GLH Childminding Services - Maidstone Kent

Solar eclipse ☀️🌚🌎

Developing fine motor skills by picking up, moving and sorting the small sea creatures.
Strengthening hand–eye coordination and control. Exploring different textures through sand and water.
Exploring concepts such as wet/dry, floating/sinking, land/water.
Creating imaginative underwater stories and scenarios. Using the sea creatures in pretend play, Exploring colour, shape and movement.
Counting the fish and sea creatures, Sorting by colour, size or type., Comparing quantities: more, less, same. Using positional language such as under, beside, behind, above.
Sharing resources and taking turns, Playing cooperatively with others. 🐙🐟🦑

Star Fish

Oranges & Lemons 🍊🍋. I get asked Why to my sensory trays and what are they learning. Here’s a great example of rich learning opportunities covering all seven areas of the EYFS.

Strengthens fine motor skills , new vocabulary such as float, sink, pour, squeeze, Develops hand-eye coordination and wrist control. Encourages bilateral coordination when transferring objects between bowls. Comparing quantities (more, less, equal).Exploring capacity using full, empty, half-full. Sorting, Colour matching, Discusses healthy foods and the importance of fruit. Supports concentration and perseverance while experimenting. Just a few reasons there as to why.

Impromptu trip out 🐐🦆🐖