Little Poppets Day Nursery

Swing from the trees!!

We like to use the garden for all our physical skills.

Grip & Upper Body: Holding tight to the trees branches builds hand grip strength, forearms, and shoulder stability.

Gross Motor Skills: Pumping legs to go up and down on the balance beam strengthens quadriceps and hamstrings while swinging teaches rhythmic movement.

Core Strength: Staying upright requires continuous abdominal and lower back engagement to maintain balance.

Vestibular System: The fluid movement of rolling and swinging stimulates the inner ear, which regulates spatial awareness and balance.

Balance and Footwork: Bat and ball games; Shifts in body weight during a swing require spatial orientation and dynamic posture control.

Wow our bodies are working hard!!

Note: no trees were hurt/damaged during this time!

Planting our tomato plants.
Being outside in nature at its best.
One simple project that establishes great skills for later life.

😊 exploring each part of the plant
🙂 learning what a plant needs to flourish
☺️ using the right tools and safely
😃 using gross motor skills and core muscles
🙂 comparing size for digging the hole
🙂 established self regulation for taking care
☺️ great well-being for having completed a set task with pride
🙂learning to love and take care of the outside environment
🙂 language extended with new words
😄 communication embedded with listening, engaging the speaker, communicating own thoughts and using words and language within context.
🙂 cognitive learning with how to fill the watering cans and then all the above applied again !!
🙃 learning to work together, help each other and build strong, reliable friendships 🥰

Now the hard work begins with keeping them growing to produce our well earned tomatoes 🍅 ( with so much more learning and enjoyment to come 😄 )

FLUTTER butterfly . . . . .
Today we put the butterflies back to nature.
We found the perfect flowers for them.
We know to be careful with their delicate wings and that they love the sunshine.
We fluttered our hands and observed their symmetrical wings.
We even saw their curly long tongue for sucking nectar.

World bee day: 🐝

We have found out about the bee’s habitat using the internet.
We observed a bee collecting its nectar.

Over the past week we have been finding which flowers are in nursery garden and WOW! we found so many!!
We are learning to care for our surroundings and be observant too.
Language extended:
Petal
Delicate
Nectar
Pollen
Stem
Roots

We then made honey on toast!! Yum 😋

Our caterpillars have arrived and we have been watching them grow.
They are now in their cocoons and we are waiting for that magical transformation. . . . Watch this space.

Being physical;
We have been using all our gross motor skills in supporting;
Balance
Coordination
Physical strength
Cognitive development; links between brain development & movement

This in turn helps us to develop;
Improved motor planning with navigating our bodies
Promoting cardiovascular health
Stamina
Focus & concentration
Independence and self care
And above all higher self-esteem and confidence

Apart from having fun and laughing with our friends too!!!

We want all children to have a healthy and varied diet in aiding the right nutrients and fuel for a healthy body and mind in supporting a long term healthy life...........

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Our flower garden. . . . .
Putting into practice how flowers grow.
Brilliant scooping and tipping.
Discussions on depth of compost and size of pots
Using mathematical shape names - rectangular/ cylinder/ circular
Describing the texture of the soil
Extending language about how to care for growing things.
Learning different words for the same thing : mud/ soil / compost/ spade/ scoop / stalk / stem etc.
designing our own pot and being pleased with the end result.

Constructing with large materials.
There was much learning going on:

Collaboration
Concentration
Listening and responding
Extending language:
Clip/ fasten/ stretch/ magnetic / foam
Negotiating and making decisions
Making a plan
Imagination and adaptation
Fine and gross motor skills
Experiencing the wind
Over coming problems and finding a solution

Everyone is welcome.
Increase your child’s language and communication skills and have fun too . .