Goldilocks and the Three Bears

At the beginning of our week, we revisited our traditional tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  On Monday and Tuesday, the children were offered porridge for snack, just like the three bears.  For some of our children, this was their first experience of porridge.  Some children were not keen on the texture; however, some asked for more! 

  

We began a group task where the children were encouraged to collaborate on ideas to create a structure such as a house.  They decided to draw their ideas and place them in the outside area to remind them of what they would like to achieve.  Our children have shown great enthusiasm for this activity, listening to each other, working together and finally ending the task by painting their creation.  Amazing teamwork Preschool!

    

As we continue to focus on Autumn, we created a tuff tray with Autumnal items such as leaves, conkers, pumpkins and apples to encourage our younger children to explore a variety of textures using their hands. 

We ended our week with our first baking experience of the year. 

Our children made apple cupcakes.  They looked and smelt delicious! 

  

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Autumn Walk

   

This week, we have been busy exploring colour mixing using primary colours.  We’ve used different textures when mixing, such as shaving foam, gloop and poster paints.  The children have shown great enthusiasm!  We’ve completed an Autumn Walk in the school grounds, finding lots of exciting objects.  The children showed great pride in sharing with their peers what they’d found.  We completed our week with a shape hunt, looking for basic 2D shapes in our environment. 

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Ready, Steady Go

Our Caterpillars have explored the outside space playing Ready, Steady Go games.  They’ve begun sharing their photo albums with peers and adults, identifying people who are important to them.  We’ve loved hearing some amazing language and enthusiasm when our Caterpillars share their thoughts in the classroom. 

   

We’ve opened a Junk Modelling station where children have used their imaginations to create some amazing models, such as their homes, using gloopy glue, cellotape, scissors and varying shape and sized boxes.

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Gross Motor Mark Making

   

This week, our Caterpillars have explored shaving foam play using their hands to create marks and move the foam around a large tray.  They’ve used acorns to fill a body shape pattern board with many of our children continuing until their body is complete showing great perseverance and resilience when their acorns appear too big for their hole.

   

Alongside all the above amazing activities, our Caterpillars have made photo frames for their family photographs and iced biscuit faces using icing, sprinkles and chocolate drops to create facial features.  What a busy week!