Artic animal ice activity

The children had to use pipets with warm water to free the animals from the ice

Artic Animals

This week we are learning all about animals who live near the snow.
The children worked together to make 2 penguins and a polar bear.
They also made their own smaller penguins. We hung them out on the corridor.
​We sang songs about artic animals and the children had great fun with our snow trough. We hid animals in the snow and we had to find and match the animals.

Aistear Theme.... Clothes Shop

This months theme was the clothes shop. The children took turns queuing up to buy shoes, jumpers, hats and other clothes items.
​They enjoyed the job of shop keeper who was in charge of the till and money.
They had a mirror to try things on before they decided to buy it.
We even had some children buying slippers and wanted to keep them on for the day ....

​To go along with our theme we are learning all about winter clothes.

​We would like to wish all our families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
​Karla and Karen

Santa visit

The children were very excited to meet Santa. We sang some Christmas songs and had a great chat with Santa. Each child received a gift from Santa to bring home.

Nativity

A big thank you to everyone who came to see both our groups performing the Nativity.

Snow is falling all around us.......children playing, having fun

Welcome to Santas Grotto....

Teamwork

We created this lovely tree for our door. We all worked together and used our green painted hand prints for the tree. Each child sponge painted a bauble.

Christmas arts and crafts

The children have been enjoying lots of arts and crafts in the lead up to Christmas. They made a clay decoration to bring home for their tree, painted a stocking and used glue and paper to make a candy cane.

Transport.... Sponge painting

Aistear transport theme

We made a cool space rocket. It had lights inside and if you looked up, you could see the moon
Each child had their own astronaut photo.

​We also had a large red bus, and a bus stop. The children took turns being the driver.

The children dressed up for Halloween. They had a fun day and enjoyed a little party. Here are the photos of the children dressed up.

We hung scary moving pictures outside our classroom

Spiders

The children are enjoying all the Halloween activities. We are singing songs and reading spooky stories. We play Halloween matching, counting, sorting and shadow games. We enjoyed Halloween Bingo.
The children made witches from handprints and black spiders using cut up toilet rolls.
​Messy play was green Goblin guts and our potion water tray.
​We took out the seeds from a real pumpkin, lit our candle and sang our scary song. The kids enjoyed dressing up as witches and our haunted house.

Halloween Games

Having fun with Goblin Guts

Halloween arts and crafts

The children printed green handprints and then decorated them to make witches

Spooky Early Start

The children love the song Hickory Dickory Dock

Colours

Each week the children learn a different colour. We have a colour table and we play games about that colour. Below the children are colouring a worksheet for the colour green. They are also enjoying painting a green frog. We sang 5 specked frogs.

Autumn leaves and hedgehogs

The children used clay to make hedgehogs. This is a great activity as each hedgehog is unique and created by your child.
We also enjoyed a sticking activity making Autumn leaves.
​We learned a song called Grey Squirrell and we sang songs about falling leaves.

Blowing Bubbles

Enjoying the new blackout tent, some sand, pegs and some table top activities

Painting Activities

The children are painting stars and a grey mouse shape. We will hang our art work outside on the corridor.

Yard

The children are really having fun at yard time. There are lots of climbing frames, ropes and balance beams. One dry days they especially enjoy the mud kitchens where they make all kinds of mud dinners.

​We started circle time this week. We watched the whiteboard and sang songs. The children enjoyed moving to an action song.
We have introduced a clean up routine and the children are doing really well.
​Next week we are looking forward to bringing the children to the yard.

Here is a slideshow of photos from the childrens first week. Lots and lots of fun ......

​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.

Welcome to Early Start

We would like to welcome all the children and their families to Early Start 2022.
Our classroom is all about fun and learning through play. This is where they begin their journey. X
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