Leaf pies!

This week the children have been enjoying the outdoors with a variety of activities. The children paid a visit to Carlisle park and made leaf pies. Isla scooped leaves into a pan and threw the leaves in to the air saying "Wheee" as she did this. Eve found a potato masher "Look what I've found!" and started to crunch some leaves. "It's got crinkles" William said . Douglas pointed to the sky and said "Did you see that? There's lots of geese!" Douglas and all his friends watched as the geese flew by and began to make quacking sounds, the honking sounds which made everyone laugh. They have also visited Bushy Park for a winter walk, and of course the nursery garden where they made their own train from the outdoor blocks.

The children also completed an alphabet floor puzzle, pointing out the letters they could identify. Some of the children also made the letter sound with Molly pointing out the letter in her name. This prompted all of the children to look for the letter of their name and practicing their air writing. Zach became very excited and said "I'm doing it, I'm doing it " whilst moving his finger around in a Z shape in the air .

The babies have been using their fine motor skills to mold and feel playdough. The babies explored different types of playdough such as jelly playdough and oat playdough. Lyra sprinkled some oats over her playdough before pushing and prodding it and babbling to herself before giggling. Jasper used rolling pins alongside Lyra on the jelly mixture as he pulled some apart, the using the rolling pi to flatten and make marks. Abigail also used her fine motor skills as she used blocks to build small towers alongside her friends, and when she knocked them down Oliver laughed, prompting her to laugh as well. Owen and Jasper explored a small hideaway den, reading stories with one another. Both boys flipped through the pages sharing the book nicely, and as Owen pointed to the pictures, they both smiled to one another. The spaghetti and water play was popular. The little ones used spoons to mix the water and spaghetti before pulling the spaghetti out and pulling it apart!