Early Years Blog Lunnasting

What a glorious couple of days we have had outside in the sun.   The children  have spent the majority of their days soaking up all the sun.   A lot of the indoor resources were taken out to be enjoyed in a different environment.   There was some fantastic imaginative play going on with the small world… Continue reading Friday 3rd April 2024

What a lovely day it has been today.  The children have certainly made the most of the sun today and we have spent most of the day playing outside.  There has been lots of water play with filling up jugs and pouring the water down through the different sized pipes.   SSE have very kindly replaced… Continue reading Friday 26th April

On Monday we had a visit from the Police, who came along to talk to the children about what they do to help keep us all safe.  The children enjoyed getting a chance to try on the Police hat.   There has been lots of interest in the transparent blocks this week.  The children wanted… Continue reading Thursday 28th March

The children have been showing lots of interest in board games and puzzles this week.  Board games are great at helping develop turn-taking, listening, problem solving and number recognition skills.   The children are always keen to get involved in helping at snack time, setting out the table and putting away the dishes.  We always… Continue reading Friday 22nd March 2024

There has been lots of mark making both inside and outside the nursery this week.  It has been lovely seeing all their creations and hearing about the pictures they have been making.  Mark making is a great way to help develop our fine and gross motor skills and control over our bodies.   It is also… Continue reading Friday 1st March 2024

The children requested to make playdoh and ‘hulk’ slime this week.  Lots of glitter and turmeric were used in the playdough to give it a lovely golden colour.  The children were all very keen to get involved in the measuring and mixing of the dough.  The ‘Hulk’ slime came out very sticky.  It was a… Continue reading Friday 16 February

This week we have moved on to the sense of ‘smell’.   The children have been making scented cloud dough, spice painting and painting with herbal teas.  There has been lots of discussion around favourite smells and trying to work out what things were by guessing the smell.   Inside the children have enjoyed pattern making… Continue reading Friday 9th February

This week we have moved on to talk about our next sense “sight”.   The children have been joining in with lots of discussion about our eyes and how important they are.  There has been lots of activities around using our eyes to help us see.  We have been talking about the colours we can see… Continue reading Friday 2 February 2024

This term the children are learning about the 5 senses and this week they have been focusing on touch.  There has been lots of discussion about how things feel and the children have been using some great descriptive words “slippery, spiky, smooth, gooey, wet”.  They have been making some slime, textured pictures and some experiments… Continue reading Friday 26 January 2024

This week we started the topic of “My 5 Senses”, we will look at a different sense each week – this week is Touch! You can ask your child at home to describe how different things feel. Next week we will be looking at Sight.