What are we doing in Sea Turtles in May?
In Sea Turtles the children have loved being
outside and have been busy planting, smelling and watching the flowers grow so
we will continue to expand their interest and continue with our growing topic
this month and also start to look at other things that they find outside such
as insects.
The activities this month will be based around the Early Years
Foundation Stage (EYFS) areas of learning:
Prime areas:
PSED: Engaging
others to achieve a common goal such as working together to get items out of
reach. PD: Making connections between their physical actions and the
effects they can make. C&L Gesturing,
facial expressions, demonstrations of emotion in sharing an interest.
Specific areas:
M: Recognising
big things and small things in meaningful contexts. UW: Exploring objects by linking different approaches; shaking,
hitting, looking, feeling, tasting, mouthing, etc. EA&D Imitating and improving actions they have observed, such
as clapping, shaking, patting hands.
Some of the activities we will be doing this month will involve:
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Bug Hunts. Sarah will help the children to take a closer look at the creepy
crawlies that can be found in our surrounding environment.
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Song time. Alice will be teaching the children new songs about flowers,
growing and insects.
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Making flash cards. Laura will help the children to make flash
cards using photos of the sunflowers that they are growing, and use them in
circle times to help extend the children’s vocabulary.
·
Leaf and petal printing. Afia will support the children to create their
own pictures using leaves, petals and paints.
·
Sunflower pictures. Using a variety of resources such as paint,
felt, chalk, crayons and card Christina will
help the children to create their own sunflower to take home.
·
Herb Garden. Laura will be working with the children to make a herb garden
that the children can explore using their different senses as they smell, touch
and taste.
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Trips to the park. The children will visit the local park and
the riverside to collect items to bring back to the centre to use in their
activities.
Some ideas to support your
children at home:
·
Bug hunt. Explore with your child what can be found under a rock or log.
·
Go for a walk. Explore your local environment encouraging
your little one to point to the flowers, trees and other interesting things
around them, use lots of descriptive language with them.
·
Read some books together with a gardening or
insect topic. Let
them point, communicate with gesture and share what they have been doing at
nursery with you.
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Language: Grow, Seed, Stem, Petal, Big, Small, Bug, Crawl, Smell, Look,
Gentle, Under, any great descriptive words that explain what you are doing.
