The Very Hungry Caterpillar

In line with World Book Day this Thurs 2nd March, we're turning our attention to children's favourite The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

This book encompasses counting, different types of food and the process of growth and change (UW).
As the week goes on we are also able to see how the children are able to listen to the story with increasing attention and recall (L).

The children will be colouring in the featured food outlines, and, when laminated and hole punched, will be practicing their fine motor skills as they thread them in the same order as in the book (PD).

Running alongside this we'll be making folded butterflies sponge painted in bright colours (EAD).

We will be loaning out this book to enjoy at home too, so do let us know your children's comments.

Regarding World Book Day you should have all received a memo by now about your child wearing fancy dress, but this is entirely optional so no pressure!

On Tuesday our staff colleague Sharon will be planting tomato seeds in welly boots. This has all come about as Sharon was reading a Peppa Pig book to three of the children, in which Peppa's Muddy Welly Pots was featured. The children then asked if they could do the same as Peppa so hence this activity! We'll be following the growth process regularly(UW).

Just a kind reminder to new parents to clearly label all outer clothes, lunch boxes etc to avoid confusion, Thank You.

                                           Helen.



                                           

Jungle Animals

Hello and welcome back from the half term break, we hope you all had a nice break.

This week we'll be focusing on jungle animals, in particular discussing their sizes, patterns and at what speed they move.

The children will be making leopard and tiger faces using paper plates, practicing cutting with scissors, sticking and painting (EAD).

At story time we'll be looking at jungle related books and of course imitating the sounds and actions of the animals!

We extend a warm welcome to some of the children starting with us over the next few weeks, welcome packs can be found in the named pigeon holes in the corridor. Please do approach us with any queries and if you have time, read previous blogs for more information.

                                                                                        Helen.



                                                             

Trains

During this last week prior to the half term break, we're talking about trains.

Small world play will give us the opportunity to look at positional language such as "over" and "under" bridges (M).

We'll be reading and looking at the book The Train Ride by June Crebbin. This encompasses repeated refrains and talks about everything you may see during a train journey. Maybe you could tell us on a wow slip about any train ride your child's been on.

Other activities will include acting out being a human train with sound effects of course, practicing going fast, slow and stopping , as well as buying tickets ( PD, EAD & C&L ).

On an individual basis the children will be putting together an animal train puzzle, whilst at the end of the session we'll be listening to a CD called Train By The Station.

Just a reminder that the last day of term is this Thursday 9th as Friday is a training day. We hope you have a nice half term break and look forward to seeing you again on Monday 20th February.
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                         Helen.