Rhymetime Nursery Northampton

The Humpty Dumpty’s had a wonderful time exploring a bubbly water tuff tray! They enjoyed scooping, pouring, squeezing and transferring the water into a variety of containers, investigating how the water moved and changed as they played.

There were lots of smiles, splashes and curious discoveries as the children used their hands and different tools to explore the sensory experience of the bubbly water. Water play is a fantastic way to stay cool while learning through play in this lovely warm weather. ☀️

We loved watching the children develop their confidence, curiosity and independence as they explored and experimented together. 💙🌈

The Humpty Dumpty’s have enjoyed a wonderful baby role play activity where we explored different parts of our daily routine. 👶

The children had lots of fun caring for their baby dolls through a variety of experiences, including messy play, snack time, bath time, and settling the babies down for a sleep. 🛁🍎😴

This activity encouraged nurturing skills, imagination, communication, and an understanding of daily routines. The children showed great kindness and care as they looked after their babies, demonstrating their growing social and emotional development.

It was lovely to see their creativity and confidence shine as they recreated familiar experiences from home and nursery. Well done, everyone! 💕✨

⭐ Communication and Language – Children talked about their babies' needs, asked questions, and engaged in conversations with their friends.

⭐ Personal, Social and Emotional Development – They developed empathy, kindness, nurturing skills, and learned how to care for others.

⭐ Physical Development – Dressing dolls, fastening clothes, feeding, and bathing helped strengthen fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

⭐ Literacy – Children shared stories about their babies, looked at books.

⭐ Mathematics – Counting bottles, nappies, and baby items, as well as discussing routines and sequencing events throughout the day.

⭐ Understanding the World – Children explored family roles, daily routines, and discussed how babies grow and what they need to stay healthy.

⭐ Expressive Arts and Design – Through imaginative play, children created their own scenarios, songs, and stories while caring for their dolls.

Today the Humpty Dumpty’s enjoyed a healthy snack time where they independently served themselves fruit using spoons to scoop the fruit into their own bowls. 🍓🍌🫐

The children showed great concentration and determination as they carefully scooped, transferred, and selected their fruit. Self-serving opportunities help to build confidence, encourage independence, and support children in developing important life skills from an early age.

🍑 Physical Development- Develops fine motor skills through holding and using.

🍎Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED)- Builds independence and confidence, encourages self-help skills and a sense of achievement.

🍐Communication and Language- Introduces vocabulary related to fruit, serving, and healthy eating and encourages conversations with peers and adults during snack time.

🍊Mathematics- Opportunities to discuss quantity, such as "more," "less," and counting pieces of fruit.

This week Jack and Jill’s story of the week is 10 little pirates 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

The children were invited to paint their own pirate ships using a variety of materials, including paintbrushes and different coloured paints. They began looking at pirate book and talking about what they could see, such as sails, flags, masts, treasure chests, and the sea.

The children then used their imagination to create their own designs, choosing colours and deciding where to place different features on their ships.

The children learned and showed many opportunities throughout the activity.

🎨 Physical Development
Children develop:

✨Fine motor skills by holding and controlling paintbrushes, sponges, and other tools.

☺️Hand-eye coordination through making marks, patterns, and detailed pictures.

🤩Strength and control in their fingers, wrists, and shoulders, helping to prepare them for early writing.

🗣️ Communication and Language
Painting encourages children to:

🗣️Learn and use new vocabulary such as colours, textures, shapes, and patterns.
* Talk about their ideas, explain their creations, and share stories linked to their artwork.

🌈 Expressive Arts and Design

Children are able to:

💭Express their thoughts, feelings, and imagination creatively.
🖌️ Explore different colours, textures, and painting techniques.

❤️ Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children learn to:

🙂Make independent choices and develop confidence in their own ideas.
☺️Experience pride in their achievements.

We are thinking of you all this Father’s Day 🥰

Happy Fathers Day to everyone 😊

This week Jack and Jill’s story of the week was “Monkey Puzzle!”.

We used flour to draw the first letters of the animals we discovered in our story. We discussed the letters and sounds of each animal and after demonstration from Miss Becca, it was our turn.

⭐️ We learned to say some sounds and letter names and write them to.
⭐️ We used our fine and gross motor skills to mark make in the flour, making small and large movements.
⭐️ We re told the story to each other.
⭐️ We recognised each others achievements as we completed our letters.
⭐️ We recognised some of the letters were in our names to.

We can’t wait to see what story we do next week!

Today the Humpty Dumpty’s enjoyed a wonderful sensory and fine motor activity using cotton balls, tweezers, nets and magnifying glasses.

The children were encouraged to explore the different resources, carefully scooping the cotton balls with the nets and practising their hand strength and coordination by squeezing the tweezers to pick them up and transfer them into bowls.

The magnifying glasses sparked curiosity as the babies investigated the texture and appearance of the cotton balls up close. It was lovely to watch them concentrate, explore and develop new skills through play. 🔎

This activity helps supports children with:

• Physical Development – Strengthened fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and grip control through using tweezers and nets.

• Communication and Language – Encouraged new vocabulary through discussions about textures, tools and actions.

• Understanding the World – Supported curiosity and exploration as children investigated materials using magnifying glasses.

• Characteristics of Effective Learning – Children showed engagement, concentration and a willingness to explore and try new ways of completing the task.

• Personal, Social and Emotional Development – Built confidence and independence as children practised and mastered new skills

After reading the book ‘monkey puzzle’ The Jack and Jill’s showed interest in how the caterpillars changed into butterflies, so we looked at the life cycle of the butterfly.
We coloured the pictures in and put the pictures into order.

• Understanding the World – Observing and talking about changes in nature and living things.
• Communication and Language – Learning and using new words such as caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly while sharing ideas and asking questions.
• Expressive Arts and Design – Exploring creativity through butterfly-themed crafts and imaginative play.

What a magical way to learn about growth, change, and the wonders of nature! 💚

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