Magic Dragon Preschool

WE TRAVELLED TO BRAZIL
Thank you to Caterina who shared her knowledge and experiences of Brazil with the children. They learned about Brazilian culture, traditions, and the significance of indigenous feather headdresses.

It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate cultural diversity, spark curiosity, and learn about the world.

A VISIT TO ITALY

Squeezing, rolling, spreading, chopping, sprinkling, slicing and learning the Italian words for all of the ingredients that we used to make pizzas.
Thank you Riccardo for coming in to teach us about making pizzas.

FUN WAYS TO MEASURE
The children drew then measured dinosaur footprints.

How big? They used tape measures, camels, their feet/hands and each other to measure and compare how big they were.

Great mathematical language was used today, great understanding, new concepts learnt and lots of fun and excitement was had.
Well done Bluebirds. 👏🏻

PLACES AVAILABLE FOR TWO YEAR OLDS FROM SEPTEMBER
We have spaces available in our two year old group and we’d love to invite you to book a visit. See link in bio for our website to make an enquiry.

HALF TERM ACTIVITIES
Here are some simple and free ideas to entertain your preschool child over the holidays.
⭐️ Create a sensory play station using old oats/rice. Great for hours of pouring and scooping and playing pretend cafés.
⭐️ Snip herbs/leaves to make potions
⭐️ Designate an area in your garden for your child to dig, dig, dig
⭐️ Go on a bug hunt
⭐️ Make an obstacle course with old tyres (ask your local garage for free tyres)
⭐️ Play with bubbly/painty water with old pots and spoons
⭐️ Fill old tins with sticks, pinecones and leaves to make a bug hotel
⭐️ Repurpose a large cardboard box into a car/ train/fire engine…
⭐️ Sweep up leaves
⭐️ Make a den/fort
⭐️ Paint with water on anything outside

Which is your go-to free play idea? Comment below.

FREE HALF TERM PLAY IDEAS
Here are some ideas to entertain your preschool child and enjoy the outdoors - and older children will love these play ideas too.

⭐️ Bubbly water play or coloured water play (add a squeeze of washing up liquid or paint)
⭐️ Make an obstacle course using old tyres free from a garage
⭐️ Go on a bug hunt
⭐️ Snip herbs/leaves to put in a potion
⭐️ Dig in the garden
⭐️ Cardboard box play - the possibilities are endless
⭐️ Make playdough (a cheap way). See our website for our magic recipe.
⭐️ Sweep up leaves
⭐️ Make a bug hotel in old tins
⭐️ Make a den using old sheets or blankets
⭐️ Create a sensory play station using old rice/oats and lots of pots to pour and scoop with.

Which is your favourite?
Please share your ideas in the comments too.

SNACKTIME
We have been talking about keeping healthy this week. The groups enjoyed peeling and chopping fruit to make fruit kebabs for snack time today.