This week the children at Ladywell

The children have been making soup! We have introduced real vegetables into our home corner and the children can cut them using our special safety knives. This gives them the opportunity to develop the strength and coordination of their fingers and hands, explore the different vegetables using their senses and talk about using a knife safely. It also leads to discussion about different foods and how vegetables are good for us to eat as they help us to be healthy.

We are now making soup each week in the nursery for snack and  involving children in the preparation. Some children were a little reluctant to try the soup last week but this week many more found that it was quite delicious!

We also cut up our pumpkins and butter nut squash that had been on our display and roasted them in the oven.

 

On Thursday and Friday afternoon children wore their pyjamas and/or spots for Children In Need. We painted a Pudsey face to cover with coins  and decorated and made Pudsey faces in the art area. There were some small Pudsey cards to find in a Pudsey hunt in the garden. This event gave us the opportunity to discuss giving in order to help others and also to talk about spots and patterns.

17/11/17