We’ll be singing the song ‘When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears‘, which you can see here.
Some other stories we have been enjoying in Nursery are the Jez Alborough books,’ Where’s my Teddy’ and ‘It’s the Bear!’ These have been the basis of some lovely inventive storytelling from the children in our group times.
Have a great week!
We have some fantastic stories for you this week. We hope your child enjoys them. As always, please let us know if there are any particular favourites.
This is ‘Triangle’ by Marc Barnett/John Klassen.
Our songs for this week are all about shapes. The tunes are familiar so you should have no problem joining in!
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It’s a Rectangle
(to the tune of: “B-I-N-G-O”)
There is a shape that has four sides,
But it is not a square…No!
It’s a rectangle;
It’s a rectangle;
It’s a rectangle;
It is not like a square…No!
Two sides are long; two sides are short.
They are not the same…No!
It’s a rectangle;
It’s a rectangle;
It’s a rectangle;
The sides are not the same…No!
The Square Song
(to the tune of “You Are My Sunshine”)
I am a square, a lovely square
I have four sides; they’re all the same
I have four corners, four lovely corners
I am a square, that is my name!
Have a lovely week!
We had so much fun at Hall Hill Farm last week, even on Monday when the weather was awful! Thanks so much to everybody who came along to support the trip. We hope you enjoyed yourself as much as we did!
Home Learning Challenge – May half term
Miss Bruce, our student teacher, has set you a home learning challenge for the holidays. All participants will receive a certificate.
Numerals in the environment
The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning and within the environment there are many opportunities to discover numbers.
Over the holidays, help your child to find numbers in the environment: this can be in the home or when you are out and about. You could take photos, make a collage or draw a picture to record what you find.
Numbers can be found on everyday objects such as a telephone, tape measure or a clock, as well as when you are out for example, vehicle registration numbers, road signs and house doors.
How many places can you find numbers, and which numbers can you see?
Ideas:
Why not go on a number hunt around the house or on a walk: how many different places can you find numbers?
What numbers can you see on your journey? Identify numbers while walking, travelling in the car or on the bus.
Can you find specific numbers? Why not play a game to see who can find a certain number on price tags, displays etc. while at the shops?
Find page numbers in books or magazines: what other numbers can you find?
One important rule to remember if you are joining in with the home learning challenge is – to HAVE FUN!
Please don’t feel that you have to join in with the challenge. We know that school holidays are an important time to rest, relax and enjoy being three and fours years old (and more!!)
This week’s stories have been chosen by our trainee teacher, Miss Bruce, with the guidance of Mrs Seeley. We hope that you child enjoys them. Please remember to let us know if they have any particular favourites.
Ssh! Tomorrow we’re getting some surprise visitors to Nursery, so three of our stories this week are egg/chick/hen related. Our rhyme of the week is also rather eggy!
Rhyme of the week: Hicketty Picketty my red hen
Hicketty Picketty my red hen,
She lays eggs for Farmer Ben,
Farmer Ben comes every day,
To count how many eggs lie in the hay.
(DROP STONES INTO A JAR TO COUNT SOUNDS) She’s laid FIVE eggs today!
Hicketty Picketty my red hen,
She lays eggs for Farmer Ben,
Farmer Ben comes every day,
To count how many eggs lie in the hay.
She’s laid THREE eggs today!
Hicketty Picketty my red hen,
She lays eggs for Farmer Ben,
Farmer Ben comes every day,
To count how many eggs lie in the hay.
She’s laid FOUR eggs today!
Hicketty Picketty my red hen,
She lays eggs for Farmer Ben,
Farmer Ben comes every day,
To count how many eggs lie in the hay.
This week’s stories are all about frogs. Our tadpoles have had a lovely holiday with Mrs Seeley and will be back in Nursery this week for everybody to see. We’re hoping to see some frogs soon!
Our songs of the week are I had a little turtle and Five little speckled frogs.
HOME LEARNING CHALLENGE
Over the holidays, help your child to look for environmental print. You could take some photos of print you see when you are out and about or make a sticky picture for their Learning Journal. Maybe you can think of another way to record what you have done.
We will have a certificate for all children who take part in the Home Learning Challenge. Don’t feel that you have to join in, though: the best part of being off school is enjoying a relaxed time with your family!
Environmental print is the print of everyday life. It’s the name given to the print that appears in signs, labels, and logos. Street signs, sweet wrappers, labels on cereal boxes and the ‘M’ in McDonalds are other examples of environmental print. For many emergent readers, environmental print helps bridge the connection between letters and first efforts to read.
Adults can take advantage of all this print by using it in ways to talk about letters, words, and print. Like playing the registration plate game during a long car ride, (everyone find an A, now a B) playing with environmental print can be quick and easy.
Here are a few ideas:
