Learning Curve Day Nursery
Website News page May 2005
EASTER BONNET PARADE
Tuesday 22nd March was the day the
hats came out – big ones, little ones, flowery ones and
shiny ones, floppy hats and top hats. Some parents had
been very busy indeed, and some of the staff too. Here’s
a small selection:
Busy Working On Our Topics
The children have been busy exploring and investigating
through our monthly themes. January Water, February
Paper, March Soil, April Eggs. Here is a selection:
Mathematical Development
Collecting rain water, measuring, pouring and
recording the week’s rainfall.
Counting the words on the page, folding paper and
seeing what shapes we can make.
Weighing different types of soil, measuring the amount
of water each type of soil can hold.
Looking at the shape of eggs and comparing it with
other shapes
Creative Development
Making rain water music & dancing to the sound of
rain.
Making masks and dragons for the Chinese New Year
Making a collage of a garden
Looking at egg boxes and designing something with
simply using string and egg boxes.
Communication, Language & Literacy
Reading about rain, looking at pictures of thunder
clouds, talking about rain and how it makes us feel ,
writing the letter w etc
Reading our favourite books and stories
Reading and acting out the Enormous Turnip
“Chicken Licken” was fun to read and act out.
Physical, Social & Emotional Development
Taking care of each other during our muddy walk
Taking in turns when flying our planes and allowing
each other to play with our planes.
Helping some of the shy ones when collecting worms.
Listening to each other when talking about the
different ways we use eggs in the home.
Knowledge & Understanding of the World
Going to the lake and seeing how full it had become
with the extra rain.
Going to the recycling bank with our paper rubbish
Seeing how worms help us in the garden.
Looking at our surroundings and seeing if we can see
structures that are similar to the shape of an egg
We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo…
