Glorious Mud at Bushy Park!

This week the children have been talking about nature as they explored the environment in the garden and Bush Park. Several muddy areas and large puddles were very popular indeed! they loved to splash and ‘fish’ in them. The children made their own campfire using sticks and bark. Douglas picked up 2 sticks and said "Did you know, if you rub them together like this it creates a fire?". The children then changed the campfire to a animal nest using large sticks to mix it altogether. Molly looked around as she heard a bird and said excitedly "The bird might catch it!" , to which all the children looked up to see where the bird had gone. Looking up at the sky prompted the children to talk about the weather. Scarlett pointed up at the sky and said "It's moving, it's moving! The cloud is moving!". The children also went on a big hunt to see what bugs they could find. Eve began to jump up and down with excitement as she noticed a spider and noted on her clipboard chart around chatting "I have one, I have one". 

Using the white boards the children have been writing their sound of the week "m". Damon proudly held his picture up and said "Mummy". Sami laughed and said "M is for milk, I have a ’M’ in my name!

The babies have been for a winter walk in Bushy park as you can see, wearing the nursery winter waterproofs to keep them warm and dry. They have also played with some different textures this week, using beans, tomato, custard and flour, mixing them all together range for some fun messy play. Xanthe joined the babies in playing, and when she felt the mixture after Lyra squashed it all up said, 'Ew, that's yucky'. Oliver and jasper used their hands to move the food all out of the way making lovely splashes and causing each other to giggle. Abigail and Owen played with the parachute; they shook it all around and when they caught a glimpse of each other under the parachute began to play peek-a-boo. Both children babbled throughout and made each other giggle when they said ‘Boo’ and hid away again.