Starfish reflection on November
It has been a busy little month in Starfish with some changes too. We said goodbye to some of our friends as they moved to the next age group and welcomed some new friends too. To help our new children settle in, we have done lots of name calling and gentle supporting in circle times, using it as a good time to get to know the new members of our group.

Sometimes when children are new, the changes can spark up some new emotions, so we have talked a lot and used pictures to support our discussions about being happy and sad, joining in the fun times and giving lots of cuddles when sad moments pop in too.

The children have loved playing with the miniature people recently as well, imitating life and activities. They have also continued to be really interested in the home corner, role playing what they see in life and taking care of each other and their babies. They have also been taking the plates and toy food out to have picnics on the floor, feeding themselves and feeding each other.

Art is always a big feature in Starfish and this month has been no exception. As the children have been so interested in lady birds this season with so many of them visiting our garden, we extended the interest into our room as the ladybirds disappeared from our garden. We made some ladybird pictures by painting our paper red and collaging black spots onto our red painted paper.

We also painted a sheet of paper to make our gold fish bowl and created our own goldfish art to go in it. And, we have made parrots, stamped up clouds, grass, sky, aeroplanes and made mobiles from painted and glittered salt dough and CDs. To stamp we have used stickle bricks, lego blocks and sponges.
This month we have made pizza, vegetable, cheese and sausage pasties, banana cake and prepared some beans on toast together.