Christmas Decorations & Outside Exploration!

Over the past couple of weeks the pre-school children have been busy helping to make lots of Christmas art work to decorate the pre-school room. One of the winter themed boards is a big hit for the children who are very proud of themselves and have been admiring their own art work. Alba called Zoe over once the board was finished, “Look Zoe, that’s my snowflake I made, which one is yours?” When Zoe pointed out her own, Alba said in a very soft voice, “Aren’t they so beautiful and sparkly?” Of course the Christmas tree delivery was very exciting for the children, they all enjoyed putting the baubles on the tree, with Louis even suggesting “Maybe that bauble will look pretty there”, pointing to an empty space on the tree. The children have all been talking together about what they would like from Santa and this week at swimming, some of the children were multi tasking, collecting the toys for the coloured boards and discussing what they would like for Christmas. Ari said he would like a robot, Immy said she would like an Anna and Elsa dress and Sophie said she would like a sleeping bag, which made all of her teachers and friends laugh.

Whilst out on one of our walks, the children discovered a grassy soil mound which they loved to run up and down. Olivia found it especially funny when her little legs went too fast and she couldn’t stop and fell to the ground. This of course prompted her friends to do the same and before we knew it, the children were loving tumbling down the mounds and on to the soggy mud. Jonathan reminded his friends, “Be careful where you stand though so you don’t squash any worms”. Very caring! The children continued on the walk once they were tired from all of the climbing and when they got to the map of the grounds, Florence made sure to stop her friends to find where nursery was. When Alfie pointed to the horse field, Florence laughed and said, “Nooo, we are not horses”. Next Alfie pointed at the nursery garden and Florence praised him, “Yes Alfie, well done”.