Author: Miss Anderson

Learning about and being introduced to syllables in the early years provides children with key skills needed for spelling and reading!

In nursery we touch on syllables by taking part in group time games where we clap, tap and stomp out syllables in our names and other simple words. Here is a song that will help children learn the days of the week but also introduce them to the syllables within the words.

As of Monday there will be a PEEP home learning pack for every child in the nursery, available to collect from outside of the main office at school. We hope you are able to collect these and take part in some of the fun activities!

Sticking with a bit of a numeracy theme today, here is a link to a story that is perfect for practising those counting skills and early number recognition.

Here is a link to a fun and simple to work online counting, matching and ordering game-

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

Nursery rhymes are so important for many reasons but a great nursery rhyme that encourages early counting and subtracting skills is Five Little Ducks.

Here is the link to the song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZw9veQ76fo&feature=youtu.be

And an activity idea to make your very own duck pond which would support your little ones with re-telling the rhyme and their counting -https://www.messylittlemonster.com/2015/06/five-little-ducks-egg-carton-craft.html?m=1

One of the action songs we like to do in nursery is ‘Move & Freeze’. Its a fun and a little bit silly at times, but is great for children to practise their listening skills!

Here is a number of different programmes showing on Cbeebies and BBC I player over the next few weeks that will be fun but also educational for your little ones!

Everyone at Deans Nursery would like to wish you a Happy New Year!

It’s not the start to the year that we were expecting, going back into full lockdown, but we can all do this together and hopefully be back together soon!

We will be uploading suggested activities, songs etc here Monday- Thursday, that you may like to do with your little ones. The ladies will be staying in touch with you all and will start checking in via a phone call (may be from a withheld number) as of next week.

We may not all be together right now but we are here for you all, so please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need to by emailing the school at

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Remember to be kind to yourselves!

Deans Nursery Team

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The Christmas parties were a huge success this week and everyone had great fun! We danced, played games, ate party food and we even had a special video sent to us from Santa. He was kind enough to leave us all a little gift under our school Christmas tree. (Photos of the party will be posted in individual Learning Journals, if not before the holidays in January.)

We were lucky enough to watch a virtual Pantomime this week on the big projector in the hall. It was Jack & The Beanstalk and we thought it was really funny…especially when one of the characters kept getting cream on their face!