Butterflies Learning Experiences W/c 17th October 2016
So many children are celebrating their birthdays at the moment and with the excitement of making cakes and enjoying the dancing and singing through the theme of the carnival. Which better way to go. This week the children will have plenty of opportunities to organise their own party as they decorate their house, send out invitations and explore the healthy options as they decide on their food choices. There will be presents to wrap and party games to play, as well as deciding on what they...
Read MoreButterflies Learning Experiences W/c 10th October 2016
We’re getting into the carnival mood this week as we explore dancing, music, dressing up and carnival floats. I wonder what you will be? As we prepare for our own carnival here at Stepping Stones we will be showing off our creations and skills to the younger children as we perform our own parade. This links nicely into our investigation area as we explore sounds, instruments and rhythms with music and physical movement. The children have been using various resources to make a wide range of...
Read MoreButterflies Learning Experiences W/c 3rd October 2016
Our children are really enjoying the exploration of their natural world, after visiting a local wood and collecting various autumn materials the interest has now moved into the word of textures. What better book to explore therefore than We’re Going On a Bear Hunt. This week the children will have opportunity to explore the swishy, swashy grass, the swirling, whirling snowstorm and the thick, oozy mud with their hands and feet as we re-create the story through art and various activities. ...
Read MoreButterflies Learning Experiences W/c 26th September 2016
Children have been keen to share their knowledge of roads and traffic in their play of Fire Fighters. We have been seeing children pretending to be Policemen as they direct traffic and putting their hands up to inform them that they need to STOP! This week we will be taking it a step further as we create zebra crossings and visit the local town to test out our road safety rules of stop, look and listen. After being so keen on Mini Beasts and discovering a toad in the garden, we will be...
Read MoreButterflies Learning Experiences W/c 19th September 2016
Our interests continue for another week with the mini beasts. After discovering lots of slugs, snails, woodlice and spiders. We are now going to be exploring their homes and discovering how we can create similar ones. Will we be able to spin a web or create a wood pile for the woodlice to hide? After creating our wormery, we are desperately looking for worms. If you see rain this week it’s because we will be performing rain dances in the hope that the worms will rise to the surface! ...
Read MoreButterflies Learning Experiences W/c 12th September 2016
Over the last couple of weeks some of the children have been lucky enough to sit inside a real fire engine, see and smell the smoke of a local bonfire and this week watched as the fire engine had a check over by some mechanics. As you can imagine this has ignited their imagination (excuse the pun)! Therefore in the small world area children will have the opportunity to recreate these experiences and make up their own with the use of the fire engines, fire stations, ambulances, people and...
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