Hey hey everyone hope you have had a great week and its been a busy one!
We have been busy this week outside and discovering some insects in the dirt can you guess what it is? We also have been wizards completing jigsaws.
We have also been using our hall time to focus on exercising through games and discover our heart rate changing. We have very interested in how our heart rate can change through exercise and how its high when exercising and reduces when having a cool down.
Come see this weeks show in Deans Nursery!
Will the jigsaw ever end?
We have been interested in animals lately and I think completing a safari themed jigsaw was appropriate don’t you? The children were wizards at these jigsaws and we know they would be because they are such a talented wee bunch which we have seen in previous blogs – I think we are a bit jealous of how good they are haha! Jigsaws are great for improving cognition, visual-spatial reasoning and short term memory very crucial in pre school. Get out and get some jigsaws and see how fast you can complete it at home – the race is on!!!
The new David Attenborough’s
Our little explorers have found a little worm in the dirt – the eye sight this lot have is incredible, if you lose anything we all know who to ask now haha! This sparked a mini interest in insects and we spoke about other insects we might find in the grass/dirt and crucially how to look after them when we do find/see them. As you well know we have had the children rack up professions in other areas from builders to hairdressers/barbers – I think a new David Attenborough could be next on that never ending list! What an amazing gang we have!!
Jelly beans
We have been using our gym time to exercise through games with Mr McNab & Miss Swanson and we didn’t realise how fast the children were haha! We have been starting with a warm game called ‘beans’ which involves the children following commands and being different beans i.e running bean, jumping bean and French bean (must ask the children for that one, it’s a great laugh haha). Once our session is finished we have a cool down and this involves laying on the floor and counting to 0-20 very slow (to lower our heart rate). After every activity we check our heart rate to see how fast its going and after our cool down to see if it has lowered. Very interesting to hear the children’s voice their opinion on exercising. Keep an eye out for more blogs on our exercising journey.
We will be all in Olympic shape…haha!
FYI
In the nursery while observing children in play we have become aware that the children have been acting out characters from media they are accessing at home. Some of the characters and play scenarios are from media that is not age appropriate for our children e.g., Poppy Playtime is age 9+.
In the nursery we actively discourage the children from participating in these play activities as they are not conducive to our nursery values Safe, Nurtured plus Respected and other children are becoming distressed by this.
We would appreciate your support on this. Thank you.
Well another week has ended and the weekend is finally here!
Hope you have a great weekend and we shall see you next week for a wicked and crazy show in Deans Nursery
Stay Safe
ELC
