Wee Deans

Sign up and receive your very own pack. This pack includes posters of birds, how to identify different types birds, a form to record your findings (unless you choose to do this online), and a guide explaining about the survey. This takes place anytime that suits you, for one hour in your day, between 29th and 31st of January.

If you look further into the site you will find ideas to make bird cake, bird feeders, how to care for birds in the winter, how to identify their songs and much, much more.

The website has loads of fantastic information for you to search. Although it is mainly about birds it also has great pictures and advice about other garden creatures, bugs, and insects. Have a look!!

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/?sourcecode=BWMITH0230&channel=paidsearch&gclid=CjwKCAiAi_D_BRApEiwASslbJ1lklsZ9yxPmY5vi4061I8Q6FPI1TbcqIb3erS7Zave-BWS1aZtB-BoClM0QAvD_BwE

(PLEASE NOTE : BUYING THE MEMBERSHIP IS A SEPERATE OPTION. THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPLETED UNLESS YOU WANT TO)

 

 

Although the snow has melted away for now, I’m sure there has been lots of snow fun had over the past week or so! Here is a simple snowman song to keep the snow fun going…

Getting dressed for going outdoors can be a lengthy process with little ones (especially in winter with all the extra clothing) as we are sure you are very aware of! But being able to put on a jacket, zip it up, put boots/shoes on etc all provide children with key co-ordination and fine motor practise (which all goes to help with holding a pencil and writing skills). Also being able to get dressed by themselves will fill children with pride and independence!

This extra time at home is a great opportunity to give your children that extra practise. It can provide great conversation as well… what is the weather like today? So what will we need to put on for going outside?

3 Simple Ways for Children to Put Coats On

 

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