Nursery Learning 24.02.24

Nursery Learning 24.02.24

This week we have been reading 'The Tiger who came to tea'. The children enjoyed reading all about the greedy tiger and have been using their tiger masks to re-enact gobbling all the food in Nursery!

In the Art area the children have been inspired by tiger pictures to create their own drawings and pictures. Some children chose to practice their mark making skills and some chose to practice cutting and create some great stripy tigers. 

As it was pancake day this week we have made our own delicious pancakes. The children had to carefully mash a banana with a fork, they then added oats and stirred in an egg. There were lots of opportunities for turn taking and counting in order to 10 in this activity. The children enjoyed watching as the pancakes cooked and were very eager to gobble them up like the hungry tiger at the end. 

As it was a rainy day we added some power paint to the puddles outside. The children used small brooms to sweep and spread the paint. They had to use their shoulder and elbow joints to control the brooms and create their own marks outside. 

In our small group sessions we have been focusing on phonological awareness, these are skills that are required to help the children to achieve later reading success. This week we have been busy listening for the sounds the animals start with and clapping the correct amount of syllables for each animal name. 

Look at our 2 year olds working together in the building area. After working with their key worker, Mrs Ngenge, they then independently chose to recreate the building and make it even taller! They were very proud of what they had made! 

There's never a quiet day in the nursery garden! As well as exploring the nature and water, it's a great environment to support the children's physical development. Today was bike races. The children were trying out the different bikes to see if they could decide on which was the fastest. They had lots of fun doing this and they all decided that the blue balance bike was the fastest! 

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Nursery Team