moved around the hall using their bodies to match the tempo of the piano music and then when the music stopped they had to find a hoop to stand inside or they were out.  We stretched our bodies up the ceiling and down to the floor.  We practiced our gardening with a song about growing potatoes.  Then it was time to up the volume for the dinosaur roar song.  We also stomped around the hall with big movements just like gigantic dinosaurs.  Mrs Garrick had a new song for us with actions.  One person sat at the front with the left leg stretched out and then moved it according to the words of the song – up and down, side to side and round about.  The bairns also had fun trying to touch their knee to their nose.  When we heard the sound of the relaxation bowl we quietly made our way to the door to line up and head back to nursery.

Early in the week the bairns were speaking about pancake day so we checked what ingredients we would need so we were ready to bake on Tuesday.  The bairns measured out the ingredients and mixed up the batter.  After the first pancake was ready, the bairns took turns flipping the pancake in the air.  There was a lot of laughter when the pancake landed anywhere other then the pan!

We were delighted to welcome back Claire from Bookbug.  We sang our hello song and then gathered for an action song with jelly on a plate, sizzling sausages in a pan and twisting noodles with a fork.  The bairns listened to a story called My Mum has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister about a boy called Milo who tests out his theory that his mum has x-ray vision because she always knows what he is doing, especially when he is bouncing on the bed, using mum’s saucepans to make potions or fighting dragons in the bath.  The bairns were excited to see that Claire had brought her pea pod blanket.  We stretched and stretched until the peas popped when we let go of the material.  The bairns huddled under the blanket for Grand Old Duke of York and then we finished by singing the Goodbye song.

We extend the bairns’ development by incorporating numeracy into everyday play.  This week the bairns used the number line to see how far they could jump, shouting out the number when they landed.  Then they switched to see how high they could jump and if they could reach their chosen number.

We attended a school assembly that was run by the Primary 1-2 class.  The bairns learned facts about animals and their senses.

Here is a selection of the rest of the learning and development from this week.  The bairns have been getting creative at the message centre, building dens, exploring the loose parts resources outside and making snakes from the magnet sticks.

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We started our music session this week by humming quietly and then loudly.  We moved our bodies in different ways to the music, matching the tempo.  The bairns ran, walked, tip-toed, hopped and  jumped.  We used our hands and voices together for the 1 potato, 2 potato song.  We made a large circle and sang the postie song with the bairns delivering letters to their friends, in a variation of Duck Duck Goose.  Moving back to the mat, we spoke about what we knew about dinosaurs.  The bairns roared and stomped their feet along with a new dinosaur song.  We ended the session with yoga relaxation.

The bairns have made good use of the varied weather this week.  We had a fire pit session and talked about the elements.  The bairns have loved playing in the snow and ice.  “This is the best day ever!”

The bairns have explored the loose parts resources in the outdoor room, inventing their own games, measuring, pouring and investigating the properties of snow and ice in the water trays.  Den building is always a favourite activity.

Here is a selection of the remainder of our learning from the week.  We have found out about pineapples, played musical instruments and made banana pancakes.