Concentration and imagination!

WATCH OUT! CHILDREN CONCENTRATING!
Such a simple activity, but the children demonstrated great hand eye coordination - they also enjoyed a little competition to see who could fill the most lids with water before the sand ran through the timer! 

This week the children have also been busy making Father's Day medals.

     Some of our Nursery 1 children did brilliantly when they traced over the letters for their special message. They concentrated so well and were rightly proud of their efforts!

We helped make puffy paint. The children exercised their hand and finger muscles a great deal as the bottles needing squeezing very tight indeed!

The children were very surprised to hear they needed to bake their paint in the microwave! They returned excitedly with Mrs J to show what had happened - the paint was hard!

We proudly showed off our medals before we took them home for daddy! Aren't they great!

CELEBRATING THE QUEEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY!

We dressed in red, white and blue for the day! 

 We watched some video clips of Trooping the Colour, and the fly past. The children were very excited and asked lots of questions!

Later in the day some children asked for the videos again. I assumed they would sit and watch as they had done earlier, but I was delighted to see them start marching and copying the parade! They found their own props from around the room to use as hats, rifles and muscial instruments. They stood impressively still when the National Anthem played!

Even at such a young age, the children had an understanding of the Queen being very special and important. They were concerned though that no one seemed to have given her any presents!

Happy 90th Birthday, Your Majesty.

Exercising!

EXERCISING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
This week our focus has been on keeping our bodies healthy. 
 

We used dough disco time as an opportunity to exercise not only our fingers but also our arms!

The children have been very enthusiastic!

                                                  

 

We have had work out times! We had challenges such as stretching for 1 minute, and jogging on the spot for 3 minutes. We found that 3 minutes was much longer than we thought!!

 The children said they felt tired, hot and out of breath! This gave great opportunities to talk about what activity does to our bodies. The children were very interested when I explained their hearts were beating faster. We looked in picture books to see what else was inside our bodies - lungs, bones, muscles. The conversation became quite complicated at times!

Outdoors we have used a range of equipment, and the weather has been beautiful. We have often come back inside ready for a good rest!

We finished the week with some fun races! Everyone enjoyed these and it was wonderful to hear the children cheering each other on!

When I grow up I want to be a knight!

FINDING OUT ABOUT JOBS PEOPLE DO
Over the past few weeks some of the children have been curious about different jobs, which led to exploring this theme. Some of our parents were able to send in photos or items related to their jobs, resulting in some great conversations and opportunities to develop vocabulary.

 We talked about how some of our mums and dads do similar jobs eg. in the RAF. We also talked about how we are different and are good at different things.

This lovely princess went to see daddy at work and took charge!

Uniforms and safety clothing were talked about. Hard hats and soft hats were compared and the children learnt about why certain people needed to wear them for protection and to be seen.

 One of our parents is a dentist and the protective gloves and mask led to lots of discussion about germs! Then followed a conversation about the importance of looking after our teeth.

At the end of the week the children thought about what they would like to do when they grew up. Answers included princess, window cleaner, doctor, postman, builder and knight!

ENJOYING MUSIC AND MOVEMENT

 The children love the story of "Smarty Pants", and had a great time acting out the story. They went flying, skiing, racing and swinging through the jungle moving to a range of music.

 Back in the classroom, these children decided this sheet was ideal for using like a parachute and it was delightful to see them cooperating and playing games without any adult support.

BUSY FINGERS

Each week a range of opportunities are provided to encourage the children to develop their fine motor skills, and it is pleasing to see them going back again and again to activities to explore and practise.