Here are just a few of the wonderful invitations to play on offer to our children this frosty Friday morning…
So many things to delve into to extend their learning through purposeful play……but ultimately……. pirates win!!!
(Free-Flow have even been making treasure maps and are going on an actual treasure hunt later… no gemstones, but Imogen reliably informs me that there’ll be some chocolatey coin treasure ready for the finding!!)
Something magical awaits our children in the morning as this evening some fabulous fairies have turned nursery into an oasis of light and sparkle.
Fuelled by pizza and no/pro-secco bubbles the fairies have filled Jollies with Christmas magic to begin the exciting countdown to the big day in the best possible way for all our children…
We apologise in advance to all our lovely parents/carers as we suspect that drop off time may take a little longer than usual in the morning…… xxxx
We’ve been busy practising our physical skills and having a good old giggle too!
Our children loved participating in some exciting movement play recently when they explored using the ‘peanut’ to help strengthen their core muscles and balance, but the overriding theme seemed to just be that it was simply lots and lots of fun too!! Xxxx
Yesterday Sally and Lawrence brought the story bus again. We sang a welcome song as a group, added in some instruments and Sally read us a story. We could then choose stories to share with a friend or to read in the cosy hidey holes!!
Stephen observed some of his children busy in the kitchen looking at some of the cook books together.
In order to further develop their role play and learning Stephen firstly observed closely and then he sensitively intervened where necessary to extend their communication and conversation further. He asked questions linked to what they were doing and what they were talking about. This then enabled the group to interact in even greater depth and explain their ideas, thoughts and feelings further; developing their communication and social skills through their self-initiated play.
There was definitely lots of talking and sharing of plans between them and they soon had a brilliant feast organised which they then set off happily to create together!!
We love seeing our children using real cookbooks to inspire their role play feasts…. and believe you me…. they are definitely feasts by the time they have all finished… cheers!! Xxxx
Our team showed themselves to be worthy of a job in Charlie’s factory when they recently worked hard as a team to make the…. ‘biggest chocolate ever’.
This self-initiated task sparked much imagination and creativity as our children became immersed in the magic of their role play scenario. They used water from the ‘water fall’ and mud and sand.
Everyone then mixed all the ingredients up together and then ‘cheersed’ themselves in celebration of their chocolatey creation!! xxxx
Do you have what it takes to rescue the monsters from their homes?! Luckily our children definitely did!!
In doing so they were focusing upon their fine motor skills within enclosed spaces and the precision of their hand/eye coordination!
Within this activity patience was key whilst they used a steady hand to manipulate the tweezers with control in order to be able to rescue the monsters from their ‘homes’.
Our children were very focused and motivated by their monster mission and they loved to count how many monsters they were rescuing too!
In Early Years developing fine motor skills, finger strength and hand/eye coordination is so very important, as it a pre-cursor for writing and eventually leads to being able to hold and use a pen effectively, confidently and comfortably ready for school!
So you’ll soon see there was method in this monster madness as our children excitedly discovered whether they’d got what it takes to save the monsters!! Xxxx