Some of our children have been very busy doing PeeP at home with their parents.
From November
Elsie enjoyed making playdough at home. She followed the recipe that had been sent home and enjoyed measuring out all the ingredients exploring different way to measure including using spoons and cups.
From December
Sam has enjoyed making a space rocket at home. He is really proud of his achievements, look at his big smile. Well done Sam!!!!!
Please feel free to ring in or preferably email, photographs of any fabulous crafts you have made or with you and your child working on any of our Peep activities to: wldeans.-ps@westlothian.org.uk We look forward to seeing all your hard work.
Good morning boys, girls and parents. This will be the last blog of the school year so I have included lots of activities and ideas that you could use over the holidays
Keeping Active
There are lots of Goonoodle dance video’s for you to access using this link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2YBT7HYqCbbvzu3kKZ3wnw
Kids Workout Dance – Despicable Me and Minion Dance Workout!
You can access Cosmic Yoga for free through Youtube. Here are some links to some of the sessions:
Running in the Raindrops – Sticky Kids
Stories
Duck in the truck!
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mixed Fairytale compilation
The Princes and the Pea
Town Mouse Country House
https://youtu.be/BNexgokr4gw
Numeracy
Match the shapes
Draw around some of your child’s favourite toys and see if they can match the toy to it’s shape. A homemade jigsaw!
Science
10 easy Science Experiments for Kids
Fizzy Ice – A little science experiment
https://www.toddlerapproved.com/2014/01/fizzy-ice-science-activity-for-kids.html
BFG Dream Potions/ Volcano Eruption
You will need:
The process:
Lava Lamp Experiment
Supplies Needed:
Affiliate links below.
To begin, colour about 1/2 cup of water with food colouring.
Take the Alka Seltzer tablets and break them into 2 or 3 pieces. Place them in a small cup or container.
Fill a glass about 3/4 full with vegetable oil. Then pour in the coloured water until the liquid in the cup is about 5cm from the top.
You don’t want it to overflow! Well, unless you want to turn it into an eruption experiment too. For this reason and quick clean up, I like to do this on a tray.
Let the children take turns adding a piece of an Alka Seltzer table to the cup. *DO NOT let them put the tablet in their mouth at any time.
Cooking
Make Shortbread
3 ingredient short bread –
https://createbakemake.com/easy-3-ingredient-shortbread-recipe/
General Interest
30 days with the Wildlife Trust – Download your free pack and take part in a whole host of activities
https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/59240/petition/1?supporter.questions.409397=home
Activites
Make tunnels from card and sellotape and make up a little game for you and your child to try and roll the balls through the tunnels. Use any kind of small ball for this.
You can use the tape to mark out a road/garage or rooms on the floor to make a castle/house/dungeon for children who like to play with small world (dolls,figures, characters). Ask them what they would like. This encourages imaginative play.
Creative Activities
Making Grass Heads
You will need:
Empty plastic tub or cup
Sticky eyes, pompoms, etc to create the face on the tub
Soil
Grass seeds or Cress seeds
Method:
Let your child make a face on the outside of the tub using the art resources. You could use felt pens if the tub is white but this won’t show up on a clear tub once filled with soil.
Fill the tub to just below the top of the tub with soil.
Press the grass or cress seeds lightly into the soil and water.
Place the tubs in a bright area and watch them begin to grow. Remember to water them regularly.
Marbling Pictures
You will need:
Large bowl or flat tray filled with water
Vegetable oil
Different food colourings
White paper
Watch the following video to see how to create marbling pictures:-
Make a Kite
Make an easy kite to fly when on your walk. You can decorate it with stickers, or colour it in. Watch this video to see how to do it:
https://foodfunfamily.com/kite-directions-for-preschool/
Make a poster or name card
At home: When you get home maybe you could have a look in your house for more shapes and letters and you could cut them out and make your own poster or name card!
Some painting crafts using all sorts of different materials
Gummy bear slime –
1 cup gummy bears
2 Tablespoons icing sugar
2 Tablespoons cornflour
1 teaspoon coconut oil, optional
Heat the gummy bears in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, stir, and reheat as necessary to break down the gummy bear shape. (Be sure to use a microwave-safe bowl and handle carefully).
Stir and then knead in your icing sugar and cornflour in equal amounts, until the gummy bear slime forms a cohesive dough/slime consistency.
The more you add, the less sticky the slime will be – but also the more you add the thicker and less stretchy it will be, so try to find that perfect sweet spot.
Children love to smoosh, squish, stretch and taste this delicious gummy bear slime!
Adding the coconut oil makes it more stretchy. You can play about with the recipe to find how you like it.
Playdough monsters
Make playdough monsters with googly eyes, pipe cleaners, feathers, lolly pop sticks or any other materials you have lying around that your child could add and stick on. Encourage your childs imaginations and talk about what monster you have both made.
