This week we have focused on New Year, talked about what we did at Christmas and welcomed new children to our setting. Activities we have enjoyed include, alongside other child initiated activities:

• making new year wishes
• drawing self portraits
• lots of mark making in various forms: water painting, wipe board marking, pencils, pens, tracing patterns
• guessing the objects games
• having fun in our role play baby clinic
• creating stories with farm animals and cars
• lots of matching games
• learning about different 2d shapes and their properties
• lotto games and puzzles
• painting and creating some lovely artwork
• name writing practice and practice finding and recognising own name
• lots of listening games, songs and rhymes
• lots of dressing up fun
• developing our superhero skill of putting on our own coat
• making models with play dough
• counting games, songs and rhymes
• playing games with balls outside
• playing on bikes and scooters outside building models with sticklebricks
• lots of fine motor activities to help develop hand strength
• listening to lots of stories

Please see the links below for home learning ideas related to our topic.
For further home learning ideas you can look back through the previous weeks to find more ideas of things you can do at home.

Best wishes, Julia, Claire, Hannah, Lisa and Adam

Home Learning Activities
Winter Home Learning Challenge 01
Winter Home Learning Challenge 02