Frosty play and reindeer soup!

The preschool children have been joining in with their phonics this week. The letter of the week was 'A' and the children had some brilliant ideas for words. When asked about who flies into space, Olivia said "A for Astronaut!' They also came up with words such as arm, apple and ant. The children also practiced writing 'A', proudly  sharing their beautiful writing with their peers. All of the children have really enjoyed doing lots of Christmas artwork to decorate the pre school room and are getting very excited for the arrival of Father Christmas. Elodie told her friends at circle time, "If you are very good, Father Christmas might bring you some presents". Raegan replied, "He is coming to my house".

We have had some very frosty mornings this week and the children went out looking for some ice around the garden which triggered a conversation of how the ice is formed. Thomas suggested ‘In the freezer!’

This week toddlers have enjoyed making reindeer soup! They used big spoons to mix the carrots, brussel sprouts and parsnips together. Tomas said "Mix mix mix" and also used the spoon to chop some of the carrots. Ada announced "We making soup for reindeers" and Jack, George and Will enjoyed feeling the cold vegetables with their hands. The children were very chatty during this activity and enjoyed repeating the names of the vegetables! Toddlers also had fun doing some car rolling with lots of coloured paint. They used the cars to mark different marks on the paper. Some children enjoyed rolling the car in the same spot, making short lines, whilst others moved the cars side to side and made curvy lines. Sienna spent time doing the former, whereas Scarlett enjoyed doing the latter. Alice stuck to rolling the car in one colour for a while before mixing some of the colours together she said "I making lines with my car".  We also had a very exciting trip to the field with preschool! Toddlers did lots of running, chasing and playing football. We especially enjoyed trudging through the muddy grass and stomping in the occasional puddle! We also watched as the birds and aeroplanes flew by.

The babies have been exploring many different malleable materials including paint, jelly, crazy soap and playdough. They used the cutters to make shapes in the playdough as well as poking their fingers in it, watching the marks that it left in the dough. They also enjoyed playing with the cold, wobbly jelly, watching it move as they touched and squeezed it using their hands. Some of the little ones couldn't couldn't resist tasting the strawberry flavour and everyone got very sticky! They have produced some more lovely Christmas art work this week, using paint with brushes and especially fingers! They also did some mark making with chalk and crayon on some penguins and Santa faces. Can’t wait for Christmas!