It was a very lovely and productive week. We have had a lot of fun and learning opportunities on offer this week. We are now finishing a month of promoting mental health and wellbeing in young children during which we focused on feelings, self-esteem and self-confidence and being kind to each other. Here, you will be able to see photos of few activities and areas we have now introduced within the room such as Loose Parts Play, Curiosity Box and a place where we can revisit our emotions. These are ever growing and evolving but you can see what we aim to offer to the children in long term.
Last week, we had lovely owl babies made of pinecones which one of our parents have brought in a couple of weeks ago. The children also made little nests out of paper plates and shredded paper. The children have enjoyed variety of art and craft within the topic as well as maths and literacy activities. We have now mastered cutting skills with all of the cutting activities available each week and are getting to grips with quantities, sizes and measuring!
The children have enjoyed having masks and practised cutting skills. We have made story boards where children could use their imagination and make up their own versions of it and place their characters where they wanted. The children have also made their own maps of the farm and you can see couple of lovely examples here. The children also used story puppets to further their literacy skills and played with messy tuff trays set up as the farm as well as bugs and insects tray further during the week. We explored mathematics with ladybird bingo and lotto games where the children had to organise and identify numbers. We have ended the week with art and craft such as recycling modelling, salt dough ladybirds and potato printing all in the theme of the story we have read this week. It certainly was a busy week!
The children made a tea party with real tea bags and made playdough cup cakes. We used sugar snap peas to promote fine motor skills where we tried to peel, snap and open them up. We also made potions in the water tray with oranges and lemons. And children as always wanted to play with sea creatures. We also enjoyed large scale drawing and printing.
Some of the activities the children enjoyed last week – Christmas is slowly making its way to Roman River Pre-school! The children have dressed up our Christmas tree. They have been making Christmas cards and presents and posting them in our specially arranged Christmas Post Office with a perfect window view!
This week at preschool, we are continuing with our Science theme and celebrating Diwali. We have an exciting science lab set up for the children to explore, as well as various sensory activities.
Last week, we learned about Remembrance day and painted poppies. We also enjoyed various science activities, including; space, sinking and floating, magnets and exploring natural items. This encourages children’s problem solving, curiosity and communication and language skills.
For the next couple of weeks, we will be focusing on Autumn and Harvest. We have some lovely activities, including chocolate playdough, conker mark making, making stick men, and ‘On the Farm’ tuff tray. These activities ensure the children are covering every aspect of the curriculum through play and encouraging all of their next steps.
For the next 2 weeks we are focusing on recycling, we’re talking about what we recycle and how we do it. We’re also using different materials to build models.
. We have lots of spooky activities as well as pumpkin carving, discos and games planned. 
