Visits to favourite places!

Over the last week the toddlers theme has been ‘a fun day out’ based on the children’s interests when asked what they would like to do today. Rowan asked to go to the beach, Reegan asked to go on the train and Florence said “I want to go to the theatre”. Listening to each other’s interests they came up with a plan. On Monday the toddlers went shopping at Toddler-Mart to shop for supplies that they would need for their trip. Sophie picked up popcorn, wet wipes and a banana while Chloe picked up nappies, a box of tissues and some ice creams and carefully placed them on the conveyer belt. Otto A enjoyed holding onto some money and not letting anyone else take it! Tommy tried to count his money and then handed it over to his friend Sadie who was working on the tills that day.

On Tuesday, the toddlers woke up early, grabbed their bags and headed for the train station. The giant train was made using all the chairs in the room gathered in pairs one behind the other. The toddlers  picked a partner, gave the ticket man their ticket and jumped onto the train. Zack shouted “Choo choo”, while Blake waved her hands shouting “All aboard friends”. The toddlers enjoyed sharing some fruit and water while travelling. 

On Wednesday the toddlers safety arrived at the beach, unpacking their buckets and spades out of their bags and they quickly became very busy making multiple sandcastles and having a sunbathe with factor 50 suncream on of course! Ada made sure to remember “My hat to keep the sun off my face”. While Daniel just wanted to make his marble ice cream using different coloured paint and cotton buds. Sadie put on her wellies and started to jump up and down in the water singing “I’m jumping in muddy puddles”.

On Thursday, the toddlers couldn’t contain their excitement! They were going to the theatre to see a spectacular show “A Rumble in the Jungle” performed by the fantastic preschoolers. Emily showed her excitement by clapping along to the songs, while Olivia was cheering on her sister. The toddlers watched the show beautifully giving all the preschoolers a standing ovation at the end.

On Friday the toddlers were a little bit sad that their wonderful trip was coming to an end, however they made the best of it by packing their bags with all of their gifts they have bought and made ready to give to their parents once they arrived back home. They then picked a car of their choice 

The Under Two’s have been learning about different textures. 

 They have ben very busy exploring mash potato. They were really inquisitive when they first saw the mixture in the tray. They had spoons and cups so could scoop and fill and pour lift up the mash. Kitty started to squeeze it through her fingers, Esmé looked over “ Uck uck” as she watched Kitty, which made Esmé laugh. Isabelle came to look at what Amélie was laughing at, and immediately put her hands into the tray and lifted up a cup of mash potato “ Mmmm” with a big smile.

The children have enjoyed playing with the glue and different materials to stick. Sebastian wasted no time getting his glue stick straight into the glue pot and was spreading it across his paper very quickly, whereas Jack carefully held his glue stick and took his time. Inevitably all this creativity resulted in glue on the table which prompted Kitty to say “Uh oh! ” Amélie was a little unsure when the tissue paper got stuck to her fingers, Sebastian spotted Amélie’s hands with tissue paper on and gave a big frown.

 When exploring the garden Jack and Arlo enjoyed the feeling of the sand on their legs, which made Jack laugh and he began to try to pour it on his own legs, Amélie saw   Jack laughing and came over to investigate, and she sat down and started to copy Jack. As Amélie poured it over her legs she said “Oh no”, then filled a bucket with sand and poured it over her legs and Jacks legs, which then made Jack laugh! Amélie looked up saying “Oops” then laughed.  Great fun!