This week the Nursery children have been learning about all things cold and frosty in our mini project ‘Winter Wonderland’.
Outside the children found some ice and enjoyed mark making in the frost.
We learned a new snowman exercise dance called ‘Snowman Freeze’ and used sponges cut into circles, triangles, oblongs and squares to print our own snowmen. The children named the 2d shapes and thought about their properties.
Using the Little Wandle phonics scheme the children learned the sound ‘d’ and played lots of games to develop their phonemic awareness and oral blending.
We had a Winter themed small world where the children enjoyed making igloos for the penguins and polar bears. We also learned about other animals that live in cold places such as arctic foxes and snow leopards.
We also had lots of fun in PE using the large apparatus!
The children enjoyed exploring the ‘Dark Den’ and using the different kinds of lights and torches.
Other activities have included discussing the changes in weather in Winter and the importance of wrapping up warm with hats, gloves and scarves. The children enjoyed dressing the baby dolls in their winter clothes.
Learning some new songs with actions; a Penguin Dance, the Winter Hokey Pokey and Mr Tumble’s Winter song.
Winter themed colouring activities.
