Seedlings 2023 -2024

Another busy week in Seedlings

Another eventful week in class! We crafted play dough into a fantastic dragon, engaged in watering plants by emptying and refilling pots in the water tray, and ventured into the outdoor area where we built towers of various sizes using tires. Additionally, we shared some stories with them, with "Dear Zoo" being their top favorite.

Christmas Party

The children have had a great week, thoroughly exploring every corner of our space and delighting in kicking footballs to one another. Miss Myers added an exciting twist by tinting the water blue with paint, and the children eagerly used buckets to pour and refill it, a fantastic activity for honing their fine motor skills, crucial for their development.

Our exploration of the theme "People Who Help Us" continued, this time with a spotlight on hospitals and nurses. The children got creative, crafting x-ray pictures using chalk and straws. We then enjoyed a brief Peppa Pig-themed video that shed light on what happens during an x-ray at the hospital.

Creativity

The children thoroughly enjoyable week, especially when they engaged in playdough activities. Together, they rolled out the dough and used cutters to shape it into a magnificent fire engine. In our art area, the children embraced their creativity by using boxes and paint to craft their own unique fire engines. We also took our activities outdoors, where the children assisted each other with baskets and indulged in making plenty of mud pies.

People who help us

Our current theme revolves around 'People Who Help Us'. This week, we've introduced the concept of visiting the dentist. The children enjoyed watching a brief video featuring Peppa Pig's dental visit. Afterwards, we engaged in a fun activity of brushing dolls' teeth and pretending to brush our own. Additionally, the children had a great time exploring the outdoor area, constructing towers, and navigating along crates.

Christmas Party

We have had a lovely morning at our Christmas party. We even had a special visitor from Santa!  We played pass the parcel and did the reindeer hokey cokey, which the children enjoyed!

 

Beamish

A huge thank you to all of our lovely families who accompanied us on our Christmas trip to Beamish.

 

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Christmas Crafts

We have started our Christmas crafts in Seedlings.  We have explored the outdoors and even made some biscuits!

The Snow

The children have experienced the frost and snow. They even managed to build a snowman, they have loved making chocolate cakes using their fine motor skills to mix the ingredients.

Wrapped up warm for some outdoor fun!

We have taken full advantage of the snow. We got wrapped up nice and warm and took a walk to our sensory garden, to explore the snow and frost. The children enjoyed making lots of snowmen and they collected sticks for the snowman's arms. We talked about how the snow felt crunchy on our feet and how cold it was.

Nursery Rhymes

The children have enjoyed activities based on the song Old MacDonald and other different nursery rhymes.  They have painted stars, explored water with 5 speckled frogs, explored the farm animals in the hay and made five currant buns out of playdough.  The children have loved being outside, working together to create towers and push cars on the garage.

Outdoor Fun!

The children have explored all areas, they have jumped in puddles, made a train using seats and explored the water area.  We have talked about how hedgehogs are spiky and prickly and how we might see one in our gardens.  The children then made their own hedgehog with glue and tissue paper.

Children in Need

We loved seeing the children in all their pudsey clothes and ears.  The children made their own bear and even added spots. They also loved making bears in the play dough.

Bonfire Night

A very busy in the Seedlings learning all about Autumn. At the start of the week, we talked about bonfire night and painted our firework pictures.  We have been outside collecting leaves, to use to make our autumn wreaths. We talked about the different colours and sizes of the leaves and we drew around them. Also, the children learned how to hold and use scissors to cut paper and leaves.

Birds

We have talked about how birds need more help to find their food in the winter. We made fat balls to hang on the trees. The children loved mixing and touching the mixture.  The children have also loved getting messy; they have loved painting indoors and using the big chalks outside to draw hedgehogs and collect leaves for their spikes.

Messy Time!

It has been lovely seeing all of the grown ups today, getting just as messy as the children.has been lovely seeing all of the grown ups today, getting just as messy as the children.

 

Wiggly Worm

We found a worm on the ground. We looked closely at the worm wriggling and we sang 'There is a Worm at the Bottom of my Garden '. The children held the worm and they giggled, when it moved on their hand.

Our Senses

Children have been exploring their five senses. We made our own musical instruments, where they listened to the sound the pasta made. They smelt different herbs and spices before pouring them into the playdough. We had the opportunity to explore the sensory garden, looking at the changes of leaves and what we could hear. The children have also painted spaghetti and they explored it by feeling the texture and talking about the different colours. Children tasted pineapple, tomato, pear and a pepper. There was some funny faces that were made!

     

      

It is officially the start of Autumn!

The children got wrapped up and went for a walk to our sensory garden. We explored the surroundings, and talked about what we could hear and see using the magnifying glasses. The children even picked apples from the tree, which we will be having for our snack this week.

Mud Kitchen

Welcome to Thorney Close Mud kitchen! The children have explored the kitchen by making mud pies, cups of tea and the children even had time to make a cup of tea for us!

What a busy week

This week myself the children have talked about how we feel.  We then made our own emotion faces.

The children have taken an interest in transport and we made our own bus, and sang 'wheels on the bus'.We have explored a lot of messy play like painting, making slime and making faces using the playdough. We continued the messy play outside, where the children painted the fence and played in the water tray with lots of bubbles!

 All about me

We have continued our 'all about me' topic.We have talked about our bodies and we have drawn around each other's bodies outside using chalk.

The children made playdough , the children added the dinosaurs to make a swamp.  This week, we have also created an underwater theme outside, where the children and I talked about what lives in the sea.

Indoors and Outdoors

This week the children have had a great week in the seedlings room. They have explored both indoor and outdoor provision areas. Children have used the big chalks to mark-make their hands and feet. Also, they have explored emptying and filling in the water area. They even had snack outside!

    

Flynn

This morning we had a visit from Flynn the dog! The children were able to stroke him and we talked about his eyes and how soft his fur was.

Wet Play

What a fabulous time outside in rain, jumping in the puddles.  When it stopped raining we had a fun time exploring the outside area.  The children rolled the balls down the tube, practiced their balancing on the seasaw and they have ran under the parachute.

Exploring

We have had a lovely week in the Seedlings room. We have explored all the areas and even found some dinosaurs in the shaving foam. We have loved reading our story of the week ' Rebecca Rabbit' and even sang sleeping bunnies.

Our First Day

All children had a fabulous first day in the seedlings room. The children explored a wide range of areas, including emptying and filling in the sand pit, blowing and popping bubbles and playing in the home corner.