Archie is busy reading a story to some of his friends while they are munching on some morning toast... Well done Archie.
Winter hat and mittens sticking activity
Making neck laces from links
WINTER CLOTHES SHOP
Our aistear theme is a clothes shop, selling warm jumpers, trousers, socks, gloves, scarves, shoes, coats, hats, etc
The children take turns to be the shop keeper and customers. The children have really loved this shop and are learning what language we use when shopping. The customer service in this shop is outstanding.......
Below is a slide show of our 2 weeks.
Do you like our new hats, shoes and boots.........
Harper Mae is all ready to go to a party... Full outfit
STORY TIME
The children really enjoyed the story
Aliens love underpants.
They laughed when I wore some pants on my head. So a few children loved this idea and wore some on their heads to the yard. Great fun
Gymnastics
The children are enjoying gymnastics. We are teaching the pencil roll and the egg roll first. We are strengthening our core muscles and practicing balance skills on benches. Below is a slideshow of some rolls and bench work.
Preparation for our Nativity.
The children are busy learning the Nativity songs. They will be given the words to bring home so you can help them get to know each song. We recorded the children singing the songs so you can hear the tune. Below I will put up videos of each song.
The children will be given roles and costumes. We will send home any words they need to learn. Some roles dont have any lines to learn so dont worry if you havent been given any lines etc
Here are the morning groups videos......
OUR FIRST NATIVITY
IM A LITTLE ANGEL
TO BETHLEHEM WE GO
DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY
THREE LITTLE SHEPHERDS
RIDE YOUR CAMEL
Here are the afternoon groups videos
OUR FIRST NATIVITY
IM A LITTLE ANGEL
TO BETHLEHEM WE GO
DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY
THREE LITTLE SHEPHERDS
RIDE YOUR CAMEL
SCIENCE WEEK
As part of floating and sinking, the afternoon group made boats from tinfoil and tested to see if they would float
Science week
This week was science week. The children enjoyed a science experiment each day. We covered magnets, floating and sinking, colour mixing, magic pictures and skittle experiment. Below is a slideshow of science week
Magnetic or non magnetic
Floating and sinking
Colour mixing.... Blue and yellow make green
Magic pictures. Draw your picture with candle wax...... You cant see it. Watch it appear when you paint the page
Skittle experiment. Rainbow colours
Slideshow of science week
Concentration skills , trying out a new activity
FEELINGS
This week the theme is emotions and feelings. The children learned about happy, sad, angry, surprised, tired, excited etc. We sang songs about feelings, played feeling bingo and every morning the children placed their photo on the feelings chart. Arts and crafts included making funny faces, and making a little character
How are you feeling today......
The children used all kinds of stickers to decorate their animal.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE
ENJOY THE BREAK
We dressed up for Halloween.
Have a look at our costumes below
Guess who.....I am a Mummy.... But who am I
We sang and watched lots of Halloween songs
Pumpkin carving
The children helped take out all the seeds and flesh from the pumpkin. We cut out the face, turned off the lights and lit a candle. We sang ...The pumpkin man song.... Very scary BOO at the end
Slideshow.... Taking the inside out of the pumpkin is a messy job.....
Halloween week
We played Halloween bingo, cut black paper to make witches hats, played with green goblin guts, made spiders out of playdough, sticks and eyes, completed mazes, played a shadow matching game, and enjoyed spooky things to find in our sand tray
Photos in a slide show below
Spiders made from hand prints
Goblin guts... Use the tweezers to find the spiders
Making Frankensteins with our painted feet
This week we got a tour of the Glas Garden. We saw a fairy fort and wishing well, a magic bridge, a pond with lily pads, plants, veg and flowers. Sharon showed us some cucumbers and peppers growing in the warm poly tent. We planted onion bulbs in the ground. Some of us picked rasberries and ate them. Here is a slideshow of photos
We shook the poppy pod to get seeds and planted them
We picked apples to eat from the orchard
We got to feel this soft furry leaf called Lambs Ear
Laura is painting Peters hand green.....I wonder why.... Can you guess what we are making.....
Job chart.
Each day the children get jobs such as the weather, calendar, days of the week, turn off and on the lights, pick a song, dress the frog, tell some news, leader of the line, count the kids etc
Each day the jobs rotate.
Here is Noah. The countdown is on for Halloween
TOAST PARTY
Every morning the children will be offered toast between 8.50 and 9.10
This delicious snack will set them up for the day and warm their tummies on these cold mornings.
DONT BE LATE..... YUM YUM
Creating spikes for his hedgehog using a fork
The children did finger painting. They painted Autumn leaves.
They also used a fork and paint to create spikes on their hedgehogs
Playdough hedgehogs.
Sponge painting a hedgehog. The children had a template of circles to use their sponge to go down and up.
AUTUMN HAS ARRIVED
We are learning all about Autumn. Our activities, songs, stories and circle time will be based on this theme. The children are enjoying songs called Autumn Leaves and Grey Squirrel.
Noah enjoying sand play.
Peter enjoying some messy tactile play.
Gardening with Sharon
Every Friday the children enjoy gardening with Sharon. Today they were picking and collecting green tomatoes. Below is a slideshow of photos. Enjoy.
PAINTING AND STICKING
Water play....washing the babies
We practice cutting skills every week.
Painting 2 little dickie birds.
Our Blue Den
We put a light in our blue den. The children use the timer to take turns. 2 kids at a time. Dens are great fun
Here are some photos of the children enjoying the den they painted.
This weeks colour is blue. We are making a blue den out of a cardboard box. I cut some windows and a door into it. The children are all helping to paint it.
Welcome to our new friend Archie
Keeping busy.....
Here is a little video of a new song we are learning called... Shake your sillies out
Here are a few photos of this week
RED is our colour of the week.
We have a red table, red activities, colouring, sticking and songs.
Red crayon rubbing
Welcome to our new friend Arlo
Action song.... Elmo. If your happy....
Hurray ..... Hands up....
Finger painting.
We are finger painting balloons today. Using our fingers instead of a brush. Tactile activity for the children
Fun in the rainbow playground
Below is a slide show of the children in the rainbow playground. Lots of climbing, running, balancing, reaching. Fingers crossed for more sunny days
Learning to walk in our line out to yard...
Circle Time
The children gather on the mat. They pick a bubble spot to sit in. At the moment we are singing a welcome song to get to know each others names.
You might hear your child talking about Sooty, he is the teddy dog. He helps us sing our song.
We say hello to Karla
We say hello to Karla
We say hello to Karla,
Were glad you came today.
You might hear your child talking about Sooty, he is the teddy dog. He helps us sing our song.
We say hello to Karla
We say hello to Karla
We say hello to Karla,
Were glad you came today.
When its time to clean up, we all go over to the door. The children put their hands on their heads and we ring a bell. They are learning very quickly.
PAINTING ACTIVITY
We are singing Twinkle twinkle little star this week. Here are the children enjoying painting a star. We watched a lovely song on the white board and did the actions.
The children painted their handprint. We will keep it and start a journal of art in a scrapbook for each child.
Slideshow
Here is a slideshow of the fun we had this week
First Day Photos
Starting school can be a nervous time for some children. The children will start with reduced hours. These shorter hours will give children time to settle in and get to know one another. There will be lots of different fun activities in the classroom for the children to enjoy.
We would like to welcome all the children and their families to Early Start 2024
Our classroom is all about fun and learning through play. This is where they begin their journey. X
Karla and Karen
Our classroom is all about fun and learning through play. This is where they begin their journey. X
Karla and Karen