Good morning all.
Mrs Anderson and Miss Kitchin have been checking in with some of our parents over the last few days, and will continue to do this until we have spoken to everyone. It is nice to hear from the families that we have spoken to that everyone is doing well. We understand that the children are missing the routine of nursery and can reassure you that all the staff are missing them as well.
There will be no daily Blog updates over the Easter holidays however here are some useful links that you could continue to use to help keep your children entertained during these times.
Keeping Active
Remember you can access a 30 minute fitness session daily at 9AM on Youtube by the Body Coach. This is the link to access this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8
Stories
Bellow is a link to the Book Trust where you can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online or watch with signing.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/
Audio books can also be accessed through Amazon for free at these times. The link to this is:
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
This is the link to a Book Bug session that your child may like to watch.
Activities
Here are some treasure hunt activities that you can do with your child indoors, when out on your daily walk or in your garden.
Make bird feeders
With lard (or butter), bird seed (or oats) and honey or peanut butter. Melt the lard in a pan and add the ingredients, stir it in before emptying it into small yogurt pots. Be careful when getting your child to help you, as the mixture will be hot. Place a small piece of string inside each pot and place them either in the fridge or in a sheltered area of the garden to set. Once they are set, you have squeeze them out of the pots and hang them on the trees. If you don’t have string for hanging them, you can still place them out on the grass and watch the birds come down to eat. If you don’t have yogurt pots, you can roll them into small balls (this should only be done by an adult as the mixture will be hot).
Using string, wool or ribbon and cheerios or similar type cereal. Thread the cheerios onto the string then tie both ends together and hang on a tree in your garden or when you are out on a walk.
I hope that the weather continues to stay kind to allow you and your children access to some outdoor time either in the safety of your garden or on your daily exercise walks or cycles.
Keep safe and well and there will be more Blogs posted from 20 April.
