more food!

 Hello!

 Its been a busy week of fun and exploration in Nursery. We have been re engaging with the story of the hungry caterpillar and practising our sequencing and fine motor skills by selecting which fruit the caterpillar ate and attempting to put them in order... threading the fruit onto the 'caterpillar' took a bit of  practice for some but everyone had a good go!

  

  With all that threading our little hands made light work of  giving our egg carton caterpillars legs too. Not sure if all of them could walk by the end but they looked great! :)

 We've been continuing our class graph activity and everyone is getting good at understanding the questions and where to put their names. After half term, we will start focusing on name recognition in more detail. Some of the class can pick out their own names and some of their friends' around the classroom already!

 We are also beginning to count objects independently. This is tough to master but the class are really enjoying practising...

 Still on a food theme, Nursery loved singing "five fat sausages sizzling in the pan" and were very keen to cook up some bangers of their own....

 SunLee was the resident chef that day!

We planted the seeds from our tangerines a few weeks ago and have been diligently watering and caring for them but unfortunately no results. Our pineapple  top fared no better but, on throwing it away, we discovered something small sprouting underneath...

When asked what we needed to do to help it grow...WATER! but where to find it??

Arthur was the first to step up, trying to tip the liquid fom the water timer in. But that didn't work

 Some progress with the watering can but alas it was empty!

Luckily, Kana had the bright idea of getting some from the tub with a cup... Great job Kana!
 While this might seem obvious to us there are a lot of mental processes involved including critical thinking to select and find the correct materials from around the classroom and the confidence to apply their own ideas to a specific task... These activities require a lot of independent thought and by stepping back and letting individuals try out their own ideas, we can really help develop their confidence and reasoning ability.

 Arthur knew the plant needed light to grow and was determined to give it some! 

  Finally SunLee found the right kind of light! :)

Here are a few more pics form this week's activities...hope you like them!  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments on what we do in the classroom!

 And dont forget we have CNY celebrations tomorrow  and international day on Friday, please dont forget to dress up and bring a Native American themed snack for Fridays party. Thanks! :)