A week full of learning, growing and new adventures!
This week at the Playhouse!
Jack and the Beanstalk – What a lovely week we have had at Preschool! The children have been enjoying the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We have been re-enacting the story and joining in with repeated phrases. The children have been amazing at remembering parts of the story and confidently repeating the phrases along with us!
Sing, Sing, Sing!
We have also been practising some of our favourite nursery rhymes: Hickory Dickory Dock, Ten in the Bed and Hey Diddle Diddle.
Why not have some fun singing these together at home? Singing is a wonderful way to support your child’s language and communication skills, while also providing a fun and interactive way to play, join in and build confidence.
Planting and Growing
The children have enjoyed planting tulip and daffodil bulbs. We will be sending these home so that you can watch them grow together. We would love to see photographs of your child’s plant as it grows, so please feel free to add some photos to their Tapestry account. We can’t wait to see whose flowers appear first!
Learning Through Play
We have been developing our early maths skills by ordering numbers using our wooden number slices. The children have enjoyed recognising and sequencing the numbers.
We have also been making sandwiches, which has been a fantastic activity for developing fine motor skills and hand control. The children have been carefully spreading, cutting and putting their sandwiches together.
Looking Ahead to Next Week!
Next week, we will be having lots of fun exploring the traditional tale The Gingerbread Man! We will be encouraging the children to join in with the story, repeat familiar phrases and have a go at retelling the story in their own words.
Mini Pizza Making
We will be making mini pizzas! Choosing their toppings, spreading and sprinkling, while developing their independence and fine motor skills.
Next week we will be enjoying The Very Hungry Caterpillar and exploring lots of familiar nursery rhymes, including: Humpty Dumpty / Incy Wincy Spider / London Bridge is Falling Down
Sound/ Letter of the Week: ‘D/d’
Makaton Sign of the Week – Our Makaton sign of the week will be ‘thank you’.
Share Your Weekend!
We would love you to share some photographs of what you have been getting up to over the weekend on your child’s Tapestry account. It is lovely for the children to talk about their experiences with their friends and practitioners when they return to Preschool.
Also, if you haven’t already done so, please could you email us some family photographs and fill out your child’s All About Me information.
Thank you for your continued support!
Have a lovely weekend and enjoy lots of singing and story time together!
Warm wishes
The Preschool Team