Father's Day Breakfast!

This week we had a very good turnout for our Father’s Day big breakfast event which was a lovely morning. The children were so excited to bring their daddies in to nursery with them when they got to nursery in the morning and were very helpful at showing them around the rooms and the garden area too. It was lovely to see the children and fathers enjoying a lovely breakfast together in the sunshine. The pre-school children were talking to each other throughout the day about they liked the most about the event, Zac told his friends at lunch time, “My daddy liked seeing my bag and my peg!”, whilst Amelia said, “And my daddy liked the garden with my baby Jack too!”. What wonderful event!

This week in preschool, the children have been making the most of the summer sunshine by getting stuck in with some water play in the garden. They filled the water tray with water from the hose and Joshua laughed as the water sprayed back out of the tray and on to him! Once the trays were filled, they experimented with different jugs and containers to see which ones held the most water and which ones poured the best. Francis lifted a small container into the air and watched as water poured out of some holes in the base of the container, exclaiming “Oh no! It’s all coming out!” In the other water tray, Joshua and William enjoyed playing with the water mills. They placed one above another and poured water into the top. The water poured down and span the mills as it did so. William said “Look, it’s working!” Joshua added “We need more water! Quick!”

The children have also had fun with some sensory jelly play, starting off with the jelly in some containers watching closely as it wobbled as they shook it gently. They the scooped the jelly out of the pots and into the builders trays, exploring its texture with their hands and fingers by squishing and squeezing it. Alastair laughed as the jelly drooped out from between his fingers and fell into the builders tray, whilst Ezmie said “This is so messy!”. They also engaged another out our senses by smelling the Jelly as we played with it. William told his friends “This jelly smells like strawberry!”