This month the Rainbows started the month with a pirate theme! One of our friends was very interested in pirate ships so we created an area in the room for the children to explore the pirate ships and the dressing up clothes! We created a tuft tray using some shiny Lycra material to make water […]
This month the Rainbows have enjoyed exploring the unexpected snow that we had this month. We brought it into the room and decided to paint it using paint brushes. We loved watching it as it started to melt and all the paint colours ran together! We have also enjoyed exploring the outdoors with our wetsuits […]
This month we have been learning all about the dark nights. We have created some beautiful pictures of fireworks using black paper and some neon coloured paints! We had a great time dipping our dish brushes into the paint and stamping them onto the paper, which made the paint go everywhere! We have also been […]
We have had a very spooktacular month preparing for Halloween! We created a haunted house in our home corner, filled with spiders, spider webs, pumpkins and ghosts! We all helped to create our decorations for around our room. We made some great ‘mummies’ using toilet roll tubes and white tissue paper, they looked fantastic! We […]
This month the Rainbows have been exploring the diggers and excavators in our sand tray. We have also brought these vehicles into the mud kitchen in the garden. The children have been very interested when going out for walks to look for different types of vehicles on the road! We have loved using our fine […]
This month, the Rainbow Room have been learning loads about mini beasts! We have done all sorts of activities, including going on a bug hunt down the heugh! We had a great time looking under rocks, in the trees and on the ground as we walked down. We found lots of mini beasts, including snails, […]
This month we have been really enjoying learning about safari animals! A lot of our friends have been to the safari park recently so we have created a lovely display using some drawings of the safari animals we have seen! We have some ferocious tigers, some stripey zebras and we were told about some cheeky […]
This month we have been trying to get out as much as possible since it has been lovely weather! We have taken many trips to the park and around the community. The children love our visits to the park. They love to develop their gross motor skills climbing up the ladder for the slide, and […]
This month we have been really enjoying learning about Spring. We have been very interested in planting and have started planting some carrots, cress and sunflowers. We always water them everyday to make sure they are growing properly. We have talked about the different parts of the flower. We discussed the petals, the stem and […]
We really enjoyed learning about Mother’s Day and creating some beautiful artwork for our mummies and daddies to take home! We practiced our mark making skills to create our picture frames, and stuck a funny photo of ourselves in the middle! We also did some brilliant painting using a dish washing brush to print some […]