Today we have had a French themed fun day!
We started with French breakfast.
We made the Eiffel Tower with spaghetti and marshmallows.
We made Cockerels. The cockerel the national animal of France. 🇫🇷
We learned a French song.
We had a competition to see which tower would stand up the longest.
We learned some French playground games.
We have all had great fun working in our groups.
Happy holidays. See you all from the 25th of October onwards!
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?
Look at what we did today:
We took pictures of each other taking pictures!
We built a jumping place.
We took turns at jumping over it.
“Look how peerie da water beads are noo!”
We painted some Autumn trees
We found a big puddle. We jumped in it.
It was even big enough for the duck to swim in.
“Can we dress up?”
We played hunt the duck.
We are learning to care for our teeth.
We listened to the duck song and the wonky donkey song in the iPad. We thought they were very funny songs!
Please can you ensure all snack money for the term is paid by the end of this week. Thank you.
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.
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.
We’ve had a bit of a musical theme going on today.
We learned about symmetry today when we painted butterflies for our Elmer wall display.
We painted some small butterflies and some very large butterflies!
Oliver made some vegetable soup in the playhouse outside.
“What can I cook now?”
“I want tae mak more butterflies.”
“Can I have some water to make a cup of tea?”
One of the large butterflies. We think it looks amazing.
Mrs Odie brought in her ice cream making machine. We all helped to make chocolate ice cream.
We mixed in coconut milk, honey, vanilla and cocoa powder.
“Can I look at the machine? Waw!”
Now time to taste the ice cream with some fruit at snack time. Delicious!
Look at how many butterflies we have made!
We read a funny story about pants!
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.
What a busy day! We had the Playvan here this morning and the under fives group came to play too. We also had visits from Primaries 1-3.
Video:
Before the playvan we had a play in nursery. We’re still building towers -and enjoying knocking them down again.
We are enjoying trying out the dressing up clothes.
Trying out the nursery resources while looking forward to starting soon.
Sean had loads of stuff in the van and set it up for us.
Cars and farm …
playdough … we made pizzas, pancakes and people, a really ‘p’ activity!
Soft play …
“These are rusty rivets.”
Turning a piece of equipment into stairs.
Learning what size arch the car will fit under …
Snack and a story in the nursery.
Back for more fun, lots of parental involvement.
Magnets are great fun, whatever your age!
Peerie ones  enjoyed playing together.
Great interaction, sharing, imaginative play and FUN!
Who needs dolls?
Not sure that car will be safe in the volcano ….
Parent comments:
“Thanks for having wis, we really look forward to our days with you.”
“It’s been super!”
“I’ve missed you!” (Parent of a P1 with no one currently at nursery)
More clatch today!
We made moon sand with 4 cups of sand, 2 cups of cornflour, some water and lots of gold glitter.
We dressed up and played at being firefighters after the toy dragon set the pirate ship alight. Joey discovered the fire extinguisher could be filled with water and everyone had a good time squirting it. We set the timer on the iPad to help us take turns.
 
Some of the other dressing up clothes were used today too.
We are still enjoying working together to make tall towers.
We looked at the colours and number patterns on the dominoes.
Ball balancing!
Joy was back for some more African drumming.
Video of our drumming:
We danced like different African animals.
“I’m painting a picture for Mam.”
We added water to the sandpit to make a “muddy puddle” for the truck to go in.
We chose whether to do show and tell or go up to the garden today.
Monkeys in a tree (complete with sound effects).
Turn taking at being the ice cream seller. Lots of flavours, including melon and chocolate chip!
REMINDER – The play van is here from 10-12 tomorrow, all under fives welcome.
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