What Is ‘What’s In The Box?’

‘What’s In The Box?’ aims to help children learn new vocabulary and to ‘store’ it, so that they can use it. The children are encouraged to learn new words by naming, describing, actioning and sequencing the objects that they choose from the box.

Naming – what are the parts of the object called?

Describing – how does it look, feel? What colour is it? Is it wet/dry?

Actioning – what does it do? Cook, roll, climb, fold, etc

Sequencing – can you tell a story with it? “

At home, parents/carers can encourage children by naming and describing objects, toys, places and pets. You can also encourage children to describe what they see, hear, taste and feel.

When playing, you can use action words to talk about what the toy or child is doing – climbing, running, drawing, swimming, etc.

Use ‘first … and then … “ to encourage your child to talk about what you are doing.

Eg “oh look! First mummy bathed the baby and then she ?…. “ letting the child finish the sentence is a good way of getting your child to join in and become more confident when using new words.

 

THIS WEEK’S BOX

THEME                      time and the sequence of the day

CONTENTS              a clock, Weetabix, Nursery Jumper, pyjamas

AIM                             to introduce the children to the language of time and link daily routines to time sequences

EXAMPLES OF NAMING WORDS

clock face                 minute hand              second hand

numbers                   buttons                       collar

sleeve                        cuffs                            packet

cereal                       wheat                           hour mark

 

EXAMPLES OF DESCRIBING WORDS

hard                         soft                          cosy

crunchy                  fleecy                       warm

dry                           yellow                      red

checked                   round                      circular

 

EXAMPLES OF ACTIONING WORDS

ticking                      moving                      pull (over your head)

button                      tocking                     eating

pouring (milk)            scooping(onto spoon)  dressing

 

EXAMPLES OF SEQUENCING

First we eat breakfast, then we get dressed and go to nursery.

Finally, we come home, put on our pyjamas and go to sleep.

 

WHAT THE CHILDREN SAID

‘Is the red the hour hand?’

‘You have to put milk in, then you crunch it, then you eat it.’

‘These are the hands of the clock.’

‘I eat them when it’s morning time.’

‘It’s 10 past 2.’

‘It wakes you up in the morning.’

‘Got loads of buttons.’

‘The sun goes down at night.’

‘That tells us the minutes.’

Please take a look at the Care Inspectorate Document ‘My World Outdoors’. Through our ‘Mucky Monday Woodlands Walks we aim to  raise awareness and promote the ideology embedded within the document. We have a fantastic resources right on our doorstep – ‘Beechbrae’  and ‘Blowhorn Moss. Each week the children continue to build their confidence, in challenge and risky play, investigate and explore a little bit further and learn lots of new information about their local environment.  Not forgetting to mention the muddy puddles.

The Nursery children participate in a ‘Mucky Monday Woodland Walk’ on most Mondays. Today was very muddy and there were lots of deep puddles to splash in. We found a large tree that had fallen down,  which was great for climbing on. We learned some road safety rules while walking down the side of the road on our way to Hillside park. The park had some great things to climb, swing and dangle from. The only thing that spoiled our day out was all the dogs dirt in and around the park. We had to wash our wellies in a big puddle on the way back to make sure we didn’t bring any back with us into the Nursery. If you wish to join us, or meet up with us on one of our walks we would love to see you. Please have a wee look at some of our photos from over the last few of months.

For World Book Day the nursery children explored the story “The Gigantic Turnip” and made a fabulous collage to celebrate the story.

The children worked really hard and made characters from the story by drawing around each other and decorating paper plates to represent the farm animals who helped to pull the gigantic  turnip out.

I am sure you will agree that their collage is fantastic.

We would also like to thank all the parents and carers who joined us in the hall for our World Book Day Celebrations. You helped to make the event a fun and memorable experience for the children.

Please remember, you can share the stories you explore at home, or any other learning or accomplishments, on your child’s Learners Journal. We love to celebrate their achievements with you.

 

The nursery PEEP group is the perfect place for you and your child to spend some time together having fun, meeting new friends and learning new fun things to do together.

Sessions run every Wednesday and are open to all children attending the nursery.  Parents are free to attend either session with their child. Younger brothers and sisters are welcome to come too.

Current session times are 10.15 – 11.00  and 2.30 – 3.15.

This term we have had lots of fun with arts and crafts.  We would love for you to join us.  For further information, please speak to a member of the nursery staff.

 

The children recently celebrated Burns Day with their very own Burns Supper.  As part of our Scottish celebrations, the children learned to sing some Scottish songs, explored tartan, the Loch Ness Monster and the Bagpipes.

Welcome back and Happy New Year to all our nursery children and their families.  We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are excited to be back at nursery.

Our first Woodland Walk of the year took place on Monday.  The children really enjoyed being out in the fresh air and exploring the woodland with their friends.

There were lots of muddy puddles to explore, and these provided great opportunities to learn.  We learned about cause and effect when we found out that the puddles become smaller when you make big splashes, and that the harder you jump, the higher the water splashes.  Jumping in muddy puddles is also amazing fun, as you will see from the video link at the bottom of the page.

We also learned some new words when we got stuck in the mud. “Squelchy”, “sticky”, “swampy”and “gooey” were some of our favourites.

The Woodland Walks will take place every Monday and we ask that you ensure your child is dressed appropriately.  If you would like to join us, please speak to a member of staff.

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The nursery staff would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

The children had a ball at the Christmas Party and, with your help, our festive fundraisers have helped to replenish our nursery funds.

Thank you for all the support you give to the children and the nursery. It is very much appreciated and really makes a difference to the children’s nursery experience.

We will see you all on Monday 7th January, 2019.