Diwali 2015
Diwali sensory box
Making mango lassi for snack
Playdough Diwali sweet shop
November 2015
Celebrating bonfire night at preschool, campfires, sparklers and cinnamon baked apples
Autumn Term 2015 - Space Topic
'Nasa' dressing up
Ringed planet craft
Planet earth cookies
'Moon painting' using paint and flour
Space station role play
'Whatever Next' Sensory box with black beans, glow in the dark stars and story stones
Space themed transient art
Summer Term 2015 - June
Starting our 'Under the Sea' Topic, the children have been learning about rock pools and coral reefs
Finding Nemo inspired hand print canvas for Father's Day
Rock pool sensory box using coloured rice
Creating rock pools with sand playdough
Under the Sea themed transient art
Experimenting with magnets and household items
Balancing activity using wood slices, cotton reels, lollipop sticks and glass pebbles
Summer Term - May 2015
British Wildlife Topic - the children have been learning about birds and nocturnal animals. We have also been focusing on the 'Owl Babies' story which the children loved!
Owl Babies themed playdough activity
Starry night playdough
Nocturnal Animals themed sensory box - black beans and glow in the dark stars
Wildlife themed 'book nook'
Cookie cutter bird feeders
Summer Term - April 2015
Starting our British Wildlife topic and enjoying our new lightbox!
Making hedgehogs with chocolate play dough and loose parts
Fine motors skills - Using tweezers to pick up worms in our 'beaks', threading spaghetti into colanders to make hedgehog spikes and number matching pegs into hedgehogs
Chocolate hedgehog cupcakes
Bird creation station at the play dough table
Bird themed sensory box with seeds, feathers, bird stones and wooden scoops
Light Box Activities
Homemade glitter gel bags - the children enjoyed making hand prints and using their fingers to write letters and draw shapes in the gel
Exploring what happens when we mix colours on the light box using rainbow blocks, acrylic numbers, coloured counters and paddles.
Exploring colour and reflection in the mirror trays
Spring Term 2015 - Minibeast Topic
The children decorated flower pots for Mother's Day
Garden Maths table - counting and sorting opportunities
Minibeast counting
The children enjoyed a minibeast hunt in the local woods, matching the minibeasts to the correct habitat.
Sensory box pond activity with water beads
The children used scissors independently to cut out the minibeasts and complete the patterns
Leaf hedgehogs made from fallen leaves collected by the children
Life cycle of a butterfly baking activity
Minibeast Role Play area
Using natural resources to create a minibeastsmall world
Chocolate 'Mud and Worms' cakes, baked in flowerpots and decorated with chocolate soil and gummy worms!
Diwali 2014 - Making clay Diya lamps
Learning about the Home Front - Ration Shop Role Play
Small World Activities
Counting opportunities in Space themed small world - mirror numbers and 'space rocks'
Ancient Rome week - Erupting Mount Vesuvius and chocolate dormouse lollipops!
Fire Station Role Play
