Puddles!

The preschool children have enjoyed their new swedish waterproof outfits this week. They put on their jackets and trousers along with their wellies, making their way outside for some lovely splashy messy play. They noticed a large puddle in the back garden and became really excited, running about in and out of the puddle and made big splashes as they jumped into the mud.  Some of the children explored the rest of the garden for more puddles. Thomas said "I'm going to jump really high, everybody watch me!" Thomas took a breath and jumped off the hill, giggling as he landed on the bark. Arthur said "That was a good jump!" Henry, Oliver and Joshua were covered head to toe in mud, giggling as the water flew through the air and all over the floor. they have also been around the site and found some amazing areas of water and mud as you can see!

The children have also made currant buns with play dough. They molded their dough and sang '5 currant buns' as they painted them brown. They discussed what ingredients were in currants buns and the children agreed sugar and currants.

Toddlers enjoyed going for a walk on Friday with some friends from both the baby and preschool rooms. As toddlers rode through puddles and across the mud in the buggies Tomas said "Look, mud!" and George spotted an aeroplane and said "Look" as he pointed to the sky. They enjoyed looking at the birds flying past and the occasional person walking their dog. As they went over the bridge they stopped to look at the water and saw some ducks! They were all given some bread to throw to the ducks and Scarlett said "Duck!" with Arthur pointing excitedly. They also did some floor drawing with crayons; the children loved laying on their tummies and drawing pictures. Some drew small lines and circles while others drew pictures of mummy and daddy. Elena used lots of different colours and clapped when she had finished and Benjamin tried to say some of the colours he used.

Babies have had lots of fun getting our artwork ready for Christmas displays. We have made a cosy fireplace by sponge painting the bricks, some festive stockings by using brushes with fluffy paint which was very squishy and we made some lovely hats by using fruit tea bags. They loved smelling the different fruit flavours like raspberry and orange and looking at the different coloured marks they made as they splatted them onto the paper.

They too have been going on walks to the river to feed the ducks some bread and they all made quacking noises as they came over.