Our babies in Tiny Turtles have been using their love of all things Elmer to discover colour through loose parts in the tuff tray. They thoroughly enjoyed exploring the materials, developing their sensory experiences with a range of resources
You may have seen our other posts about the inter generational project that The Wigwam Day Nursery and Preschool is involved with. We are so privileged to be involved with this project. These photos show the amazing connections that are being made between friends. Inter generational relationships are blossoming between our preschool children at Wigwam … Continued
Tuff Tray Activities Tuff tray activities are a big hit across all of our rooms. Tuff Tray Activities – Preschool Within our preschool room we have used tuff trays in addition to drain pipes. This allowed the preschoolers to explore water. They used the drain pipes to pour the water and discover how it flows, … Continued
The children have really enjoyed playing with fruit tea bags in the water tray and strawberry scented playdough today.
Playdough activity idea from The Wigwam. Playdough activities are a childhood favourite, but you don’t need tubs full of ready made playdough and plastic accessories. At The Wigwam we try and make our activities a little bit different to create enhanced learning opportunities for children. Last week, our amazing staff team in our Tiny Turtles … Continued
Who would have thought an old suitcase could be transformed into a sandpit! Well, that’s just what we did at the Wigwam this week! A sand tray inside an old suitcase. Offering a wonderful opportunity to dig for real life treasures; what a fantastic invitation to learn and explore! “The way in which we think about … Continued
The children at The Wigwam Day Nursery in Reading are enjoying our move towards using authentic resources and loose parts. What are loose parts? Loose parts are different materials and objects, that when given to children can be or become anything the child wants We use loose parts such as pine cones, bottle top lids, … Continued
Maths Activities at The Wigwam We’ve been busy with more maths activities at The Wigwam! Activities have included: Counting with stones and matching numbers. Drawing round shapes Opening padlocks with keys All these activities are supporting children’s early maths, understanding of number, positioning, shape recognition, adding, subtracting, sorting and problem solving. While we’re here, we … Continued
Combining sensory play and children’s interests enables a huge opportunity for language and personal and social development. Lots of exploration for our young babies today…
Our staff today have set up a lovely mark making activity. Mark making and early writing isn’t always about paper and pens. Marks in sand, salt and dough with a range of resources support the opportunity for developing the fine motor skills required to hold a pencil for writing.