A Visit to the Train Station!

Over the last couple of weeks, the toddlers have been learning about different types of transport. They have been exploring them through different means, one of which being through mark making. Whilst taking part in a car rolling activity, Harry dipped his car into the paint pot and began rolling it along the paper. He pointed at the tracks left behind, saying “I left lines on the paper like that cos it was going really fast!”. Ethan chose to have a car in each hand and rolled them over the same area so the lines overlapped, “Look that!” he exclaimed while tracing the marks left behind with his finger, laughing when realising he had covered his hands in paint. This then led to finger painting! Max joined in straight away and dipped his whole hands and in making hand prints on top of the tracks. 

A group of toddlers, along with some babies and preschoolers, went on a small journey to Esher station to see some trains. As they got snuggled into the buggies there was a buzz of excitement and lots of talk of “Choo choo trains!” continuing on as they started their adventure. Along the way, the toddlers saw plenty of cars and even more excitingly… buses! Blair shouted “Bus!” as one sped past with another passing a few minutes later causing Arlo to point and say “‘Nother bus! nother bus!”. Unfortunately, after reaching the station the toddlers saw that there were train cancellations, but not to worry, they then made the most of spotting other forms of transport. Joseph pointed to the sky and notified everyone “Aeroplane up there!”, leading everyone to look to the sky and watch it fly by. On the walk back to nursery gong through the golf course Emily was very excited to hear a ‘tweet tweet’ and gasped while pointing out to everyone the bird in the trees.

Over the last two weeks, the under twos have been exploring their taste buds and trying lots of new and different foods from around the world. Whilst celebrating Chinese New Year, the children had a delicious plate of noodles, egg fried rice, pineapple and even tried a small amount of lychee juice. Billy held the noodles in the air and said, “Hiya, haha!”. Later on in the week, we celebrated Shrove Tuesday and we all know what this means… Pancakes! The children were served freshly made pancakes with their choice of, fresh fruit, lemon and sauces. Margot dipped her finger into the strawberry sauce and smiled, then moving onto the lemon. She picked it up, put it to her mouth and pulled a very sour face whilst laughing with her friends. 

Outside, the under twos have been using nature to create marks. The children have helped collect mud, sticks, leaves and other resources and put them in our nature basket. Using the mud mixed with food colouring and the sticks and leaves as tools, the children created some fantastic marks on paper. Charlotte got some paint on her hand whilst dipping a leaf and said, “Uh oh!” whilst trying to brush it off, eventually choosing to create a hand print on her paper. Matilde decided to take it upon herself to make this a finger painting activity by placing her stick to one side and dipping in each finger. Each time she dipped, she looked at her hand and said, “Oh wow!”, turning it round to show her friends. After watching his friends, Finley bucked up the courage to join in and excitedly dipped both hands into the pots of muddy paint.