Make your own Playdough
This super-easy playdough recipe is the perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon inside. It’s quick enough to hold a young child’s attention and you only need a few storecupboard ingredients. Little hands can play with the results straightaway, so there’s immediate gratification for all involved!
Makes 1 coloured ball
Prep 10 minutes
You will need
Method
1. Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the water, a few drops of food colouring and the oil.
2. Pour the coloured water into the flour mix and bring together with a spoon.
3. Dust a work surface with a little flour and turn out the dough. Knead together for a few minutes to form a smooth, pliable dough. If you want a more intense colour you can work in a few extra drops of food colouring.
4. Store in a plastic sandwich bag (squeeze out the air) in the fridge to keep it fresh. You can make a batch of colours and give away as kids’ party bag favours or hold a playdough party for your child’s next birthday.
Story
This is the link to the traditional Teddy bears Picnic story. It would be nice to hear the story as you enjoy your picnic with your Teddy Bear and your family.
You can also listen to the Teddy Bears’ Picnic song once the story has ended just allow the clip to run on.
Mrs Anderson has also read a story for the boys and girls in the nursery to listen to as they eat their picnic with their teddies.
Songs
Here is the link to a nice picnic song that you could play/sing as you are getting ready for your Teddy Bear Picnic today.
Another Teddy Bear song
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, clap your hands,
Teddy bear, teddy bear do a dance!
You can do the actions as you sing the song
Games you can play
Balloon Tennis
A simple game that is easy to play. You can make your own bats using paper plates and lolly sticks or cardboard tubes from inside kitchen roll. You could even use an old pool noodle cut into shorter lengths. If you don’t have these resources your hand makes as good a bat as anything! This game can be played both indoors or outdoors.
Who is it?
Sit in a circle and put all the teddies in the middle. Describe one of them, and children must guess which teddy it is. Choose the language level and vocabulary appropriate for your kids. For example; “It’s big. It’s blue. It’s wearing a T-shirt.” Kids can then take turns to describe a teddy for the others to guess.
Blindfold Bear
Put a blindfold on each child in turn and hand them several different teddies to feel. They must guess which teddy is theirs!
Photos
Please send us photos of your picnic so we can make up a Teddy Bears Picnic display for the children returning after the summer holidays. It will be nice for them to see that they all took part and bring back some lovely memories. It will be a great discussion point and help with the transition back into nursery.
All the staff in the nursery have been taking part in the picnic as well. Here are some of our pictures for you to look at.
We all hope you had a lovely picnic with your family and your teddies. We are all missing you so much and look forward to seeing you all soon. Check out tomorrows blog for a special message and more activities to keep you busy tomorrow and throughout the holidays.
Stay safe everyone!
Good morning everyone!!
Today doesn’t look like it is going to be a very nice day with rain forecast. We will give you lots of suggestions you could do to help prepare for your Teddy Bear Picnic tomorrow.
Keeping active
Join in with this fitness video using your teddy.
Numeracy
A game to play on devices is Teddy Bear counting with counting and number words. To access this game use this link:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers
Make a simple Teddy Bear face treat. Using toast covered with peanut butter make the teddy face using banana and blueberries. You can change it and make a teddy bear face with different vegetables, fruits, ham, cheese etc.
Make a Teddy biscuit using a cookie or digestive biscuit. Use chocolate spread to make the face, add smarties to make the eyes and nose. If you have icing you could use this to add more detail to your biscuit. You can also use mini Oreo’s or something similar to make the ears.
Being Active
Today’s yoga session is Going on a Bear Hunt. To access this use the following link:
Teddy Bear Picnic song/dance
Perhaps you could make up your own dance to the song.
Games
Why not play Hide and Seek with your Teddy Bear. Get a family member to hide your favourite teddy and then you go and find him. Once you have found your teddy you could re-hide it and get someone else to find him. You can play this game both indoors or outdoors.
Story
Hide and Seek Pig is a story from Julia Donaldson. Help the reader of the story find the different animals in the book by listening to the clues. To access this story use the link below:
Activites
This link will give you access to free printable activities relating to Teddy Bears.
General Information about Teddy Bears
Did you know…?
Tomorrow we will post up some snack ideas for your picnic as well as other fun activities.
Teddy Bear Picnic
Thursday again, where has the week gone?
Lets Get Active
Joe Wicks can be accessed through the following link:
Available at 10am:- A story to support Children with anxieties about returning to school/nursery
Colin is a small blue creature from another planet, curious about Earth and wanting to learn through stories; his best friend Becky, will try to explain why Earth is a little bit different now. Becky will need the help of the young audience to answer Colin’s curious questions and make him feel a little less anxious about going to school, where he will be the only blue creature in the class….
Access this using the following link:
https://www.fantasticforfamilies.com/online-events/12713/2020-06-11-1000/2020-06-11-1045/conversations-with-colin-storytelling-puppetry-and-wellbeing-for-3-7-year-olds
Story
What does it mean to be green? Find out different ways in which you can help the environment by being green.
