Inveralmond Early Years Centre and Ladywell Nursery School

Rhyme Time

We are all going to continue to say

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

and we are also learning the following rhymes.

Chop,Chop Choppity Chop

Peter Taps With One Hammer

Story time-week beginning 3.5.21

At Inveralmond we are going to continue to read

Down By The Cool of the Pool

At Ladywell there are two different stories! One in each cohort! Ask your child to tell you what they have been listening to…it will be either

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

or Noisy Farm by Rod Campbell

This week there has been lots of fun playing in the shop.  We have enjoyed using money to buy things and taking turns to be the shop keeper.  Next week we have planned to do some more activities using money to allow the children learn to identify coins and learn their value.     This is an opportunity for parents and carers to support with this doing some simple sorting activities at home with coins.  Pictures could be uploaded to the children’s learning journals.

Some children have also been using their imaginations.  We have introduced a treasure basket with various items in to support story telling.  A member of staff has scribed for the children and their stories are on display beside the main entrance.

The Sharing Shed

The Sharing Shed is based at the door to Inveralmond Early Years Centre and is stocked with a wide range of both food and non-food items donated by Morrisons to the local community. The supplies are replenished weekly and so it is well worth going and taking a regular look to see whether there is anything that you could use.  In addition to the packeted items on the shelf there are some frozen chicken legs which you can ask staff for.

We have had a lovely week  in Inveralmond enjoying lots of sunshine in the garden and have began hunting for mini beasts.  We plan to venture into the woods to see what we can find next week.  This also sparked an interest in hunting for treasure.  Some children made their own maps and gave directions to each other to locate the treasure.

We have also set up a site office at the construction area.  The children have decided they are going to build an extension onto the house.  They looked at plans and layouts on the internet and worked together using measuring tapes to build with the big blocks.

Story  Time-for two weeks starting April 26th

We found that repeating a story several times during World Book Week was thoroughly enjoyed by many of the children, evident by their engagement and focus on the book. It allowed them to fully absorb the story and develop a better understanding of it. They were able to participate more fully in  who? what? where? questions relating to the story and develop a sense of sequencing. New vocabulary was heard repeatedly within a meaningful context.

So, we are going to build on this success and have a story book that will be read every day for two weeks. Any themes that children show particular interest in will be explored further

The books we have chosen to read will be posted here on the blog with an accompanying video if one is available.

Ladywell’s first book is going to be

Augustus and his Smile by Catherine Rayner

At Inveralmond  the story will be

Down in the Cool of The Pool by Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees

The rhyme for both centres will be

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.

Big Bedtime Read

We are still able to issue packs of five books for you to take home and enjoy as part of your child’s bedtime routine. We ask that you return the packs  towards the end of the week as we can isolate them over the weekend ensuring they are ready to be taken home by another family the following week.

There are some super packs containing some lovely stories. Some packs contain non fiction books, rhymes or books with flaps or things to find on each page.

So, if you have a pack at home that you are finished with return it it to us at nursery and we will send home another pack as soon as we can.

As the weather has been a little better the children have been enjoying being outside.   Lots of energetic play with soft play equipment has been taking place.  We have seen lots of children challenging themselves, sharing and co-operating.

We have also been hunting for mini beasts in the garden.  Counting legs and learning the names of different creatures.

We have a continued interest in looking after babies.  We have set up a baby clinic in the Nursery and some parents have uploaded pictures of their children when they were babies.  The children have thoroughly enjoyed guessing who the baby is.

Have a lovely Easter

Many of our 3 year olds were gifted their Bookbug Explorer bag in the Autumn.

Please help the Scottish Book Trust by completing the survey which you will find a link to below.

Every year Scottish Book Trust seeks the views of those who are  receiving the bags to help them to develop the bag items.  This year they are also asking about the Bookbug app.  There is an option in the survey to be entered into a prize draw to win a bundle of books and goodies.

The surveys will be open during March and are asking about the 2020/21 bags.

Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/bookbug20​

Book of the Month

Guess How Much I Love you in Spring

Week 4-sequencing and storytelling

Who was in the story?   Where were they?   What were they doing?

How did the story start?

And then/next?

What happened at the end?

I wonder what happened next?

Which part of the story did you like best?

Here is a different story about Spring for you to enjoy.

Rhyme Time

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!

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently down the stream.

If you see a crocodile,

Don’t forget to scream!

Aaagh!