Learning Advice for Parents
Personal, Social and Emotional Development - Understanding Emotions
We have talked already about encouraging your children to talk about how they are feeling. An important next step is to encourage them to think about others around them and respond to how other people are feeling. Your child shows this when they offer comfort when someone close to them is hurt or upset, this could be by giving them a hug or sharing something of theirs to show they care. Praising our children when they do this reinforces that it is a good thing to do and helps them to become more aware of what is happening around them.
Learning Focus
Spots and Dots
Being truly creative means that all creations are unique and different. We teach the skills the children need, for instance exploring colour and how colours can be changed, using tools safely and for a purpose and trying out different media. Through this the children have the opportunity to; develop their language skills by talking about what they are doing and why they have chosen to do things a certain way (Communication and Language), strengthen their fine and gross motor skills (Physical Development) and express themselves and show the activities they enjoy (Personal, Social and Emotional).
Lots of art can be created using spots. Can you make some spotty art today?
You can use a brush, your fingers, a cotton bud, whatever you like.
Have some colourful fun with this spotty experiment:
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Promoting Independence
Using The Water Dispenser
In the nursery we encourage the children to drink water often so in addition to snack time and lunch time they can drink water whenever they are thirsty. Our water dispensers are easy for our children to use, but we don’t want to waste water so we say;
Active Learning
Frozen Pom Pom Soup
Story Time
The Dot
Check out our digital bookshelf to listen to your favourite stories from last week again:
The Goodbye Song
We Love to See Your Learning!
What could you share on Seesaw today?
Please share with us some videos or photos of your child experimenting with spots and dots. We would love to see what direction they take the learning and the different media they choose to explore.
You are not limited to the ideas on the blog. Perhaps your child has displayed a skill for the first time, such as putting on their socks, or riding a bike? We love sharing these kind of experiences and achievements too!
Resource Packs
Ideas to Support Your Child's Learning Using the New Resource Pack
Home-School Communication
We hope that you enjoy engaging with our Nursery Blog.
If you have any concerns or queries about your child’s learning, please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher via email. They can then arrange a mutually convenient time to meet via MS Teams. Our class teachers always welcome the opportunity to discuss your child’s needs and progress.
Important Documents