Song
Going Green is a song that goes through different things we can do to improve the world we live in.
Items of Interest
This link has 20 activities that will help your children to learn about sustainability. These are really simple and easy to introduce into everyday life. Follow this link to look at the activities:
https://www.naturespath.com/en-us/blog/20-activities-kids-learn-sustainability/
Lets get creative
Making outdoor ornaments
The following link gives you access to 21 different activities you can do with your children to make ornaments for the garden/outdoor space by up-cycling things you may have lying around your home.
https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/57938/21-outdoor-ornaments-make-kids
Fathers Day
Sunday 21 June is Fathers Day. Here are some ideas of simple Fathers Day cards you may wish to make with your child for someone special in their lives on Sunday.
Health and Wellbeing
This is the link to songs that you can use to support your child to develop good habits such as brushing their teeth properly.
Tooth brushing game
This game helps to develop the children’s understanding of good oral hygiene. They have to completely clean the teeth to finish the game. Some of the areas needing cleaned are not as easily seen as others just like their own mouths. Use this link to access the game:
https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=132
The nursery staff will be out and about today making a special delivery to all our children. Hopefully we will be able to see you from a safe distance as we do these deliveries.
Have a great weekend everyone!!
Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday!!!!
Remember to collect your lunch from the school between 12 noon and 1.30pm.
Lets get active
Today you can access the Joe Wicks session using this link:
Another activity for you to do at home that will help you develop lots of skills is an Egg and Spoon Race.
For this ultimate hand-eye coordination and balance game, give kids a spoon and have them balance a hard-boiled or plastic egg moving from one point to another either indoors or out. How quickly can they go? Can they dance as they move? Why not get all the family involved and see who can keep the egg on the spoon the longest or furthest.
Songs
Solar System Song
It’s a song about the Sun and the planets for children of all ages.
Barney’s Mister Sun Song
Lets get creative
How to make a bubble snake at home
Find a clean, empty plastic bottle, the diameter of the bottle will determine the width of your bubble snakes.
Using a pair of scissors or a craft knife (and adult supervision), help your child by cutting the bottom off the plastic bottle.
With your kids, cover the open end of your bottle with a piece of fabric that is similar to a old facecloth or cotton sock.
Secure with a rubber band to keep the fabric in place. No elastic band then don’t worry just wrap it in tape or use string or ribbon.
How to make Rainbow Bubble Snakes
Making a rainbow bubble snake is as simple as adding for colouring to the fabric-covered end. Drop the food colouring onto the fabric covered end. It was a bit messy!
Dip the fabric in the bubble solution and give the bottle a blow. Blowing slowly produces the longest snakes.
Numeracy
“Count me to Sheep” is a Sesame Street game where the children have to count the number of sheep Telly has to count before he falls asleep. Use this link to access the game:
https://www.sesamestreet.org/games?id=25579
Story
What exactly is kindness? What is it to be kind? Is it being helpful? Being polite? Does it have to be a big act to be more kind? Well maybe the smallest act is the most powerful. Let’s have a look at this meaningful book.
Have a great day everyone!!!!
Good morning everyone.
Lets get Active
Today instead of Joe Wicks I thought we could try this workout
Mindfullness activity
When out a walk in nature, stop for a few minutes and do this exercise together.
Enjoy some quiet minutes taking deep breaths in and out together and enjoying the air on your face.
Stepping-stones game
In nursery the children love to play “danger” games! They often use the wooden blocks as stepping stones and try not to stand on the ground as they hop or jump from block to block, before the shark/crocodile catches them. It’s a simple, fun game that can last for ages and teaches turn taking while also working on key gross motor skills and balance. You could try this with paper or cushions as the stepping stone at home.
Story
Zog
This tale is about a dragon who was learning lots of new skills at Dragon school. His practising wasn’t always a success and he’s been always rescued by the same girl. As he found out later, she was a princess. They became friends until… a knight came to her rescue. Will they fight? Watch the video while we read it aloud to find out how it ends. This tale is written in rhyme, so babies, toddlers and small children will enjoy listening to it.
Lets get Creative
Emotion faces
Get creative with a craft activity. Draw different emotional faces with you child. Ask your child to guess what emotion the face is feeling each time.
Take your pencil for a walk
You will need:
plain white paper
Writing pencil
Coloured pens or pencils
Watch this video clip for ideas of how to do this activity.
Numeracy
2D Shape Pictures
Do you have some coloured paper, card or felt lying around the house, why don’t you cut them into a variety of shapes and see what pictures can be created from them. A fun activity making great use of fine motor skills, shape recognition and creativity!
Remember we love to see the activities you have been doing at home so try and upload some pictures to your Learning Journey.
Have a great day!!!
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