We have been learning all about dinosaurs in the nursery. There has been lots of learning going on with the children telling us what they wanted to know about dinosaurs. We have learned that dinosaurs are reptiles and that they hatch from eggs. We have been making hatching dinosaurs in the art area.

We have  been developing our fine motor skills and hand to eye coordination as we traced around the egg template, coloured our dinosaur head and cut the egg and dinosaur out. We were so proud of our achievements and some of our creations are displayed on the art gallery wall for everyone to see.

In the literacy area we have been using letter stones to spell out the different names of the dinosaurs. Some of the words are really trick to say and we have had lots of fun and laughs as we try and learn how to say the dinosaur names.

We have also been using the posters around the nursery to match the dinosaur and find out information about them. We have been matching them by their characteristics, shape and colour.

We have also been reading the story “A Huge Bag of Worries” where we have been talking about things that may make us worried and how we can get help when we are worried. There has been lots of discussion about who we could ask to help us when we are worried, have something bothering us or if we are scared or frightened. We have learned that if we share these worries with someone we trust then the worries are not as big or go away completely. We will share more about this next week.