Caterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 17th October 2016
Our Autumn theme has proven so popular that we will be continuing it on for another week as we bring the woodland to life in our small world area. The Caterpillars have built and painted their own tree house for the animals to hide in. Where do you think the fox will sleep? Will the owl live high or low? Let’s find out more about these wonderful creatures as we use our imagination. With real grass, twigs, acorns and leaves it is going to be just like the real thing! The Autumn play dough...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 10th October 2016
It’s all change and with the weather turning colder the children have really noticed the changes in the season. This week we will be bringing the Autumn inside with leaves to rustle and jump in, acorns and conkers to count and Autumnal creatures to discover. With a visit to the library we will be collecting books to discover more about this wonderful time of the year. In our malleable area we will be creating Autumn scented play dough with the addition of pinecones and other such materials...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 3rd October 2016
Last week was so much fun that we are going to be extending our areas further. Our small world of builders, will continue with the inclusion of various construction machinery to further create role play scenarios. Likewise our malleable area will be going down to the farm with a selection of cereals, and various textures to dig and plough through using tractors trailers to fill and empty as they feed the animals in question. The mathematical area is extending on from last weeks Bake off...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 26th September 2016
Let’s think about our homes as we explore shapes, with our small world area changing to a building site we will be thinking about what shape bricks we need to build walls, roof tops, windows and doors to create various houses and buildings. Bob the Builder and various other small figures will be introduced into the play to encourage story telling and imagination. Once inside the home what do we get up to in the kitchen?, How does Mummy cook tea? Or maybe Daddy likes to bake. Can we use our...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 19th September 2016
What will you do when you grow up? This week the Caterpillars will have a chance to explore some job roles as they are introduced to the world of hairdressing, office work and the construction site. Or for those of you who want to think outside the box maybe you will choose to be a pirate? There will be plenty of opportunity to use our imaginations as we take telephone messages, book appointments, write letters, create building plans or draw treasure maps to extend on our play. Look out...
Read MoreCaterpillar’s Learning Experiences W/c 12th September 2016
With a New term comes new children and new interests. What comes around goes around… and that seems to be the theme this week as we explore transport and rotation in a range of ways. The Train Station has been a huge success and will be continuing on this week with an addition of new resources to extend on the play. In our small world, the Caterpillars will have the chance to explore the cars and garages with the addition of being able to create buildings, bridges and tunnels with a range...
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