This week, we have had a lovely time in our gingerbread bakery. The children have been using ginger playdough to make some lovely gingerbread and cakes. We have made a Christmas star in Forest School as well as toasting our marshmallows over the fire for S’mores for our last session of the term. We have also been making Christmas crafts.
With the weather turning colder, we have been having lots of fun creating some wintery activities. We have been making snowflakes, whilst practising our fine motor skills, making and dissolving bicarb snowflakes and we have even had a penguins’ paradise with sugar cube igloos set up.
The children had a lovely week exploring different senses last week. They have been mark making in various media, building and exploring patterns, enjoying activities based on the Gruffalo story and enjoying the very wet weather. In Forest School, they made some clay hedgehogs with pine cones, cooked some hot dogs over the fire and splashed in some huge muddy puddles.
We’ve had a very autumnal week here at Roman River Preschool – we have been making spooky potions, enjoyed pumpkin play, pumpkin spice playdough, a spooky train ride and hunted insects in jelly. The children have been using their bodies to explore textures, working on fine motor skills, maths and communication.
Last week, the children worked on their maths skills – filling and emptying containers using various tools, such as pipettes, measuring cups and spoons; using scales to measure quantities, etc. We also enjoyed role play, including having an opticians and shops set up as well as a range of books with activities on offer based around the books
Last week, we had lots of sensory fun. We created a ‘feely’ board for the children to experience different textures. Then we made Gruffalo crumble, using peelers to peel the apples and talking about the different ingredients before using our fingers to make the crumble topping. In Forest school, we enjoyed learning about ‘Isaac the Hedgehog’ in his story book, built a story den and made hedgehog pictures
We have been having a fantastic time in preschool! The children have worked on their fine motor skills, maths, literacy, communication and imagination – all whilst following their own likes and interests.
What a busy first week back we had! We have loved getting to know our new children as well as welcoming back our previous children and their families. It has been fun getting to know the children’s interests, and in response, we have been rearranging our play and learning areas to best suit the children’s needs.
This week, as well as water play we have also had ice play, a foaming tea party and a crime scene for the children to investigate – all our little police detectives loved this.