From 24/05/2010
Personal, social and emotional development
Activities we will be doing:
- Nicky - Feelings
- Jodie - showing respect
- Debbie - self hygiene, care and health
Things you could try at home:
- Talk about cleaning care routines
- Discuss what makes you happy and sad
- Likes and dislikes
This helps children understand/learn about:
- What keeps us healthy
- Respecting each other
- Forming good relationships
Communication, language and literacy
Activities we will be doing:
- Debbie - puppet show and role play
- Nicky - discuss what makes us happy / sad
- Jodie - repeat words and phrases from stories
Things you could try at home:
- Read and discuss books
- Look at their environment
This helps children understand/learn about:
- Imagination roleplay and interaction skills
Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
Activities we will be doing:
- Debbie - use number language
- Nicky - recognise number names
- Jodie - recognise groups of 1,2,3 and shapes
Things you could try at home:
- Recognise numbers within their environment
This helps children understand/learn about:
- Number knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of the world
Activities we will be doing:
- Realise tools have a purpose
- Debbie - use simple tools and techniques
- Jodie - Show interest and care for the environment
- Nicky - Show and interest in the world we live in
Things you could try at home:
- Make links with experiences and decisions and environment and decision process
- Look after living creatures
- Discuss looking after animals
This helps children understand/learn about:
- Their environment and the effects and changes
Physical development
Activities we will be doing:
- Debbie - respond to rhythm
- Jodie - balancing
- Nicky Experiment with different ways of moving
Things you could try at home:
- Respond to music and sound
- Practice movement and balancing skills
This helps children understand/learn about:
- Gross motor skills
- Self esteem
- Strength and ability
Creative development
Activities we will be doing:
- Debbie - show an awareness / interest in way musical instruments work
- Jodie - explore and differentiate between colours / mixing colours
Things you could try at home:
- Be aware of sound s in their environment
- Mix and investigate colours around them - e.g yellow brown
This helps children understand/learn about:
- Different sounds
- Develop listening skills
- Using their pinch grip and fine motor skills
- Being creative and using all materials
Welcome and goodbye
- Welcome Taya, William, Jenna and Amy from the Squirrels
Birthdays
Special events