We have developed our colour mixing skills in the painting area this week as we have learnt how to mix red and white paint to make pink. We then tried to use the pink colour we had mixed to paint our own pig from our story of the week. We talked about needing a circle for the head and we learnt the pig's nose is called a snout.
Here are a few photos of us being artists!
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Our journey into "Magical Storyland" is continuing this week with a focus on the story of The Three Little Pigs. This was a story which some of the children were already familiar with but for others it was brand new! Today we read the story together and used our character puppets to help us to act out the different characters. The children are getting really good at joining in with the repeated phrases in our stories and today we focused on the words of the pigs and the big bad wolf. "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!" and "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!" was repeated lots and we tried to use a scary deep voice. We changed our voice to that of a frightened little pig as we said "not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin, I will NOT let you in!"
Over the week we will be reading different versions of the story so we can talk about what is the same and what is different. We have added our character puppets to our small world area so the children can act out the story with their friends As we are learning about the story of The Three Little Pigs this week, we have been building our own houses in our construction area using our small and large wooden blocks. We learnt that houses need to be strong so they cannot get blown down easily! Some of us worked as a team and some of us worked on our own to arrange our bricks and then add the pigs. In our outdoor area, we worked as a team to build a brick house for the pigs. We learnt about how to stack the bricks to lock them together like real builders do and we found out that this would make our walls stronger! Once the house was built, we role played the story using our pig and wolf masks.
Today was Feel Good Friday and the children were invited to wear sporty clothes to nursery. This morning we had a go at some ribbon dancing to support our physical development. First, we practised lots of moves with our ribbons using both hands- large circles, up and down, across our bodies and a curved rainbow over our heads, Then we played the song Happy by Pharrell Williams and the children practised their moves to the music.
We have been using the interactive whiteboard to help us with our learning in Maths this week. We have learnt to carefully count the buttons on the gingerbread man and then tap the matching numeral. We also had a go at dragging buttons onto the gingerbread man to match the number. This was quite tricky as the buttons kept popping back as we dragged them, but we persevered and managed to succeed! There was so much Maths in this activity as well and we had to take turns as we learnt that the interactive whiteboard doesn't work if more than one person is touching it at the same time. Good work, Shooting Stars!
We love to be creative in nursery and there has been lots of wonderful learning this week! Creative Workshop: In our creative workshop we have been designing our own gingerbread people linked to our story of the week. We have been choosing our materials and sticking them down in different ways. We have also worked hard using scissors to snip and cut out our gingerbread man. Some children managed to cut right around the edge all by themselves! Playdough area We have gingerbread scented dough in our playdough area this week and there has been lots of talk about the scent. The children have been using our gingerbread man recipe book to create their own. They have learnt to shape the dough and then roll it flat with their rolling pin before cutting out different sized gingerbread people. We have added buttons this week and the children have been carefully pressing them into the dough and counting how many they had got. Such a lot of fun and learning! Mark Making area In the mark making area, we have been using our pens, pencils and crayons to decorate our own gingerbread people. We have been practising holding our pencils in the tripod grip and have chosen our own marks to add features. We are also working really hard on trying to write our names on our creations and we have been using our name cards to help us to practise and copy the letters. Painting area
In our painting area. we have been using cotton buds to make different marks to decorate our gingerbread men. We have also used them to paint our own creations, These are great for developing our fine motor skills as we make small controlled marks with them. In our Maths area this week, we have been working together to complete different jigsaws. We have some number and counting jigsaws and some other puzzles too. There has been lots of talk and problem solving as they have worked together.
Our journey into magical storyland is continuing this week, with a focus on the story of The Gingerbread Man." We loved reading the story together and the children were great at joining in with the repeated refrain "run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
In our small world area, we have lots of different books of the story as well as puppets so the children can tell the story with their friends. We have some brilliant story tellers in our nursery! This morning we had a go at some yoga linked to our story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This was great for developing our physical as well as our literacy skills. There were lots of different poses for us to have a go at including stretching and balancing using different parts of our body. We also joined in with the voices of the different bears from the story, saying the repeated refrains. Here are some photos of us in action:
As we have been reading the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears this week, today we had porridge for our snack, just like the bears in the story. Most children were keen to have a taste- some loved it and asked for some more but others were not so keen! After snack time, we all had the chance to write our name on a chart to show if we liked the porridge or not. We practised holding our pens carefully in the tripod grip and used our name cards to help us to write the letters. Great job, Shooting Stars!
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AuthorMy name is Miss McGinnes and I have the privilege of teaching our youngest children and sharing in their exciting learning journey in our wonderful nursery! Archives
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