We have been caring for chicks and tadpoles this term, and we have learned so much. Now we want to extend the children’s learning and further develop their care and concern for living creatures, so we are going to set up a Vet’s role play area in Nursery. To get us thinking about animals, we are reading lots of animal stories, so this week’s books are all about cats and dogs.
If your child enjoys Pete the Cat then maybe you’d like to look at his website which you can find by clicking here.
These are the stories we shared last week if you would like to reread them with your child. We especially enjoyed The storm Whale and it provoked lots of discussion. Look out for a whale in your bath!
This week, our stories are all about Grandparents. We hope that you enjoy them!
Don’t forget to give your Grandparents a great big cuddle this week!
This week’s stories all have creepy crawlies in them.
Our Rhyme of the week is ‘Here is the Beehive‘. We have been fascinated by the bees buzzing around the flowers in our nursery garden, so it seemed a good choice for this week.
You can watch an online version of the rhyme here.
Here is the beehive
Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive.
One…two…three…four…five!
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.
Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them land on the floor.
One…two…three…four!
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.
Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the tree.
One…two…three!
Buzz…buzz…buzz.
Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive.
One…two…three…four…five.
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.
Buzzzzzzzzz…they’ve all flown away!
This week we will be sharing a range of our favourite stories.
Please let us know which your child has enjoyed most.
The tadpoles in Nursery are getting bigger now, and there has been much excitement to see whether their legs are starting to grow yet or not. We have been keeping a very close eye on them, using magnifying glasses to have a really good look. Counting how many we have is proving to be quite tricky as they move so quickly now!
Our Story Times this week all have a froggy theme. Here are the books we will be using.
This week, we are thinking about babies in celebration of our new addition!
Our stories this week, as every week, all help to support literacy development and phase one of Letters and Sounds, which encourages children’s developing phonics skills.
Please see the plan on our Parent Noticeboard in the conservatory to see which aspect each book hopes to develop and which story each group has each day.
Our Rhyme of the Week has been planned to support children who are learning to count objects, giving one number name for each object touched. We will be saying the rhyme slowly to allow the children time to show each finger as it is counted. We’re hoping it will give all those hard working fingers a really good stretch too!
I Can Count
I can count, want to see?
Here are my fingers- one, two, three (Hold up fingers as you count)
Four and five, this hand is done.
Now I’ll count the other one.
Six, seven, eight and nine (Hold up fingers on other hand)
Just one more, I’m doing fine.
The last little finger is number ten.
Now I’ll count them all again.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
This week we will be thinking about Mothers’ Day, so all our stories all involve mothers: lost mums, busy mums, and harassed mums. We’re sure you’ll identify with at least one of them!
Our rhyme of the week is
5 Superheroes
5 super heroes ready to fly
Here comes the villain, Stop that guy!
This superhero can save the day.
Off he flies – up, up, and away!
We hope that everyone has enjoyed the break and taken the opportunity to recharge their batteries and get over the nasty bugs that were going around before we broke up.
This week, we will be concentrating on settling back in to the routine, so our Group Times and Story Times will be planned by your child’s Key Worker according to the needs of the children in each group. We might be recalling work we have done before, planning new, exciting things to do for the Spring, or trying out different approaches to favourite activities. Story Times will be spent going back over some of the best-loved books and songs from previous weeks.
