We’ve had lots of fun outside this week. What started out as a few children helping to clean out a tray ended up as a collaborative potion making activity involving transporting water, adding bubbles and LOTS of powder paint, which resulted in a frothy colour explosion. The children were delighted at the discoveries being made, using wonderful descriptive language ‘It’s gooey because of the soap’ and cooperation, for example when one child couldn’t get the lid off their bottle, another quickly stepped in with ‘I can help you.’ There was also lots of mathematical language outside this week. Two girls comparing the length of their sticks ‘my stick is longer’ and a boy describing his stick as being ‘as long as 100 hippos.’ A child discovered a piece of ice which he held up exclaiming ‘a diamond’ and a pattern in icy mud described as ‘a Viking pattern because it’s got lines and pointy bits all around.’ There is a maths workshop for parents next Wednesday at St Margarets nursery from 1-2pm and at Hampden Way from 7-8pm, it would be lovely to see you there.
We had a busy last few days of term. There was lots of collaborative construction using blocks, lego, magnetic shapes, marble runs, mobilo, sand and paper. The children were fascinated by the ice they found in the garden, working out lots of different ways to crack it, using great descriptive language to describe it, exploring it with their hands and looking through it. Sticks were used to create letters and wonderful patterns and lots of stories were shared. Sensory play involved cooking in the mud kitchen and using soap flakes to create milkshakes and ice cream, again involving lots of descriptive language and making links to their own experiences. It has been lovely to see all our new children settle into nursery life and we look forward to seeing you all after half term.