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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 30th January 2017

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Our love of water still continues, and this week we will be thinking about patterns as we use pipettes and various colours to fill ice cube trays, bottle lids, bun tins, etc.  From the interest of washing and hanging clothes out to dry, we will be looking at sequencing in our maths area as we practice our fastenings on various clothing.  What will you put on first?  As for the clothes line, we will be looking to see if we can hang our numbers in the right order from one to ten.  Or maybe you...

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Caterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 30th January 2017

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We are going to be thinking about sounds within the environment as we explore sound lotto with our Caterpillars this week.  Will you be able to recognise the sound of a telephone or a motor bike?  Lets find out.  There will also be a chance for you to make your sounds as we explore a range of musical instruments.  Which one is the loudest? Alongside this, you will be able to explore your gross motor skills with the addition of streamer shakers to form lines and circles.  This activity aids...

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Bumblebee’s Learning Experiences W/c 30th January 2017

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We are going to be exploring the story of the Hungry Caterpillar as we discover colours, fruits and numbers.  I wonder what they will taste like?  Will we be able to put all the apples together?  How about the bananas and the strawberries?  Taking this interest a little further we will be getting really small as we discover the world of mini beasts. What will you find finding under the leaf?  What’s that crawling along the log?  Who knows when we’re outside maybe we will be able to hunt for...

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Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 23rd January 2017

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The sea life animals have been a great success within the water play, and so we will be introducing the wonderful story of ‘ Sharing a Shell’ into the equation as children have the opportunity to act it out with the relevant props.  This fits in superbly with our rhyming shelf which is a keen point of interest at this present time. Because children have enjoyed creating models of transport through construction, this week we will be taking it a step further as we use a range of media and...

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Caterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 23rd January 2017

Posted in Caterpillars Learning

From the interest of matching amounts to the quantity, we will be extending it on as the children think about size.  Can we build a tower of three bricks?  How about ten?  Which one is taller? Lets build it and find out.  From the interest of the dinosaurs look out for the numbered ones!  Will you be able to put the correct number of spikes on each one?  Yes, you got it the dinosaurs are staying for another week, they are just so much fun.  However look out for their foot prints as we think...

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