Seasons and Weather

We are beginning this term by looking at the four seasons and weather. We briefly introduced the changing seasons through the story "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle and for the next two weeks we will talk a bit more about what happens in each season and different types of weather...

 We started with spring, the season of growth and new life, something we talked about over Easter. After our recent topic of  plants and growth the class were aware that things need rain and sunshine to grow so they quickly made the connection between the warm and rainy spring weather and an abundance of plants, animals and insects! 

  The class liked the story "Ed's Egg" and were able to act out some of the animal actions. They are also getting good at predicting what will happen from looking at the pictures. You can help your child develop these critical thinking skills at home by flicking through the story before reading and asking questions such as  "what do you think this story is about?" "what do you think will happen next?" questions like "How do you think he/she feels?"  or "what would you do next? " can help your child engage more deeply with characters in a story.

                                      
We talked about how the shell protects the egg inside and discovered it was very easy to break. We enjoyed exploring the texture of the shell and the cracking sounds it made as we broke it up to collage our own eggs, 

  We used our hands to make a giant rainbow for our spring board 

  We introduced the dice to work on our counting skills. Everyone enjoyed rolling it and counting the dots to hop the frogs back to their logs.  We are getting more and more confident the more we practise. Playing any kind of board game at home such as ludo or frustration can really boost your childs confidence in math and improve sharing and turn taking.