I hope Monday finds you all well!
Keeping our children safe
We have been asked if you could post some activities relating to “Stranger Danger” on the Blog by parents.
The video “A friendly stranger” is about young children being approached by a friendly stranger and how to react to this situation. It gives a clear description of a stranger in child friendly terms.
The video can be accessed through this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7RhBszp0k
Patty Shukla has a lovely simple song about “stranger danger” that is easy to learn and teaches children what they should do in a couple of different scenarios. The link for this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HCKfYakLU
In the nursery we encourage the children to use the hand signal for stop when something is happening they don’t like along with the phrase “Stop, I don’t like that!” this can be adapted to shouting “No, I don’t know you!”.
We will do a focus on “Stranger Danger” when we return back to nursery to reinforce what you have been doing at home with your children.
While we are focusing on safety for our children we thought it would be a good idea to introduce some internet safety at this time. Our children are spending more time on devices during these times so it is important that they are keeping themselves safe there as well. This “Think You Know” resource provides different activities for the children to do that will teach your children about safety while online. You can access this resource through:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/early-years/?utm_source=Thinkuknow&utm_campaign=03f521e658-TUK_ONLINE_SAFETY_AT_HOME_21_04_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0b54505554-03f521e658-64809149
Keeping Active
Today’s Joe Wicks session is available through this link:
Activites
West Lothian Council have published a website page that offers a range of activities that are suitable for all members of the family. You can access these through the following link:
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/54233/Digital-Resources-for-everyone?fbclid=IwAR1giEXBPr9Lz50h-aFaRlOlOdwzeVS0bbjtKyQTPl3vQI9SABEQv7JK2Do
Outdoor fun
Making use of any natural materials collected outdoors:
Many of us are spending more time exploring our local woodlands and nature trails collecting lots of bits and pieces while doing so, attached you will find pictures of some nice ideas to make good use of materials collected. First we have a fun mark making activity using sticks along with other natural materials to create paint brushes, this allows us to explore different marks, textures and shapes whilst using our senses!
Frozen flowers:
Making use of some leftover pieces such as daisy’s, petals or even grass you could add it to a bowl or cup of water and allow to freeze over for a good fun science activity. I wonder what might happen if there is some warm water or salt added?
Sensory play
This is the link to a website where you can access a variety of sensory recipes you can use with your children including the play dough recipe we use in nursery. Here is the link:
https://mailchi.mp/89e346c118ac/sensoryrecipes?fbclid=IwAR11Vu1BMUATwPlVUMMCyyVddDTlsFVkNUj-Q_M6DW9sbrvKu_cdwDsiPAY
Recycling
West Lothian Council have also produced a webpage that gives you lots of ideas for activities that you can do recycling lots of different materials and things you will have at home. So before that trip out to the bin have a wee look and see if you could use some of your “rubbish” to create something with your children.
The link for this is:
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/32079/Recycling-Activities-to-Try-at-Home?fbclid=IwAR2f4-MdQ_jaHIZQv7CTbx3taRK55VBjhuf5Co-gthcxMxkKZJPpYOUA15U
Something of interest for parents
Remember lunches can be collected from the school main entrance of the school from 12 noon to 1.30PM .
Have a great day everyone and stay safe.
