This week we have been learning about Chinese new year and our theme of the week has also been the Tiger who came to tea. Alongside this we:

• read a lot of stories and in particular enjoying 'the tiger who came to tea'
• made the tiger tea in our role play area
• learnt about the great race and the the animals who the years are named after
• went on a treasure hunt focusing on letter sounds
• we looked at verb picture cards and focused on he and she
• enjoyed yoga
• used picture cards to sort things into different categories
• created tiger patterns with paint
• decorated Chinese lanterns
• decorated dragon masks
• lots of phonic activities including throwing a ball and naming a picture that they can see on it and then recognising and sounding out the initial letter sound
• continuing to enjoy listening CD games such as listening for animal noises or environmental sounds there has been a lot of construction this week with giant foam blocks
• the children put numbers on lucky red envelopes
• played the instrument listening game
• singing with musical instruments and focusing on loud, quiet and rhythmns
• playing a spelling game
• the art area has continued to be busy with lots of gluing, painting, cutting and crafting, in particular this week drawing and creating glittery space pictures have been popular
  

As usual the weekly blog represents a snapshot of what most of the children participate in during the week. Please speak to your child's key person if you would like to have further information about your child's interests and progress. You are welcome to ask your key person for feedback at any time and book a time to have a meeting for feedback on how your child is progressing.
Hoping you all have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes, Julia, Grace, Sharon, Lisa, Hannah, Jackie and Amy