Good morning everyone 🙂

Here are some fun Easter activities you could give a go over the holidays

Easter egg hunt – plan an Easter egg hunt in the house or in the garden. You could hide them round the garden and let your child search for them using a map or you could hide them in the house and write clues to where they are hidden. L.I I am developing my language skills and increasing my vocabulary. Here is a link to some ideas https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-throw-easter-egg-hunt

Easter bunny ears – Make bunny ears to wear while you do your egg hunt. You will need paper, scissors and Sellotape, glue or a stapler, (optional – cotton wool and colouring pens to decorate). L.I I am developing my fine motor skills and how to use scissors safely.

Easter cards – Make an Easter card using craft materials or natural loose parts. L.I I have the freedom to discover and choose ways to create images and objects using a variety of materials.

 

Match the pattern – Cut out egg shapes on paper then cut them in half using different cut lines. Now match the eggs back up by fitting the correct sections together. L.I I can identify and match patterns.

Make a wish jar – Any time you or a family member think of a place you would like to visit, an activity you would like to do, a place you would like to eat out at, a loved one you would like to visit or want to invite a friend to the house, write it down and post it in the jar. When things get back to normal use your ideas to create new memories having fun with loved ones you haven’t been able to spend time with recently. Click Here for an example.

Remember you can also have a look at West Lothian Early Years Blog  for more ideas by clicking Here.

Hope you all have a great Easter weekend, stay safe and have fun at home.

EC Nursery Team

Good afternoon everyone, Hope you are all well.

Here are some suggested activities to give a try.

Yoga – Try relaxing with ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga’. L.I. I am learning ways to be active and improve my wellbeing – https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cosmic+kids+yoga

Shadow Drawing – Take your drawing stuff outside in the garden with some of your favourite toys and use the sun to create your toys shadow then draw round it. You could then colour your drawing in L.I I am developing my fine motor skills by following/staying in the lines.

Play a board game or group game in the house. L.I I am learning how to follow rules and take turns.

Hope you all have a good day

EC Nursery Team

Good morning everyone, hope you are all well

Here are some suggested activities to give a try.

Sticky kids – Keep active with some sticky kids, a fun favourite in nursery. L.I I am enjoying daily opportunities to participate in different kinds of energetic play, both outdoors and indoors and I am developing my gross motor skills.

here are some links to some songs:

Music Music Music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJX7RdAFZHk

Let’s Go Walking – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj-ouBZXd00

Funky Monkey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9aBYLRhFW8

Stand Up, Sit Down – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9aBYLRhFW8

Science – Grow your own rainbow to display in your window to brighten up people’s days when they are out walking. L.I I am exploring everyday materials and experiencing how they can change.

Follow these simple steps by clicking Here

Matching numbers or letters – you could try this indoors or outside with chalk on the ground or pens/pencils in the house. Draw out your child’s name or a number line and then make the corresponding letters/numbers on paper and cut out. Let your child match them up. L.I I can recognise letters in my name and/or numerals 0-10.

  

You could also try matching the numerals to the corresponding dots. L.I I can count using 1-1 correspondence.

Remember you can also have a look at West Lothian Early Years Blog  for more ideas by clicking here.

Hope you all have a good day

EC Nursery Team

A big Hello to all our families, we are hoping that you are all well and keeping safe at home.

Some more idea’s to try with your little ones….

         

We’re going on a Bear Hunt

So many children in our Nursery know and love this story so why not change it into a game for your daily walks during social distancing. L.1. Moves at different speeds – slowly, steadily and quickly.  Please put a teddy at your window for the local kids to spot whilst out on their walks. It will bring some excitement and happiness at this strange difficult time. You can share the story with your child or access online by clicking here. L.1. Engages with stories and texts in different ways.

There is a West Lothian Facebook page dedicated to this, where you can join and share your photos of your walks. Look it up and share with your friends. Find out more by clicking here.

If you have a printer at home why not print off this certificate to give to your child after your bear hunt. L.1. Celebrates, values and uses achievements to build next steps.   

You can find the above certificate here.

You can continue the Bear theme by providing your child with a blanket, dishes and real food so they can invite their bears/cuddly toys to a teddy bears picnic!

L.1. Invents own stories and characters to share with others in play, imaginative and real contexts.

Encourage your child to practise their counting by playing ‘hide and seek’ with their bears/cuddly toys. You could hide their bears around the house or garden and ask your child to count forwards or backwards to a challenging number and then find all the bears.  L.1. Recalls the number sequence forwards and backwards within the range 0-30.

         

Remember you can also have a look at West Lothian Early Years Blog  for more ideas by clicking here.

Have fun and stay safe!

Keep in touch on Learning Journal’s
We have now added a ‘Home Learning’ button to your child’s Learning Journal. This means you can share all your fun and learning with the nursery staff while recording it on their personal profile.

This button is located on the left hand side of your child’s profile. It is a blue button called Home Learning, click on it and you will be able to add posts and pictures.

We look forward to seeing all the fun you are having.
EC Nursery Team

Good Morning Everyone

Here are some suggested activities to give a try.

Build a den – Build a den indoors using a range of materials e.g. sheets, pegs, chairs, clothes horse, table etc or build outdoors using same resources in garden. You could use your den to have some quiet time in (drawing, reading, listening to music, role playing). If you are out a walk in the woods you could try building a den using sticks and/or tarpaulin sheet. L.I I am Learning how to problem solve.

Read – Read your favourite book and then recall/retell the story while acting it out (everyone can have a role). L.I I am learning how to concentrate and listen. I am learning how to introduce a story into my play.

Dance – Show off your best dance moves to your favourite songs. You could also follow dance routines on just dance which the children love to do in nursery. Here are links to some of the favourites in nursery. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=just+dance+disney, https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=just+dance+for+kids L.I. I am learning ways to be active and improve my wellbeing.

Number chart – Make your own number chart/line using loose parts around the house and garden. L.I I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count using 1-1 correspondence.

Remember you can also have a look at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/snonursery/ for more ideas.

Hope you all have a good day

EC Nursery Team

Keep in touch

We would love to keep in touch with everyone. If you would like to share the fun and learning experiences you and your child/children are having while at home please feel free to send an email to the school with updates/pictures which can be shared with nursery staff.

Please put NURSERY as the email subject.

School email address  – wleastcalder-ps@westlothian.org.uk

You can also add comments to observations on your child’s learning journal if you wish.

EC Nursery Team

Good Afternoon Everyone

Here are some suggested activities to give a try.

Animal cam – Edinburgh Zoo have set up live cameras on some of their animals which you can watch and discuss. Click on the link > https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/

Go out for a walk and look for signs of spring. What’s the weather like?, what can you hear? And what animals and flowers can you see?. L.I I am learning about different seasons and I can identify the changes in the world around me.

Draw a picture e.g. of an animal/flower you have seen today. L.I I am developing my fine motor control to help get my fingers ready to write.

Match socks – Get your child to help sort the washing or take socks from the drawer, mix them all up and then get your child to match them back up again. L.I I am learning to identify pattern and can match items which are the same.

Hope you enjoy

EC Nursery Team