Transport and Outdoor Learning

This week we started our transport topic. We began by talking about the places we like to visit and introducing various ways of travelling there. Nursery really enjoy playing "shake the bag"  and guessing what each object was before we pulled it out of the bag. We helped each other decide if the objects were a form of transport or not before placing them on the mat. I wonder if you can guess who is absolutely sure that he travels to school by dinosaur?!

Here are links to a few of the vehicle related songs we have been listening and dancing to this week. Boogie Beebies  are a class favourite!

We All Go Travelling By...
Chuffa Chuffa Chawoowoo
Dig It!

We have been exploring colour mixing with water colours and the class are getting better at using a variety of  different colours as well as figuring out the delicate balance of too much water or not enough! Nursery enjoy experimenting with a variety of different mediums.

 I found some flowers on the field which some of the class thought would look pretty painted...

Making tyre tracks in the playdough.

Building a railway line is more of a challenge than it seems. Firstly, all the tracks need to be running the same way....

and then just how do you keep the bridges from collapsing??

 We learned about a new form of transport and everyone enjoyed singing along to a classic Beatles song...The Yellow Submarine and the Submarine Song
 We used sponges to create our own submarines

and then made a sea scene using very watered down poster paint, (which still managed to block the spray guns!)

A quick game of "What's Missing" to review vehicle vocabulary.

Who can build a stickle brick vehicle?

Vehicles come in all shapes and sizes....

We have been doing more and more name recognition activities with the class and the majority of them are able to pick out their own names and some are recognising their friends names too. The name train was a great activity to work on letter recognition and beginning to introduce letter sounds.

This week we also began using the playground for Outdoor Learning. We explored the five different areas: Tactile, Reading, Water play,Mark Making, Construction and Den Making and talked about how we can use the spaces and appropiate behavious. The class are really excited about the new resources and opportunities to play!

I hear Thunder!

This week we have been finishing off our topic on weather and seasons with some rainy day pictures. We used shower puffs to make some angry black and white storm clouds... 

 And while they were drying, we revised some clothing vocabulary and attempted to dress Ted for a rainy day. It's always more fun to choose someone else's outfit for them and Nursery are beginning to develop a finer eye for detail... I'm sure the class would excel at picking an outfit for Mummy or Daddy to wear if anyone is brave enough to try!

Using syringes to drop glue on our umbrellas was a great way to strengthen our hands and improve coordination, and the class were patient enough to hold their pictures up and watch the glue 'rain' ooze down the page onto their umbrellas. 

Here comes the sparkly bit!