During music time for our sense of 'hearing', we put on our animal sounds CD and had little boards with counters. When the children heard an animal they would look on their board and if the animal was there they would put on one of the counters. It was good fun and the children really enjoyed identifying the animals. They also did really well working together in a group taking turns with the counters!
Out in the garden we had a checklist of an aeroplane, helicopter, birds and a cloud, and the children had to tick when we saw one in the sky. The children really enjoyed this activity, working well with each other to look and hear for these objects!
In the messy tray we had different messy resources each day to use our sense of smell. We had out beans, shaving foam, water and bubble bath. The favourite one was definitely the cloud dough we used with strawberry conditioner!
We also potato printed different shapes, and this was really fun and something different to try out. The children used their shape recognition throughout and enjoyed looking at the prints they had made.
We were also busy at the drawing table with the pencils - drawing rockets, and the children were super proud showing us their finished products. A few of the children drew astronauts beside the space rocket too - good fine motor skills using the pencils throughout!
We are now away to move onto 'In the garden' as our next topic, where the children will be planting different plants and they will learn to look after the plants by watering them on a daily basis if needed. We will be taking photos of things in the garden and then drawing pictures of them! JSince the weather is getting nicer, if you are doing any gardening at home, we would love to see some photos to share with everyone at group discussions!
After this, we will then go onto the topic 'Minibeasts'. If you have any ideas, then please feel free to put them onto our planning sheet next to the signing in and out sheet. We would really like to involve the parents in our planning!!
Can you please remember to check your child's coloured pocket which is situated just outside the room. Each child has their own one.
It is important that you remember to provide indoor shoes/slippers for your child.
Can you make sure you read all notices on boards and any important information written in your child's book eg more nappies required as parenting time can be very busy on certain days!