Pumpkin Soup and Muddy Pies!
This week the children have been looking at the letter "T" as their sound of the week. Douglas drew a picture of a tiger and began to chant "I am a tiger, I am a tiger!’ then let out a great big roar and laughed. Sami held his foot in the air and proceeded to giggle and shouted "I've got wiggly toes!". The children found this quite entertaining and they all began to wiggle their feet.
The children have been exploring pumpkins and potatoes in the mud kitchen. They used these to make a variety of vegetable pies. Sienna began to cut a pumpkin cleverly counting each time she cut off a piece. Molly held a potato up and said "This is in the garden" and began to bury it in the soil. The children have been making animal dens using the wooden bricks. Jonah created an enclosure for the lions. Jonah laughed and said "They can't escape!" Jonah then proceeded to roar!
The babies have enjoyed playing with bubbles and moving to music as they tried to catch them. Oliver smiled up as he watched the bubbles blow out of the machine really fast, with one even popping on his nose, which made him laugh. Oliver stared at this surprised as the other children giggled. Jasper couldn't wait to catch the bubbles and used various items in the room to pull himself up so he could be closer to the bubble machine and clapped his hands together to pop them!
The babies also explored cloud dough in the malleable tray. Lyra was so intrigued and immediately tried to grasp at this new material but it slid out in between her fingers. Johny was eager to get involved, and ran to see what was in the tray. He crouched down next to his friend and pulled at the material and threw it in the air.
Hamptons Nursery goes to Garsons Farm
As part of our story of the month "Pumpkin soup" the children went to Garsons Farm. On the way there the children were excited and spoke about the various fruit and vegetables they may see. Sienna smiled and said "We are going on a tractor". Once we had arrived at our destination the children proceeded to clap and chant "We are here!" Whilst the children rode around on the tractor they pointed to various things they could see such as birds and various plants such as sweetcorn and raspberries. Once the children had arrived at the pumpkin patch they ran about deciding which pumpkin they wanted to bring home.Jonah found a large pumpkin and said "I can pick this up!" Eve found a tiny pumpkin and picked it up, she placed it in her bag and proudly said " This is mine, it's a baby" and proceeded to giggle. The children then moved on to the sweet corn field and started to hide amongst the tall plants. Isla jumped out and shouted "Boo!". which everyone laughed at and made other join in a new game!
This week the babies explored the texture of the moon sand. Lyra and Johnny picked it up and swathed it through his fingers. Johnny then began to press his fingers into the dough looking at the different marks it made. Oliver and Jasper enjoyed tummy time where they placed their hands in water and splashed smiling at each other. Owen and Abigail had great fun sliding down the slide and clapping at each other. Ready, steady, go!
Pumpkin Picking!
The children visited Garsons farm this week. They were very excited, talking about it all morning. During a circle time, the children discussed what we may find at the farm. Sophie said "Big pumpkins. They are orange!" Sofia replied "I want a blue pumpkin!" They found this very funny, giggling away. Olivia said "Pumpkins start as green then turn orange!" Once the minibus arrived, the children took their seats and the journey began. On the way Hector was shouting "Minibus go faster, faster!" The first thing the children did was to make their way over to the tractor and climbed aboard. It was very bumpy as they went along, with the children trying to spot the different fruit and vegetables. The children searched through the pumpkin patch, trying to find the biggest ones. They showed how strong they were, carrying them and placing them in their bag. They also picked some sweetcorn, pulling them off the branches and laughed as the whole branch tipped sideways. They were amzed at the height of these crops, and enjoyed running up and down between the rows. They brought pumpkins to explore at the nursery , and also some produce to take home.
This week the toddlers have been getting creative. The children have participated in autumn leaf painting with vegetables which all the children enjoyed especially knowing that their artwork will soon be on the wall to create a big tree. The toddlers found it amusing to paint with vegetables and some of the children preferred to try and eat them rather than paint with them. Some of the other children like Ada and Callum enjoyed naming the vegetables and asking for a particular one to paint with "Want the potato, or the carrot". The children have also be decorating fish to go up on the display board which involved using shiny materials, tissue paper and most excitingly googly eyes. The toddlers have also been singing songs in circle time every morning and it is lovely to see the children remembering some of the words and actions. Little Archie particularly likes singing twinkle twinkle little star and enjoys putting his hands up in the air to make the stars.
This week the babies have been exploring different tactile materials. They rolled, moulded and prodded the coloured playdough with their fingers and some cutters on the table, seeing what marks the different utensils made.
We also made some tasty and healthy cheese and herb muffins. They babies were helped to place all helped put he ingredients into the big bowl and gave it a good mix with a big wooden spoon. Later during afternoon snack they tasted some and they were delicious! We also sent some home for our parents and siblings to enjoy too!
