Over the last two months in the ladybird room we have been focusing on our colours and shape recognition. We have used shape and colour puzzles, coloured peg people, play dough and lots more to identify different colours and shapes which the children may or may not be familiar with. We have continued attending book […]
This month the Ladybirds have been busy celebrating Halloween with a range of activities. We’ve had slime in the water tray with pumpkins, where the children have been scooping the slime into the pumpkins. We also made black and white hand prints to make cats and pumpkins by potato printing! The children had green jelly […]
This month the Ladybirds have been showing their caring nature through caring for the babies. We have been bathing them in the water try with bubbles and face clothes before using towels to dry them! We have also been practicing putting the clothes on the babies and developing our fine motor skills through popping and […]
We’ve had a busy month exploring our ‘story of the month’ – We’re going on a bear hunt! We went searching for stick while looking for the bear, which we then brought back to nursery and used with paint to make marks on our paper. The Ladybirds also enjoyed getting messy with ‘thick oozy mud’ […]
This month the Ladybird’s have enjoyed learning about our story of the month ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’. We went down the Heugh on a bear hunt and collected some sticks to do some painting. We also got very messy making our mud display using brown paint, mud, glue and textured paper. We have […]
The Ladybirds have been very interested in developing their fine motor skills this month through a range of activities, such as threading beads onto string, placing pegs into the holes on the peg board and completing simple jigsaws. They have also been interested in dressing up and expressing themselves through this. We have been using […]
In April we took part in a litter pick with Sandersons Wynd Primary School. We went to different locations around Tranent to collect the litter. The Ladybirds went to Sandersoms Wynd Primary where we collect litter before putting it into our black bags. We also developed our fine motor skills by using a litter picker […]
What a busy month we have had! We have been busy crafting Mothers Day cards using paint, glitter, glue and cupcake cases! We also used forks to make marks in our paint, google eyes and different shapes and colours of paper to make some Easter cards. The children have shown a lot of interest in […]
This month we have welcomed some new friends into the Ladybird Room from the Butterfly room. We have been taking part in small group activities to give the children time to build relationships with the Ladybird Room staff such as painting, making play dough and reading stories. We have changed the room a round a […]
This month we have welcomed some new friends into the Ladybird Room from the Butterfly room. We have been taking part in small group activities to give the children time to build relationships with the Ladybird Room staff such as painting, making play dough and reading stories. We have changed the room a round a […]