Miss Wright’s bean plant has been growing for 3 weeks now. She has noticed lots of changes. The stem is a lot taller now and the bean plant has two big leaves!
Have a look at your bean plant. Has it changed? Can you draw it in ‘week 3’ of your bean diary?
Charlie challenge: can you think of a word to describe the bean plant? Have a go at writing the initial sound next to your picture. Miss wright has written “b” for “big” leaves.
Please upload a picture of your runner bean diary to Tapestry and come back next week for an update on Miss Wright’s runner bean plant!
Can you develop your fine motor skills this week by making some delicious healthy snacks? By peeling and cutting (with supervision) fruit you’re working the small muscles in your hands and fingers. Persevere and don’t give up!! Join Miss Butcher and see how she completed the fruit salad learning project this week.
As well as your daily phonics learning, this week we are reading the tale of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle.
The literacy activities this week are: 1. Can you hear and say the initial sounds in some of the foods that the caterpillar eats. Do any of the foods start with the same letter? i.e. pear and plum. Challenge: can you you have a go at writing some of the sounds in the words.
2. Can you draw and label the life cycle of a butterfly?
3. Can you research and find out which other types of animals hatch from an egg and have a go at drawing them and labelling them?
4. Can you choose a different life cycle/animal to retell your own version of the story? I have used a baby dinosaur hatching from an egg. You could do a frog, dragon, chicken etc.
Our new story this week is ‘Superworm.’ Watch him wiggle, see him squirm, hip hip hooray for Superworm!
Watch Miss Wright read our story this week and listen carefully for our new words: ‘superhero’ and ‘power.’ Can you tell your adult what the words might mean?
Learn how to make a board game to play with Miss Butcher. This activity really develops your maths skills. It shows that you can order numbers, write them and count accurately all whilst having fun playing a game!
“Good creative skills,” calls over The Boss as I gallop across the field doing what must look like an impression of a stag. I look at her in bewilderment. I’m not being creative, I’m being resourceful.
The thing is, Molly cut her leg. Not anything massive, The Boss cleaned it up and bandaged it and said it was probably down to a flint when Molly was being acrobatic trying to beat me to catch the ball. And that’s why I’m having to be resourceful. Whilst Molly is “healing” we’re not allowed to play ball in case leaping in the air makes It worse.
So, being the problem solver I am, I decided to find an alternative. With the dawn chorus as my soundtrack, I took myself ditch exploring. I knew what I was looking for, and after quite a bit of pulling and twisting and a lot of focus, I procured a prize twig, probably more of a branch really. It definitely wasn’t a tree. Molly and The Boss were two fields away by this time, so negotiating long grass and narrow gaps in the hedge (which I’ve learnt over time means I have to hold my bounty at an angle to get through them) I bounded to get ahead of them, the twigs of the branch glistening like antlers.
The Boss then realised what I was doing, as one by one I bit off and spat out the twigs until, finally I had a perfectly sized stick for throwing. “Ahhhh…”, noted The Boss.
What has my tale to do with the little people you wonder. Well, like me, they can be lost in their tasks when they are interested in them. What is important is that we teach them how to concentrate when it’s something they’re not too keen on. This is both a learning and life skill…and something we are all having to work on at home at the moment. One of the skills needed to concentrate is to manage distractions. Having the whole family at home whilst the little people are trying to learn and the big people are trying to work, this skill is being tested to the limit. We heard The Boss having a professional conversation with someone on the phone the other day and even we heard the holler “Mum, I’ve done a pooh!” from the other end.
When at school the little people are taught to draw a diagram or jot down their ideas to help them think through a big task. Molly and I struggle a bit with that but then compared to the little people the things we have to concentrate on are not quite as demanding. We try hard to concentrate to follow instructions, find lost balls and, as we all know, the most important thing that Molly concentrates on is her belly!
So, in this continued lockdown we wish you all, little and big people alike, lots of patience to be able to keep concentrating on the things you need to get done and to manage your distractions.
We’re missing seeing you all and I am especially missing my morning greetings at the door.
Miss Wright has had lots of fun making her rice crispie cakes. Can you follow her recipe to make your own rice krispie cakes?
You will need:
– 50g butter – 2tbsp golden syrup – 100g cornflakes – 100g chocolate (add more if you like them to be super chocolatey! Miss Wright used 150g)
1. Weigh your cornflakes and put them aside in a large mixing bowl.
2. Melt your chocolate, butter and syrup in a bowl over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave. Stir the mixture while it melts to make sure that the chocolate doesn’t burn,
3. Pour the chocolate mixture into the cornflakes and mix well.
4. Spoon your mixture into 12 cupcake cases and decorate. You could use chocolate eggs, sprinkles, marshmallows or any other topping of your choice!
5. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to allow the cakes to set.
6. Enjoy!
At Queen’s Hill Nursery we always make sure that we are safe. Can you tell your adult how we stay safe in the kitchen? Remember to always… – Wash your hands – Stay away from hot surfaces – Make sure you are with an adult when using the cooker or microwave
We would love to see your rice krispie cakes on Tapestry! Have fun 🙂
