is month?During November we will be having a focus on Animals.
We started to look at animals in the autumn time and discussed what they have been doing to get ready for winter. This has lead on to discussing animals in general with the upcoming mobile farm visit and animals starting to make their way into the children’s play.
Some of the activities we will be doing this month will be:
Laura Z is going to making giraffe’s with the children as they have been talking to her a lot about giraffes. (CD)
Laura J is going to be researching some key information about a set of animals of the children’s choice and making information cards about the animals. (KUW)
Laura W is going to be selecting and sharing some new books and songs with the children covering new animals. (CLL)
Jenny is going to be researching ‘unusual’ animals with her preschoolers and sharing what they have learned with the rest of the group. (KUW & PSED)
Lan is going to be making some animal masks with the children. (CD)
Christine is going to be making a counting board using animals (PSRN)
Su is going to be teaching the children the actions to the ‘Animal Boogie’ (PD)
What you could do to support your children at home:
Take them on an animal spotting walk to look for dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, foxes, etc.
See if you can find out about an animal that is very unusual and bring a picture in to the nursery.
Go to the library and get some books out on animals
Take a trip to the zoo
If you do not come on the day of our animals visiting, bring your child anyway.
Talk to your child about animal safety on bonfire night.
What are we doing in Starfish this month?
During November we will be having a focus on Farm Animals.
Laura Z is going to making giraffe’s with the children as they have been talking to her a lot about giraffes. (CD)
Laura J is going to be researching some key information about a set of animals of the children’s choice and making information cards about the animals. (KUW)
Laura W is going to be selecting and sharing some new books and songs with the children covering new animals. (CLL)
Jenny is going to be researching ‘unusual’ animals with her preschoolers and sharing what they have learned with the rest of the group. (KUW & PSED)
Lan is going to be making some animal masks with the children. (CD)
Christine is going to be making a counting board using animals (PSRN)
Su is going to be teaching the children the actions to the ‘Animal Boogie’ (PD)
What you could do to support your children at home:
Take them on an animal spotting walk to look for dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, foxes, etc.
See if you can find out about an animal that is very unusual and bring a picture in to the nursery.
Go to the library and get some books out on animals
Take a trip to the zoo
If you do not come on the day of our animals visiting, bring your child anyway.
Talk to your child about animal safety on bonfire night.
What are we doing in Starfish this month?
During November we will be having a focus on Farm Animals.
We have a planned animal visit for November 1st and to get ready we have been looking at farm animals and making noises that they make. The children love exploring animals and so we will continue to extend this interest throughout November.
Some of the activities we will be doing this month will be:
Collaborating to make an animal book with Bea, Sarah& Manjit.
Making rabbits ears head pieces with Sarah.
Making an animal mobile with Bea.
Making abstract cats and dogs with Manjit.
Discussions about animals, different types of animals, noises, etc.
Introduce new animal songs to the children.
Collect some animal books from the library to read to the children.
Small animal farm visit to the nursery.
What you could do to support your children at home:
Take them on an animal spotting walk to look for dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, foxes, etc.
Talk about the noises animals make
Go to the library and get some books out on animals
Take a trip to the zoo
If you do not come on the day of our animals visiting, bring your child anyway.
Bring a photo in of your pet and/ or tell the team about your pet so it can be included in our discussions.
This month’s plans and strongly linked to the Early Year Foundation Stage curriculum; knowledge and understanding of the world. (KUW),
What are we doing in
Seahorses this month?
The Seahorses team are making a commitment with the rest of the nursery to making British Sign Language (BSL) complimentary to our everyday language.
Take them on an animal spotting walk to look for dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, foxes, etc.
Talk about the noises animals make
Go to the library and get some books out on animals
Take a trip to the zoo
If you do not come on the day of our animals visiting, bring your child anyway.
Bring a photo in of your pet and/ or tell the team about your pet so it can be included in our discussions.
This month’s plans and strongly linked to the Early Year Foundation Stage curriculum; knowledge and understanding of the world. (KUW),
What are we doing in
Seahorses this month?The Seahorses team are making a commitment with the rest of the nursery to making British Sign Language (BSL) complimentary to our everyday language.
This is the age of significant communication building. The children understand a lot more than they can communicate to us in words and sometimes this is frustrating for the children. We are planning a focus on BSL signing with the children introducing one sign per week. Signing does not replace language development, it supports language development and communication.
Some of the activities we will be doing this month will be:
Making a display of BSL signs for parents to learn and staff to use as support for signing to children.
Encouraging children to sign as a way of communication with staff and each other.
Introducing children to BSL symbols and using them to help support children in anticipating the routines of the group.
Supporting children in developing confidence in learning new skills and communication techniques through the symbols and signs by making them a part of our everyday activities.
Making a display of BSL signs for parents to learn and staff to use as support for signing to children.
Encouraging children to sign as a way of communication with staff and each other.
Introducing children to BSL symbols and using them to help support children in anticipating the routines of the group.
Supporting children in developing confidence in learning new skills and communication techniques through the symbols and signs by making them a part of our everyday activities.
What you could do to support your children at home:
Take a look at our display and learn some symbols and signs.
Borrow our parent signing kits and start using them with your baby.
Learn and sing songs with your baby that involve signing (you know loads already; ‘Where is Thumbkin?’ ‘Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, etc’.
Take a look at the BSL website below, it uses moving pictures to show you how to do the signs- really helpful.
http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/
This month’s plans and strongly linked to the Early Year Foundation Stage curriculum; communication, language and literacy. (CLL),
Take a look at our display and learn some symbols and signs.
Borrow our parent signing kits and start using them with your baby.
Learn and sing songs with your baby that involve signing (you know loads already; ‘Where is Thumbkin?’ ‘Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, etc’.
Take a look at the BSL website below, it uses moving pictures to show you how to do the signs- really helpful.
http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/
This month’s plans and strongly linked to the Early Year Foundation Stage curriculum; communication, language and literacy. (CLL),
