{"id":20978,"date":"2020-05-19T14:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/?p=20978"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:17:56","slug":"nursery-fun-and-learning-at-home-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/2020\/05\/19\/nursery-fun-and-learning-at-home-19\/","title":{"rendered":"NURSERY &#8211; Fun and Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everyone,<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoyed a long weekend and had fun at home.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the Nursery has been closed our cleaners have been busy steam cleaning and helping to prepare a safe environment for the children to return to when the time is right. We are very grateful for all their hard work behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The Nursery Team are continuing to enjoy reading and replying to Home Learning posts in your child\u2019s learning journals, thank you for taking the time to do this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bookbug<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bookbug is celebrating 10 years this week. Between 18-24 May there are special activities you can share with your children.\u00a0 Full details have been posted separately on our Blog and you can access Bookbugs <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/bookbug\/bookbug-is-10\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">L.1. I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts, sharing my thoughts in different ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot and Cold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/and-more-ice.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20979\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/and-more-ice.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/blue-ice.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20980\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/blue-ice.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/hot.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20982\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/hot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/cold.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20981\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/cold.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the nursery children have been exploring hot and cold at home and experimenting with hot and cold liquids, this is a great science activity to try. Step 1: Send your child on a hot and cold hunt around the house, looking for items that are hot or cold. Step 2: Use red and blue food colouring to colour water, blue to represent cold and red to represent hot. Make ice cubes from the blue water and place them in a bowl of hot red water.\u00a0 What happens to the blue ice cubes? Do they float or sink? Does the water change colour? Encourage your child to discuss the changes they see and why they think this is happening. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">L.1. By investigating how water can change from one form to another, I can relate my findings to everyday experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Junk Modelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/robot.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20984\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/robot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another great activity enjoyed by nursery children at home. This fantastic robot model was inspired by the story \u2018One Button Benny\u2019.\u00a0 Provide your child with different sized boxes and junk with sellotape\/glue and pens\/paint to create a character from a favourite book you enjoy reading together. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">L.1. I enjoy investigating objects and shapes and can sort, describe and be creative with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please share photos of any Home Learning in your child\u2019s Learning Journal and with your permission we can hopefully share on our Blog.<\/p>\n<p>Some other suggested activities to try<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cress Heads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG-20200518-WA0038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20985\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG-20200518-WA0038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use egg shells to grow cress and turn them into cress heads. Step 1: use an egg box to hold empty egg shells Step 2:\u00a0 Gently draw faces on the shells; be careful not to break them! Step 3: Place damp cotton wool into the shells and sprinkle a few cress seeds on top. Step 4: Watch the cress hair grow, remembering to add drops of water when required and place them in a sunny position. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">L.1.I have helped to grow plants and can name their basic parts. I can talk about how they grow and what I need to do to look after them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember you can also have a look at <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org,uk\/wl\/snonursery\">http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org,uk\/wl\/snonursery<\/a><\/span> for more ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be kind to yourself and take care.<\/p>\n<p>EC Nursery Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everyone, We hope you enjoyed a long weekend and had fun at home. Whilst the Nursery has been closed our cleaners have been busy steam cleaning and helping to prepare a safe environment for the children to return to when the time is right. We are very grateful for all their hard work behind &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/2020\/05\/19\/nursery-fun-and-learning-at-home-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NURSERY &#8211; Fun and Learning at Home&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21816,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94001,101],"tags":[132691],"class_list":["post-20978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-learning","category-nursery","tag-blog-19-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20986,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20978\/revisions\/20986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/eastcalderprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}