Story and Rhyme Time

Nursery Wordboost

The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles

Boost words:

astonished   brave   creature   creep

Vocabulary development supports all aspects of literacy;reading, writing, talking and listening.

Support your child in developing their vocabulary through spotting the boost words as you listen to the story, discuss their meaning and then use the words as much as possible in different contexts e.g. creep around the garden and search for creatures under the stones. Tell them you are astonished when they do something brave!

Child friendly definitions:

brave-brave is doing something dangerous or scary even if you are scared.

creature-creatures are animals or insects, they can be real or pretend.

creep-creeping is moving slowly and quietly.

astonished-astonished is very surprised.

Rhyme time

Two different tunes, which one do you like best?

This week at Inveralmond Early Years we have been very busy with Easter activities. The children have enjoyed helping to make chocolate crispy cakes, mixing the cereal into the chocolate , scooping them into the cases and adding their own chocolate egg on top.

We have also been having fun colouring in our own Easter baskets and then cutting out and gluing together.

The Easter Bunny had a little visit to nursery today and after the children read the story ‘The Great Easter Egg Hunt’ we had our own Easter egg hunt in the garden. The children managed to find all the eggs the Easter Bunny hid!

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!

This week at Inveralmond Early Years we have been having lots of discussions on how we keep our body healthy. We have been doing yoga, exercise classes and interactive dances including ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’ to ‘get fit’ that the children have enjoyed joining in with.

Outdoors the children have been making their own obstacle courses, using their movement and co ordination to balance, cycle and jump.

There has also been some great building happening, creating different buildings and structures. The children have been displaying good team working and problem solving skills when creating their structures!

The children have began some Easter activities, making their own Easter egg designs, developing their understanding of creating and following on a pattern.

Story and rhyme time

We have a new story!

Guess How Much I Love You In Spring by Sam McBratney

Week one (4-8th April) naming: hare  spring  acorn  tree  tadpole  frog  caterpillar  butterfly  wings nest  egg  bird

Week two (11-14 April) describing: little  big   tiny  mighty  wriggly  hairy  green  brown  nutbrown  lovely  grown-up

The rhyme we are learning for Easter is:

Five Little Easter Eggs

Five little Easter eggs, lovely colours wore,

Taylor ate the blue one, then there were four.

Four little Easter eggs, two and two you see,

Lindsay ate the red one, then there were three.

Three little Easter eggs, before I knew,

Harley ate the orange one, then there were two.

Two little Easter eggs, oh what fun!

Skyler ate the purple one, then there was one.

One little Easter egg, see me run,

I ate the pink one, then there were none.

Story and Rhyme Time

Week 3-Action words

Inveralmond Early Years-The Three Billy Goats Gruff

cross   trip-trap    growl  tremble gobble  eat   jump

hit  fell

Ladywell Nursery -The Gingerbread Man

bake  jump   run   chase  shout  hop   jump   climb  eat   catch

We are all singing Incey Wincey Spider!

This week at Inveralmond Early Years the children have been enjoying the lovely sunshine, exploring the outdoor area. We have been playing circle games including ‘Sandy girl’ and ‘duck duck goose’ and enjoying having our story time in the garden.

The children have been investigating our mini beasts tray displayed in the garden, discussing what types of insects we can see or find in the tray or around the garden.

Due to the nice weather we have been having our lunch in the garden, which the children have enjoyed doing all week!

This week in Inveralmond EYC the children have been noticing some signs of Spring in our garden and have been enjoying lots of outdoor play.  We have been talking about what happens in Sping building on our children’s vocabulary and knowledge.

Also in the garden, the children have been making potions with a variety of ingredients learning about and discussing the changes that take place when ingredients and mixed together.

Our story this week is the Three Billy Goats Gruff.  This has been very popular and the children are reenacting the story in their play with puppets and building their own bridges in the construction area.

Rhyme and Story Time

1,2,3,4,5

1,2,3,4,5, once I caught a fish alive,

6,7,8,9,10,then I let it go again,

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so.

Which finger did it bite?

This little finger on my right.

What a lot of different things were caught in this version of the song. I wonder if you can think of anything else you might find in water that might bite you? Just pretending of course for a bit of fun!

Inveralmond is continuing to enjoy The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Week 2 -describing words

big   middle sized  little   brown  sweet  green  horrible  skinny  tasty

This is a really fun sung version of the story, I hope you enjoy it.

Ladywell is reading The Gingerbread Man and planning to make some gingerbread people at nursery, yum yum.

Week 2 describing words

cheeky  bright  jolly  hungry  sly  wet  sharp

Here it is set to music, it goes very fast, just like the Gingerbread Man.

Story and Rhyme Time

Our rhyme of the week is

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

We have a new story focus in each nursery starting this week

Inveralmond EYC

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Week 1-naming words

Big Billy Goat Gruff, Middle Billy Goat Gruff,   Little Billy Goat Gruff,   grass,   bridge,   troll,   river,   field/meadow,   hoof/hooves.

Ladywell NS

The Gingerbread Man

Week 1- naming words

gingerbread man      cat     dog     cow   pony/horse  fox   river  back  head  mouth

Story and rhyme time

Our rhyme for next week is

Row,Row,Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream!

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently up the river.

If you see a polar bear,

Don’t forget to shiver!

Inveralmond

A Squash and a Squeeze

Week 3-action words

squash  squeeze  flap  chew  nibble  peck  chase charge  jump

Ladywell

Whatever Next!

Week 3 -action words

find  pack  take-off  fly wave  land   drip

You can find links to the stories on the World Book Day Sway

There are lots of super photos of children on the SWAY as well as some of the Book at Bedtime choices.

Remember to keep visiting it as I am continuing to add photos of the children participating in book related activities.