THE START OF ADVENT
The children had lots of questions when they arrived on Thursday morning to find decorations, stockings and a calendar that had appeared overnight!
We talked about December being a very special month when we remember Jesus' birthday, and we celebrate as we count down by opening Advent calendars and thinking about all of the people in the story of Jesus.
We have been telling the story of the Nativity with our wonderful knitted characters and the children have been enthralled by this story. As the week has gone on they have been able to recall characters' and place names.
The children have enjoyed retelling the story, and there have also been some slightly different events as the children's imaginations have been active!
The children are practising songs for our school Nativity and they they have been singing the songs as they have moved the appropriate characters around the table!
Delightful to hear!
BRR! JACK FROST HAS BEEN ABOUT!
And what did the children do as soon as they got outside? Feel the ice and frost, of course! They were fascinated by the ice in the water tray, too, and got a big surprise when after a number of icy days, they put their fingers in and found they were wiggling their fingers in water again! This has led to lots of questions and talking about the temperature and how things change. Next week we will be investigating ice indoors!
On the move!
BUSY LEARNERS
Little Conkers are exploring and interacting through the day.
Santa and his elves will be about next week... I look forward to seeing what adventures they may have!