Week Beginning 13th May
REMINDER- Nursery closes for May half term after the session on Friday 24th May and will return on Tuesday 4th June, Thanks
- If your child is still using a dummy throughout the day please consider reducing the use of this, we can support you through this transition and give advice if and when needed. We would really like more children to be dummy free as this affects speech and language and communication skills. We talk about not using or having dummies at nursery and the children react well, some of them have even used the dummy tree to get rid of their dummies which we are really proud of
- We would like to encourage parents to try getting rid of or reducing the use of dummies through the week of May half term then they are preschool ready
A big well done to this superstar giving up his dummy and putting it on the dummy tree in nursery, he enjoyed picking he's own prize out of the box
Another big well done to this superstar who now has no more nappies at bed time
Some of our activities this week
Focused communication groups
Our focused groups this week was prepositions and understanding single words and correctly identifying objects out of a group. For this we used a small teddy bear and a cup and asked the children can you put the teddy on top of the cup, beside the cup, under the cup and in the cup. They was really keen to try this, and showed good concentration and listening skills. Please try this at home with your child/children so they can keep practicing. You can encourage this by asking them to put their socks "in" the washing machine, can they sit "on" the couch/floor/bed, can they stand "next to or beside" a toy or family member when asked and can they crawl "under" someone's legs. If you try this at home please let us know how your child gets on
The other communication group was to identify objects within a group, for this we used picture flashcards containing familiar objects such as car, apple, ball, fish, cat, key, sun. We placed a few cards down to begin with and slowly added more. We asked the children "can you find the ball" "can you find the sun". To challenge them further we was asking "what is this" as we held up a card this is to prompt single words, we also challenged them by asking "can you find the apple and the key". Again this is another activity you can try at home with objects in your household Please let us know if you try this at home
Outdoor Play
This week we took a small group on the bus into Wigan again to explore the bus station and see all the different buses there. The children was so well behaved and walked lovely to and from the bus stops, they sat through the whole bus rides well and enjoyed listening for different sounds along the way. We heard the bell on the bus which the children began to sing "the bell on the bus goes ding-a-ling-a-ling" "the driver on the bus says tickets please", they made a lot of people smile. They enjoyed waving to the bus drivers and listening to them beep their horns
Making our own fruity Ice Lollies
This week we have enjoyed making our own strawberry Ice lollies in nursery, the children was keen to try out this activity and showed good can do attitudes throughout. They showed good control when waiting their turns and using their spoons to scoop out the strawberries and yoghurt from the pots. Some of the children chose summer fruits juice instead of yoghurt for their lollies as you can see from the photos they went down a treat
Tuesday 14th May
The children enjoyed the sand activity today, this included staff and children's photo's hidden within the sand. They enjoyed pulling the pictures out and telling everyone who they had found. They was so excited to show their friends when they had found a picture of themselves
In the afternoon the children enjoyed the gluing & sticking activity, with adult support we used scissors to cut out the shapes, they then was encouraged to independently find the right space to their shapes and match correctly.
Wednesday 15th May
Today we enjoyed the messy play activity which included pool noodles and shaving foam. The children used the spades to spread the foam onto the pool noodles to build towers and structures they also enjoyed making their own pictures gluing and sticking using different materials.
We had the tunnels & slide on the carpet area in the morning and the children loved being able to use their physical skills inside. They was very patient when waiting turns using the slide
Thursday 16th May
The children enjoyed playing and exploring in the silver sensory tray, they used the whisks to mix their foil balls and placed them into the colanders and was pretending to make dinner for each other. The children have really formed some lovely friendships
Friday 17th May
Today we enjoyed using the stencils with the pens to make marks, the children are starting to use their pens correctly and show good control They enjoyed messy play this morning exploring the bear hunt sensory tray, we encouraged the children to re tell the story through play and use familiar phrases from the book
