Monday’s Suggested Storybook and Activity Idea – The Smartest Giant in Town – Promote Kindness
Friday’s Suggested Activity – PE With Joe – Caring for Our Physical Wellbeing
Friday’s Storybook Session – Dear Zoo – Caring for Animals.
Hello Everyone,
Here is the story Dear Zoo being Read by Sharon.
Dear Zoo story is about a letter to the zoo from a child who wants a pet. They send various different animals, all of which prove unsuitable for one reason or another the elephant is too big, the lion too fierce, the giraffe too tall, the monkey too naughty. Finally, the zoo send a puppy: “He was perfect! I kept him.”
Each flap, in the shape of a crate, or a basket, or a box with breathing holes, conceals one of the animals and a little part of the animal is visible before the flap is lifted to encouraging guessing.
At the end of the story Sharon’s Herman Tortoise Shelley comes to say hello to all of our boys and girls at Woodhill ELC. Sharon begins to tell you all about how to care for her tortoise.
Here is a link to Cbeebies facts about animals, some of these may be familiar through watching the Cbeebies channel at home.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/all-creatures-great-and-small
Thursday’s Activity Idea – Cosmic Yoga – Mindfulness
Thursday’s Storybook and Activity Idea – Silly Billy – Reducing Worries and Anxieties
Wednesday’s Storybook – The Lion Who Wanted To Love – Kindness
Wednesday’s Hello Song Sang By Amy – To Promote A Sense of Belonging.
Hello Everyone,
Here is a video of Amy singing the Hello Song by Mr Tumble. The welcome song has been introduced recently within the playrooms for all children to engage in. It provides all children with a sense of belonging and feeling of being included as they are welcomed into the nursery and invited to play. The song should be familiar to most children as Mr Tumble sings it daily on Cbeebies.
Amy is encouraging all children to sing and sign the words to the song! Please see the attached lyrics and signs to support your child learning at home. At Woodhill ELC the children and staff sing nursery rhymes and songs everyday, there are endless benefits.
Do you know why singing nursery rhymes and songs are important;
- Children learn new words
- Develop their non-verbal communications skills
- Learn early maths skills
- Children understand how words are formed
- Enables children to copy actions
- It enhances children language communication and literacy skills
- Helps develop children’s social skills
- Children learn about different beats and rhythms
- Provides the opportunity for children to value language and become confident learners.
- Creates a close relationship between adult and child
It is important that adults are confident when singing nursery rhymes and songs, if adults are having fun children are more likely to engage in song times.
Adult’s role in singing nursery rhymes and songs;
- Be confident
- Sing songs slowly and clearly
- Use props to support the songs for e.g. puppets
- Involve children in choosing the rhyme
- Use actions, pictures or signs as a visual
Singing nursery rhymes doesn’t just have to be during song time why not share a song or two during nappy time or when children are sitting down for lunch. Theses times are ideal in providing children with opportunities to develop their communication and language skills in a natural way.
Tuesday’s Suggested Activity – Using Everyday Items – Promoting Creativity and Risk Management
Hello Everyone,
Here are some of today’s suggested activities. These activities are very easy to do at home with everyday items you will have. The activities encompass a range of skills without having a particular end product or goal.
A huge part of a child’s development is learning through play. Helping children’s development does not require playing with expensive or complex toys. Everyday objects can be used to entertain children and build their motor, sensory and communication skills. Using items with a variety of everyday items is enough! Simply look around the house to begin exploring and learning together and learning skills for life.
Did you know …
There is a wide range of household items that can encourage children’s cognitive development. First of all, these utilise their creativity and imagination in the best possible way. Games that include these items are open-ended, and they develop children’s holistic development through the art of playing. Of course, parents should be very careful when choosing which of these items are appropriate. Always keep a close eye on children when playing with smaller items and use your own judgement as to what is safe and appropriate for your own children. Encourage older children to manage their own risks by discussing what is safe and how to keep safe.
Tuesday’s Storybook – The Gruffalo, Re-imaged – Emotional Understanding
Hello Everyone,
Today’s suggested Storybook is the Gruffalo – Reimaged.
The story has been created to support children’s understanding of the current situation with Coronavirus restrictions in place. As we know it’s difficult enough for adults to understand and deal with all that is going on, never mind our children. Suddenly they aren’t going to nursery, trips outside are limited to once a day and it can be very scary. To help, The Gruffalo author Juila Donaldson and illustrator Alex Scheffler have reimagined some of their most famous characters with messages about what is currently going on. Pictures include The Gruffalo social distancing, Charlie Cook staying at home, The Smartest Giant in Town washing his hands and the grandparents from The Smeds and the Smoos keeping in touch on the phone. This Storybook should provide the opportunity for you to naturally have discussions with your child regarding their feelings and emotions. Last week we suggested discussing feelings and emotions through stories and texts to promote communication and emotional understanding, we would encourage this to be a regular discussion. The easiest way to enhance children’s knowledge and understanding of feelings and emotions and how to cope with these is through repetition and regular discussions.
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Did you know reading to your child promotes curiosity, imagination and aids their communication skills ..Â
Reading to a child can increase their willingness to express themselves and communicate their thoughts and feelings. Ask them to talk to you about the story and characters in the story; to suggest the role each character has and to tell you why they think the character has behaved in a particular way.
When storytelling, you should actively encourage children to ask questions and to talk about how they feel.
Reading is a great way to broaden their vocabulary, as a child will pick up new words as they hear them. If they don’t understand a word, they will more than likely ask for an explanation, so always encourage this kind of questioning.
Storytelling also encourages children to be creative and use their imagination to picture the setting, the characters, and the story as it unfolds.
