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Forest School
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Spring
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A Spring walk looking for signs of Spring is always a good start to our new topic. Mrs Allen has then been showing us how to create spring flowers with chalks, with paint and a fork and with wool on a peg frame. Planting seeds in the troughs was also fun!
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Music
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Tappers and Shakers
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As we move into exploring sounds our instruments can make, we enjoyed sorting them into ones that we can shake and tap so we can match with body actions.
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Write Dance
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Round the Mountain
Up into the Sky
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We have been creating rainbow shapes in soap and the cross shape (from our flags) with paintbrushes dipped in different coloured paint.
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Listening Game
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Sitting still
Listening to the Words
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Being able to position your body so you are showing good sitting and are able to look at the person talking was fun with our blindfold game. We then had fun playing Simon Says where we had to listen to all of Simon Squirrel’s words and none of Mrs Mander’s!
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Phonics
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Name labels
The mouse sound, m
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As part of our morning routine, we played a game of reading our name to our sound picture. This week we have been shaking the objects in the m box and giving them migraines – oops! Can you remember who was complaining about their head?
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Maths
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Capacity
Tally to 5
Spotting pattern
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Singing a song about a cup being empty, part full or full to the top has been on repeat in all of our heads but an excellent way to introduce capacity. Making tally marks to 5 was tricky when we had to remember to shut that gate. Matching flags by patterns was fun as you were able to name the pattern, the colours and for some, the country!
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Communication and Language
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One Springy Day
Don’t wake the Bear Hare
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You have enjoyed sharing with Mrs Allen a beautiful Nick Butterworth story about Spring and a Spring story about animals wanting a Spring party but without the bear. Making your own picnic was the most popular activity pre story as we now see this a lot during our Indoor play.
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Playground Game
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Throwing/Catching
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Being able to throw and catch a ball is tricky! Being able to throw and catch a scarf isn’t! We had fun playing the game with ourselves (especially on the windy day) and then with a friend.
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Dough Disco
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Gummy Bear
Celebration
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Thank you Elsie for the first choice – we did enjoy being bears moving our dough but we were happy to say goodbye to this song and hello to Mrs Franklin’s Cool and the Gang choice. We now have our very own disco routine with the spin, punch and wave. Share it this weekend!
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