26/01/2023
This week, we would like to share new interests with you from all areas of the nursery. Preschool have been exploring the time with clocks. The children were able to identify the numbers and with staff support they investigated the purpose of the hands on a clock (what they represent). Some children also have been asking questions about the signs displayed around the nursery and the meanings of them, (no phones signs, wet floor signs) so a home learning task has been created to search for different signs while they are out and about. The children have also been very interested in trying to combine letters together to make a word, they have been sounding out the letters they could see and then worked together with staff to create words such as ''cat, sat, bat, car'' etc. Small world bugs have also been included in the children's interests, they have been sharing their knowledge or the life cycles of the bugs and some children identified caterpillars do become butterflies. 2 plus have been exploring textures and sensory items. Some of the children were able to describe what they could feel using simple words with support from staff, ''cold'' ''slime.'' To develop their interest further, paint brushes were added to create marks in the slime texture. The children have extended their interest of building train tracks and moving in different directions, they created their own track using soft blocks and using different ways to cross the track they made. Babies have been involved in colour mixing activities with paint and exploring the textures of this with their hands, they have also had an ongoing interest of the roleplay area. Pretending to cook, feed the dolls and themselves.
