Little Kingfishers

Gorgeous afternoon at forest school today. We made mud paint and searched for different shaped leaves to use to create some relief art.



Outdoors kids play learning fun

Fine motor activity last week using resin sea creatures and tweezers. The children had to follow the patterns.

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Resin sea creatures and tweezers



Under the sea fine motor activity Reception school continuous provision

This week we have been exploring all things under the sea. I wanted the children to be able to explore and see a fish up close. I went to the fishmongers and got the biggest one I could find. To say they were fascinated was an understatement. We took pictures of it up close, they wrote labels, they sat and drew pictures and we had lots of discussions about the physical features that they could see up close.
The only downside was our classroom was very stinky.



Under the sea fish exploration classroom

Reception loved making these loose parts pictures this week. Lots of gorgeous discussions about the sea creatures and why they were putting things in particular places.

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Cable reel and wicker tray



Under the sea child school loose parts

Invitation to create in the studio area.

Using under the sea picture cards as a prompt.

A gorgeous windy afternoon at forest school today, so perfect to use our wind chimes, kindly gifted by . The children loved threading the chimes on, then decorating them and finding the ‘perfect’ place to hang them in the forest.

The children had fun at forest school before half term using mud kitchen recipe cards. They thought it was magic that we used glitter (biodegradable glitter from

2D shape pictures linked to our minibeast topic. The children loved making these.

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Maths continuous provision reception classroom school

Some fine motor activities that we have used lately.

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Our fine motor area in the classroom is changed weekly with a focused activity but it does have things that the children can also access independently too.

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Wicker tray



School kindergarten play Finemotor