Sun, Storms & Senses!

Recently the toddlers have been intrigued by the change weather, going from having to wear sun cream to now needing to put on waterproofs and wellies! A small group of children heard some “rumbles” of thunder and sat along the the patio door to watch and listen to the rain, as well as the rumbles and flashes of lightning until the storm had finished. Once the rain began again with the absence of thunder and lightning, the children got their waterproofs on and were off exploring the garden. A small group found a drip coming through the sand pit shelter and began catching it with their hands and laughing as the drops made a funny sound plopping on the hoods of their coats. One by one they began picking up items to collect the rain in, gathering buckets, jugs, cups and sand moulds letting the drips fill their pots and pouring them out into a big bucket. Another group made their way to the growing area where they explored the feel of the tomato plant leaves as well as the smell, and began searching for tomatoes they could see along the vines. When a few more children approached with some small world animals, they all pretended the animals were having a snack on the tomatoes, making lots of “num num num” sounds. In between the rainy spells, a couple of children were enjoying catching bubbles in the sunshine, running around, giggling and popping them; some children were using their hands while others tried to use their elbows, toes and heads!

Over the last couple of weeks the under 2’s have loved their garden time in the sunshine! The children loved building towers using the foam blocks, and then happily knocking them over when they got tall enough. Zakariya counted the blocks out as he build the tower and when he got to 7 blocks Isabella came running through to knock it down, making Zavier giggle and clap his hands, and Zakariya shout ‘Isabella!’ whilst laughing. After the children had enough of building towers, the bubbles came out and they happily began to run round the garden trying to catch them. Hope wandered over and let out a cheerful ‘Hi!’, indicating she’d like more bubbles, and happily clapped her hands together to catch the bubbles when they flew above her head.

Inside, the children loved exploring the sensory light crosses and seeing what colours they could find. Freya ran over excitedly, shouting out “Yay!” and picking up two of them, before running over to some of her friends and kindly handing them over, showing off her sharing skills! The children all sat together in a group, and with a bit of help they began to name the colours of the lights that they were turning on and off.