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With
Autumn finally here and the environment changing, this has started a lot of interest and questions from the children, so our topic for October will be Autumn,
the children will be looking at the change in the weather, the change in our
surrounding environment and how the days are getting shorter and the night
longer.
The activities this month will
be based around the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) areas of learning:
Prime areas:
PSED: Adapt behaviour to different events, social
situations and changes in routines. PD:
Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with
control. C&L Develop an
understanding of simple concepts, lean new words and is able to use them in communication.
Specific areas:
L: Show an interest in illustrations and print in
books and print in the environment. M:
Notice simple shapes and patterns. UW:
Develop an understanding of growth decay and changes over time. EA&D: Explore colour and how colour
can be changed, Begin to be interested in and describe the texture of things.
Some of the activities we will
be doing this month to support this will be:
·
Conker
Streamers. Marie Claire will be supporting the
preschool children to make conker streamers and then see how far they can make
them fly.
·
Autumn
tree. Matthew will be
assisting the children to make a large autumn tree that will change as the
trees outside change.
·
Salt
Dough Leaves. Emma
will be helping the children to create salt dough leaves using leaves collected
on walks and looking at patterns as they use them to make prints on the salt
dough.
·
Autumn
walk and collage. Abongi will organise trips to the park to
collect autumn items to take back to the centre and create autumn collages with
them.
·
Autumn
sensory feely bags.
Christine will create some sensory bags using a variety of materials for
the children to explore.
·
Conker
and acorn people. Victoria will be assisting the children to
create little people using Conkers, Acorns and other autumn item that the
children collect.
·
Hand
print tree. Marie Claire and the children will be using
their hand prints to make a large autumn tree display.
What you could do to support your children at home:
·
Autumn treasure hunt. Take to the woods with your
child on an autumn treasure hunt ask your child to find items by colour, shape
and size, Encourage them to really explore and look under logs and stones,
around the bottom of a tree and look up into the tree.
·
Leaf mobiles. Collect leaves of different
colour and sizes and hang them in arrangements using string and tape, try and
see how many different types of leaves you can find.
·
Here is a link to a website that has a lot of
different activities for children to do. http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/
