Autumn 1
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Sean Perkins, an author, came and read his new book to us.
The children listened to 'Autumn' by Vivaldi. This led to some moshing.
Physics- what floats/ sinks?
Using clay in mud kitchen. Clay is more difficult to handle than play dough. It strengthens fingers for writing later on. Plus, it is good fun.��
Woodlouse hunt in wormery. The children went on to spot the woodlice's old exoskeletons. If you look closely in the vid, you can see them.
Developing hand, wrist, arm muscles and core strength: your child will not be able to form letters correctly unless these sorts of activities are engaged in every day. Writing letters now is not advantageous to your child, carrying, lifting, climbing and swinging, are.
This child is displaying a 'transporting schema'. Children cognitively process the world differently to adults.
Data representation
Listening to 'clattering' using percussion in the mud kitchen.
Eating apples that we collected from school grounds.
We looked at the different colours, spoke about how the green ones were sour and looked at the pips.
We discussed how if you plant an apple seed, it can sometimes grow into a tree but it takes a long, long time.
Enjoying the rain as only little children can.
Transporting schema, adding water to our compost bin (that we have had a focus on this week) and realising that sponges are heavier when wet.
Self portrait work
Lunchtime in Nursery
The adults open packets, flasks and tubs etc. They check every child has water. The children are monitored to go to the loo and was their hands. They have over an hour to eat their lunch, as we like lunchtime to be relaxing and chatting time. When children are finished, they independently put their lunch box on the trolley and water bottle on shelf and go and play inside or outside. They have a choice.
How to carry scissors SAFELY
We read this week's text: 'Room on the Broom' by Julia Donaldson. We learnt the word 'cauldron'. We used scissors outside to cut herbs into our potion in the Mud Kitchen. We added acorns, twigs, mud, water and grass. We built our wrist muscles by stirring. We looked at beech and ash leaves.
Playing music collaboratively. A maths song.
A child singing a Maths song in C.P.
So far, your child has learnt 2 counting songs alongside finger gnosis. These 2 songs with corresponding finger gnosis teach your child the cardinality of number 5- 0. They introduce the concept of '1 less'. Of course, singing also teaches vocabulary in 'Communication and Language' and is part of Expressive Art and Design: your child needs to be able to copy a tune.