Anyone for tea? By using authentic resources in the nursery children learn how to treat real objects and take care of them. They are able to feel the weight and the range of material of the resources as well as how to use them to extend their play and imagination.
We have been encouraging counting and sorting today with natural materials and loose parts. Not only does this support progression of the children’s mathematical skills but with the mix of resources – communication, language and social development are supported.
The weather has had a definite autumnal feel today and this was reflected in the activities that staff set out for the children. They enjoyed exploring the materials, making new shapes with the pegs and feeling the smooth stones.
Staff in Deers reviewed the children’s space and play opportunities and felt that a change would provide more benefits for self selection, self regulation, choice and exploration. The response from the children who were eager to see their new room was “wow, it looks amazing”. We think it does too!
If you’re not a big fan of messy play at home, we’ve got it covered!
Early Years Maths Ideas We’ve posted before about early years maths ideas at The Wigwam and it’s a topic we’re passionate about! Maths is all around us; we don’t have a maths area as we help children explore and learn through all areas of play. Maths is one of the specific areas in the Early … Continued
We’ve had a fantastic day exploring play dough today. By using vanilla scented play dough we created an all round sensory experience. Using natural materials found outside made this activity even more curious and exciting! Making patterns with pine cones was a big hit with the children! It was great fun squishing and poking the … Continued
We are very excited to welcome some extra special guests to the Wigwam this week….the children have absolutely loved having a fairy garden in the nursery!
Our Turtle room had some additional authentic resources given to them this week…. The team added real fruit for the children to explore with, this resulted in the staff extending the activity to include making fruit tea for the children to taste. They enjoyed lemon and ginger and strawberry and raspberry flavours. The team then … Continued
The Wigwam Garden The Wigwam Garden has had lots of attention and TLC this week! With thanks to our incredible nursery team, we now have a new mud kitchen. The rest of the garden has also been transformed to create an improved natural, varied and exciting play space. The delight from the children when it was … Continued