We welcomed a big new pram. So after fitting it
together, we have taken turns to go on walks and we have especially enjoyed our
walks to the river. We have been spotting ducks and boats and collecting leaves
on are way back to nursery. We enjoy
pointing and looking out for animals on our journey along the river, especially
finding Mr Squirrel!
Festivals started off with looking at fireworks
for Guy Fawkes. We explored a range of mark-marking activities and making bang
sound effects to go with our marks. Children have been experimenting with a range
of sounds and words to communicate different sounds fireworks make and using
lots of different media, such us chalk, pencils, glitter and paint to create
the sparkle effect.
We welcomed the start of Christmas by making
Christmas crackers and a Christmas tree together. We spread a lot of merry cheer
with lots of glitter! We spoke about snow and started to make snow pictures and
snowman. We have been playing a lot with shredded paper, to create a snow scene
in sea-turtles and have a really great lot of fun throwing and exploring the
texture, lightness and shagginess of lots of shredded paper.
We have also been making Christmas decorations
for the Christmas tree out of salt-dough. We’ve creating many different shapes
and the children are so interested in them and we can’t wait for them to dry so
we can get painting.
We have been sharing pictures, songs, books,
images and talking about different ways to celebrate Christmas. In our
activities, we have been talking about sharing and turn-taking with our
friends, as it’s the season of joy, care and being together! We have had a lot
of fun By wrapping up presents and pretending to exchange Christmas gifts with
each other. 
The big musical fun this month has been the
Christmas Carol practice. We have been practicing our Christmas carols and
introducing actions and gestures to go with each of the songs. Sea Turtles
favourite song at the moment is Christmas pudding, especially calling out ‘….Hot”’
and ‘sprinkle on the sugar!’. We have
been repeating the Christmas songs to model and build on the children’s
language. Children have been picking up the songs and the beat of the music by
exploring musical instruments and having a LOT OF FUN! 