Vivaldi and Shakers!

During work time some children asked if they would make shakers.  We all ended up making paper plate shakers with rice.  At the end of the session we listened to 'Spring' from Four Seasons by Vivaldi and the children were dancing fast and slow with the music and playing their shakers. 

 

 

Week 5 in the nursery

We had blue salt on our messy table and we enjoyed drawing lots of different pictures.  Some of us made patterns with our fingers, some used brushes and one of us noticed that screwdrivers were excellent for drawing thin lines.  We liked using the big brushes to hide our pictures before drawing new ones. 

 We were also developing our drawing skills when using the magnadoodles at the writing table.  We liked that we could rub out our drawings when we were finished 

Last week, a lot of us enjoyed exploring paint with our fingers and hands, swirling it around and making different patterns.  This week we had a look at this picture - Van Gogh's Starry Night and noticed that it had swirly patterns too.  We also noticed that it looked like a night picture with the moon and stars.  We saw that there was blue, black, yellow, white and gold in the picture.  We squirted these colours onto our art table and used our fingers to make swirly patterns.   

When we were finished swirling all the paint around, we made prints by pressing some paper on top of our patterns.  When the prints are dry we are going to put them on our wall so please come in and have a look at our version of 'Starry Night'.

Song of the Week

Our song next week will be:

Incy Wincy Spider

Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain and washed the spider out. 

Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain

and Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again. 

Week 4 in the nursery

We have had a lot of discussions regarding the olympics and the paralympics with some of the children creating their own Olympic events inside and outside the nursery.  One of our children requested that we had an obstacle race in the hall.  Here is a short video of some of us showing off our skills. 

 

 

We have also been strengthening the peedie muscles in our hands as we explored the playdough. 

Some of the boys and girls have been experimenting with the scales as they were weighing and measuring the flour on the messy table. 

We have been very creative this week at the craft table with many of us getting our own paint, brushes and paper. 

 We found new tape measures in our tool box and have been measuring all around the nursery.

 We were playing with letters and making the names of people we know on the white board. 

We have been developing our house which now has a kitchen, bedroom and living room.  We have been busy cooking up all kinds of meals for the grown-ups!

In our planning time this week, some of us were phoning home to tell mummys, daddys, grandmas and friends to tell them what we were going to do during work time. 

Show and Tell

The children have requested that we have a show and tell session.  We have planned for this next Tuesday 18th September.  Children normally bring in a small toy or have some news to share with the rest of the group.  We look forward to seeing what you bring in. 

Sharing our song of the week

The afternoon children singing humpty dumpty.

Song of the Week

Our song next week will be:

Little Arabella Miller

Little Arabella Miller
Found a hairy caterpillar,
First it crawled upon her mother,
Then upon her baby brother.
All said, "Arabella Miller,
Take away that caterpillar!