This month we have been focusing on our fine motor skills through a range of different activities. We have been cutting using scissors and small knives. We have been independent and have practiced buttering our own toast and pouring our own milk! We have spent lots of time outside this month due to the better, sunnier […]
This month the ladybirds have been interested in different kinds of animals! We have visited pre school a number of times to check on the ducks that have been hatching and have been keeping an eye on their progress every day (and the caterpillars/butterflies). We have also introduced stick insects to our room that we […]
The Ladybirds have had a busy month developing the front garden into a vegetable and fruit latch this month! The children have been helping to play the flowers and seeds, before going out each day to water them. We have been watching the leaves pop through thr soil and are excited to see what colour […]
This month the ladybirds have been concentrating on the front garden of the nursery. We have been able to go outside and help plant different flowers and tidy up using our own rakes and brushes. We have enjoyed going out each day and using the watering cans to water the vegetables and the flowers, we […]
This month the ladybirds have been carrying on some baking activities! We enjoying making something different every week. Some examples of the stuff we have made include, smoothies, chocolate cakes, banana oat biscuits and we are hoping to make soup too. We are still enjoying learning about our shapes and colours and have made a […]
This month the ladybirds have been super busy getting back into their routine after the Christmas break! We have been focusing lots on our room displays and centred them around the children’s interests. Such as transport, shapes and colours! The children have been practicing their colours and simple shapes through different activitys and one to […]
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’ […]