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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Hungry Little Minds...

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Simple, fun activities, from newborn to five

Many little things light up hungry little minds. Children take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference.They love it when you chat, play and read with them, even when they’re too young to understand everything. Whatever the time and wherever you are, you can turn almost anything into a game.And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.
Click on the link below for some great activity ideas and tips.... 



Monday, 16 September 2019

Inventors

A few of the children were showing an interest in fire engines and firefighters.... 

Intent 

To extend the children's learning by providing additional resources to encourage children to be Imaginative and increase Vocabulary by modelling key words.


Implementation 


The above activity captured the interest of the majority of the group... So further In the moment activities were provided.  - Creating own Fire Engines with loose parts in the playdough, squirting numbers on the fence outside, creating fire collages, stories, discussing fire safety and much much more... The Inventors team have requested a visit from the fire safety team and are awaiting a response. Watch this space!!!!



Impact 

C of EL
Being involved and concentrating
 •Maintaining focus on their activity for a period of time
 •Showing high levels of energy, fascination
 •Not easily distracted
•Paying attention to details

Enjoying achieving what they set out to do
 •Showing satisfaction in meeting their own goals
 •Being proud of how they accomplished something – not just the end result

Having their own ideas
 •Thinking of ideas

Playing with what they know
•Taking on a role in their play
 •Acting out experiences with other people

PSE - Making relationships
•Can play in a group, extending and elaborating play ideas, e.g. building up a role-play activity with other children.
• Initiates play, offering cues to peers to join them.

Managing feelings and behaviour
•Begins to accept the needs of others and can take turns and share resources, sometimes with support from others.

C+ L
Speaking
•Learns new words very rapidly and is able to use them in communicating.

Mathamatics - Numbers
•Recites some number names in sequence
•Uses some number names accurately in play

Understanding the World. - People and communities
•Shows interest in different occupations and ways of life

Expressive arts and design - Being Imaginative
•Beginning to use representation to communicate
•Beginning to make-believe by pretending.




And much, much more fun and learning  x x x