Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

In the Wise Owls room this week the children have been benefiting from some new resources. They have really enjoyed our new reversible car/train track and with this they have been coming up with lots of additional ideas for us to make using our other resources such as bridges, ramps, houses and a car wash. They have also enjoyed exploring our new peg boards where we have been exploring colour and pattern whilst the pegs encourage the children’s fine motor skills. We have also had some lovely donated resources like wooden puzzles and barbies which the children have been playing with every day.

In the Curious Squirrels room this week the children have also benefited from some lovely new resources. The most beautiful wooden dolls house was donated which they children have loved exploring with the small world people and animals. They have also enjoyed playing with the car garage together, sending their cars down the ramp and seeing how far they roll. We have also had a lovely time together with the children sharing stories encouraging the children to look at the pictures on each page. 

Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

This week in the Wise Owls room the children have enjoyed exploring the light box with various different objects such as natural resources (leaves and flowers), plastic shapes and shiny toys. They enjoyed looking at what the light did to the item and spoke about it with their friends and the adults. Last Thursday the children enjoyed celebrating World Book Day and we had lots of lovely costumes and stories brought in to read. We have also enjoyed baking this week talking about different ingredients, where they come from and working together to make a mix. 

Little Explorers
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In the Wise Owls (big) room this week the children have enjoyed celebrating St David’s Day by making daffodil crowns. The children chose how to decorate the crowns and spoke about Wales. The children have also enjoyed sorting activities with our super sorting resources where they have enjoyed looking at the colours and counting out with the support of our numicon. 

Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

This week the children have had a lovely time celebrating pancake day. We all enjoyed tasting pancakes at snack time topped with sugar and lemon. We then went outside to practice tossing our pancakes before having a pancake race.

Our children are enjoying playing in our garden and experimenting with chalks and water. We will be planting some herb seeds such as parsley and coriander soon. The children who love water play, will be watering them and watching them grow!  

Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

In the wise owls room this week the children have enjoyed listening to and making their own music. They have been exploring the instrument stand outside using many different resources to see if they can change the sound of the instruments. The children have also enjoyed playing with some playmobil helicopters we have very kindly had donated, together we have been talking about all the different things helicopters can be used for. 

Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

We are pleased to announce that we have implemented some names for our rooms to match our natural environment, our baby room is now called the curious squirrels room and the big room is now called the wise owls room. We will be changing our intercom buttons shortly and have chosen some lovely room decorations to match these themes.

Little Explorers
What have we been up to this week……..

In the baby room this week the children have enjoyed playing with our indoor sand tray with loose parts such as fabric conditioner lids, bubble tubs and plastic pots. These loose parts encourage a wide range of learning opportunities, imagination (in the photo they have been making ice creams and hot chocolates), mathematical knowledge and sensory exploration. In our garden they have enjoyed mark making on a large-scale using chalks on the blackboard as well as the ground, this develops their gross motor skills and is part of the foundation for writing skills in later life.
In the big room this week the children have been exploring the lunar new year including reading the story, acting out the story with lolly pop stick puppets, making lanterns and decorating dragon masks just to name a few. This supports the children in learning about different festivals, ways of life, different countries and various cultures. The children have also enjoyed playing with our role play hospital where they have taken on the roles of doctors, nurses and patients. This has encouraged the children to explore different occupations, care for others and expand their empathy as well as expanding their imagination, encouraging their personal social and emotional needs and building their communication.