Good morning, everyone. I hope you are all ok and children enjoy today's activities.
Let's start today with a few songs :
Today is Taste- it Tuesday, when children would normally help to make their own snack before they eat it in Nursery.
It would be great if Taste-it Tuesday could continue whilst children are at home.
Linking to our boat making yesterday, it would be good if children could make 'banana boats' today, if you have a banana. You could do this a number of ways:
Banana pieces could then be decorated with a sweet/ chocolate chip/button and put on a custard 'lake' in a bowl.
Tip: Pour the correct amount of custard or cream into a cup first and allow children to pour in a bowl.
It doesn't matter if you don't have these ingredients at home, please allow children to help you in some way when you are making breakfast, lunch or tea. This will continue to develop children's physical skills and boost confidence, as well as making children feel good about 'helping' you.
Language and Literacy
Today our lesson is based in the bathroom. Collect a selection of 5 objects from your bathroom and name them. You might choose : toothbrush, shampoo, toilet roll, towel, sponge, flannel, toothpaste, soap.
Make it a bit easier- If not, give them a clue. If still struggling, show them and repeat the game. use only 3 or 4 items.
Challenge- Use more than 5 items. Swap roles and ask children to describe missing items to you so that you can guess which item is missing.
When you have finished with your items, ask the children to help you to tidy up.
You could ask them to sing our tidy up song from Nursery; 'In our school, we like to play.....'.
When children are in the bathroom, check they know the names of the furniture - bath, sink, toilet, tap.
Mini Maths
At bath-time today: put plastic cups and any empty plastic bottles/ lids you may have in the bath.
children love filling and emptying containers. Whilst your child is playing with the cups, you will use lots of maths language without realising: full, empty, half full, more, less, a bit more, all gone, etc..
Have fun and I hope you don't get too wet.
Storytime