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All posts by Mrs Gregg-Masterton
Thursday 5th October 2017
What a windy day. There was lots of outside play today but not so many pictures. We spent a long time in Primary 1-3 while they were out on a trip.
Matching numbers, counting and drawing.
Sharing the pins and hammers.
“Snap, snap”
Using careful hand eye coordination.
We made a car wash for the trucks.
Playing with number mats and being pirates.
We listened to some new songs and joined in with old favourites. Here we are singing 5 little monkeys.
We listened to Oi frog and Megs Veg.
Making a fruit salad in Primary 1.
We found lots of letters and numbers in Primary 1-3.
We are great helpers.
We took turns to hold he puppets and sing some nursery rhymes.
Twinkle, twinkle is ones of our favourites. What is yours?
Wednesday 4th October 2017
Lots of visiting today.
Sharing the outdoor space with Primary 1-3.
“Snap!”
  
Mixing, chopping and stirring. Making ice cream.
Choosing flavours and flakes.
Sorting out the money for the parlour.
Washing our sand toys.
We had a trip to Primary 1-3 and they came to visit our room.
Number games on the big board.
We have borrowed the duplo from P 1-3.
Friday 29th September 2017
What a windy day!
Playing a game on th iPad. Choosing characters and dressing them up.
Some children from Primary 1 and 2 came to join us.
Parking the cars in the garage.
Helping us to learn to count.
Washing the dishes.
Making icecreams for everyone. Asking what they wanted and making it just right.
“How much does it cost?”
Even the crocodile wanted an ice cream.
We even managed to get outside for a run.
Some tap, tap, tapping with the little hammers.
Thursday 28th September 2017
We were only outside for a short while today, it was so windy!
Mr Potato Head getting a new face.
Choosing colours for some beautiful butterflies.
Making picture together.
Finding somewhere dry to chat.
“It feels tickly.” (The wind)
Making a cone for our icecreams.
Very careful colouring.
Getting a little help.
Taking turns with our toys.
“We’re going round and round.”
Some more colour choosing.
Making a road for the cars.
Washing the dishes.
Making some trees to go with the “treasure castle”.
Snack time and a story about pants!
Making sure all the cars have a space.
Making a line and counting all the people.
 
 
 
We went to the hall for some big movement. Running, jumping, catching, throwing, balancing and stepping.
Friday 22nd September 2017
An outside, inside, outside day!
The sand was still wet and sticky.
We found a wiggly worm and put it in the bug hotel.
Talking about what the vehicle is and where it is going.
Using something new to make pictures.
Discussing who lives in the castle.
Making a friend for Elmer.
An Elmer story at snack time.
Playing out instruments outside, even a little bit of marching too.
Sharing the lego and taking turns.
Measuring and filling.
Lots of running in the wind.
Playing number games with the parachute. How many times can we go around? Using a die to count how many balls to put on the chute and try to keep up.
Matching the pieces to make a man from the picture.
More building.
A pirate and a spiderman pirate shared the wheel.
Lots of hand eye coordination being used.
Pirate burgers!
“It’s pink juice.”
Weaving the strings.
Thursday 21st September 2017
Baking day.
Encouraging independence, posting our pictures to take home.
Sensory experiences in the kinetic sand.
Making dinosaur sounds.
Building a wall.
“We’re pirates.”
Getting rigged up for a rainy day.
We had Princesses and bandits.
Measuring carefully.
Taking turns with mixing.
“The yellow bits are making it quite sticky.”
Working together so everyone got a shot of the mobilo.
Adding some extra pieces to the helicopter.
Lots of measuring with different sized containers.
We take turns to be the helper. Counting how many bairns today, finding their placemat. Are there enough chairs, cups and plates?
Then we ask our friends to wash their hands and come for their snack.
We made pancakes today.
“I’m a pirate captain. We are going to Shetland pirate school.”
Our work experience helper playing a game of football with us.
The sand got drier and we scraped it up.
The sand outside was a bit wet.
Friday 15th September
A noisy, busy day today.
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“It’s a new Holland.”
We went to Edinburgh and Shetland.
“Yucky goo.”
We found 3 slugs and lots of slaters.
Discussing where the eye should go on Elmer. Up, up, up!
That’s  it!
A pet picnic.
We planted up our avocado.
Mixing, filling, pouring and banging.
Dressing up.
Stories and rhymes and puzzles.
Drawing and colouring.
Playing in the fire station.
Cleaning the tray after the aqua beads were emptied.
Very noisy learning. We noticed if we banged the table the rice moved. We moved it right into the middle of the table. Someone was watching closely, “it’s jumping.”
Lots of taking turns and sharing to finish off our morning.
Thursday 14th September
Another busy morning.
Coloured rice in the tuff spot was mixed, poured, transported and scooped.
Discussions about all the mini cars.
“Let’s do it together.”
Rice cakes with a cherry on top.
Matching and sorting and posting shapes.
We’re at McDonalds making milk shakes, fish and chips.
We looked at some rainbows and decided which colours we needed and which order too.
Making sure it’s right.
Getting ready for outside play in the rain.
Was there enough wind for the kite to fly?
We needed to mix up some of the colours we needed today.
After lots of running….it flew!
“Let’s bury it.”
Controlling the paint brush to make the shape.
“We made a game called jumping.”
Many rainbows.
“H for Honda.”
Today we had a tractor, ship, ambulance and fire engine.
Building a wall.
Taking turns and sharing.
Helping.
A little game of chasing.
We started a band.
The jcb and taxi.
The story today was about Elmer and we sang Tiny Tim and 5 little ducks.
Friday 8th September
Look at what we’ve been doing today.
Colouring characters.
Playing fireman. “I don’t want my photo taken unless it’s real fire.”
Balancing.
Fine motor play with tiny vehicles.
Sorting, matching and counting.
We found some water to splash in.
Using our fine motor skills to control paint droppers.
Going to school on the boat.
Setting the table for snack. Does everyone have a mat?
At Macdonalds in Edinburgh.
Finding out about dinosaurs.
PE in the hall.
Playing games, listening to and following instructions and taking turns.
We buddied up with the big boys and girls and had playtime with them.
