What We’ve Been Up To!
A round-up of the children’s latest activities.
We’re pleased to say that our new educational programmes launched this week, and as discussed at parents’ evening, they promise to be a fantastic combination of learning and fun. The programmes are on display now in each of the rooms, so please come and look at the activities the children will be doing in the coming weeks.
In the meantime, here are some of the projects the children have enjoyed this month.
Pre-schoolers get creative, and muddy!
It’s been a super creative few weeks for our pre-schoolers. They particularly enjoyed making colourful decorations for our new Spring display board – feel free to have a peek next time you’re in. Sensory play activities have also been a big hit with our oldest children. They’ve been exploring a range of different textures and materials, including ‘mud’ car races, ‘flour’ Antarctica and our ‘feel-y’ farm with sand, straw and, you’ve guessed it, more mud!
Easter is always a fantastic time to encourage the children’s artistic skills, so there’s been plenty of egg painting and decorating galore too. While the sun shined, the pre-schoolers loved playing group games in the nursery garden. Firm favourites were traditional playground games, Duck, Duck, Goose and What’s the time Mr Wolf?
Our Spring display full of busy bees and butterflies.
Our pre-schoolers’ new number line.
The nursery’s building site is under construction! (Just like real life!)
Toddler Time
This month the toddlers have been freezing water and food colouring to produce some very ‘cool’ ice paintings. Gently preparing for the pre-school room, they have also been learning to write the letters of their name. The children are also beginning to explore assorted colours and have spent time learning about how to make secondary colours from primary ones.
Cakes are always a fun way to focus little ones’ learning, and we’ve baked and decorated some masterpieces this month to underpin our learning themes. Use of broad vocabulary has also been encouraged by asking the toddlers to describe Duplo towers they built and to compare the sizes of their structures. Maths continues to be a key focus and the children enjoyed playing counting and subtracting games we set up during free play time.
Practising writing letters
Busy Babies
Our babies have been trying out their new flash cards with great success. Messy mornings have also proved popular thanks to our sensory themed play, including splashing around with boats and sea animals in the bubbly water section. With the days getting warmer, the babies found bug hunting sessions in the garden great fun – although spider spotting wasn’t a high point for some nursery staff! Lastly, we went on an animal hunting adventure across the nearby savanna (Alexandra Gardens) where we had the best of weather – brilliant sunshine overhead and big splashy puddles from our April showers – perfect!
Babies enjoying some lovely messy sensory play!
The babies’ and toddlers’ latest work on display.
