Tulips have started preparations for the Queens Jubilee. We have been very busy painting our castle, and have started to make bunting. The children are already enjoying imaginative play in our role play area, where they are choosing which people within a castle that they want to be. We are looking forward to lots more… Continue reading Untitled
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In Tulips today we have been exploring bubbles experimenting with a variety of tools to investigate which made the biggest and smallest We throughly enjoyed our morning and made some huge bubbles and some very small ones This activity lead to conversations about the colours we could see, problem solving, sharing and developing our own… Continue reading Untitled
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This week in Tulips we have completed some observational paintings of the Queen. They made comments such as “ she wears a crown and jewels” They also decided to make some cards for her which we will send off to the palace. We are continuing to throughly enjoy our jubilee celebrations including making our own… Continue reading Untitled
Threading
Today in Daisy room, the children have enjoyed developing their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination as they attempted threading. The children demonstrated focus as they really tried to feed the Cheerios onto the pipe cleaners. The younger children enjoyed exploring the cereal whilst the older ones began to use their index fingers and… Continue reading Threading
Tinned tomato play
On Monday we enjoyed tinned tomato play in Daisy room. The children were a little unsure of this new sensory tray at first but soon got involved and enjoyed feeling the texture of the tomatoes as they played.
Mini beasts
This week in Tulips we have explored Mini Beasts following on from there being lots more around nurseryWe have taken part in a variety of activities which included Spider biscuit makingMaking bug habitats using our everyday resources Ice and jelly play rescuing bugs that are frozenWe made edible worm pies for our pudding Painting bugs… Continue reading Mini beasts
Edible slime
On Thursday we had great fun exploring edible slime/play dough in Daisy Room. The children were a little unsure at first as it did appear very sticky and stretchy but they soon got into it and enjoyed squeezing and squashing the dough. Also, it was perfect for the little ones as it was completely edible… Continue reading Edible slime
Ice colouring
We have loved making marks with coloured ice today in Daisy room. I added different food colouring to water and made a lot of different shaped ice cubes before letting the children make marks. The children really enjoyed seeing the colours come out of the ice and some of the older ones even came out… Continue reading Ice colouring
Threading
Today in Daisy room, the children have enjoyed developing their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination as they attempted threading. The children demonstrated focus as they really tried to feed the Cheerios onto the pipe cleaners. The younger children enjoyed exploring the cereal whilst the older ones began to use their index fingers and… Continue reading Threading
String painting
On Tuesday in Daisy room the children really enjoyed string painting with Katie. The children imitated the actions of Katie as she dipped the string into the paint before placing it onto the card. The children then pulled the string off of the card to see the paint left underneath. They also getting their hands… Continue reading String painting
