What are we doing in Dolphins this month?
During August we will be having a focus on feelings.

With change in the Dolphins group as some children head off to school, some have moved out of London and one of our teachers has moved on to, we will be placing a focus on ‘feelings’. We also have some new children due to move through from the Starfish group, so there will be a period of adjustment and refocusing on rules and appropriate ways to play together and care for one another.

Some of the activities we will be doing this month to support our work on feelings will be:
Circle times will have an emphasis on feelings and triggers for feelings; happy because granny is coming to stay, sad because a friend has left the nursery, angry because I wanted to play with that train.

Activities using expressions cards and discussions with children as they play.
Drawing pictures about feelings.
Discussions about working together.
Group constructions activities supporting groups of children into harmonious collaborative play.
Role playing strategies to deal with negative feelings and emotions.
Puppet shows demonstrating positive interactions and good ways to play with friends.
What you could do to support your children at home:

Talk with your children about positive ways to express their feelings.
Encourage them to use their words to express their needs and wants.
Go to the library and get a book out on feelings to read with them.
Talk to your children about what makes them happy and what makes them sad.
Do some drawings together of things that make them feel happy.
Have a friend round and talk about sharing toys together and how it is so much more fun to play together and share together.