Personal, social and emotional development
Activities we will be doing
Kay: Make feeling puppets, Circle time looking at feelings books
Lizzy: Circle time, talking about boundaries, Making our own rules board
Things you could try at home
Kay: Talking about feelings
Lizzy: Talking about boundaries
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Express needs and feelings in appropriate ways, be sensitive to others Õfeelings
Lizzy: Have an awareness of the boundaries set and expectations
Communication, language and literacy
Activities we will be doing
Kay: Making own plays, Story time, Story sacks (making our own)
Lizzy: Picture bingo, Snap
Things you could try at home
Kay: Talking about what might happen in the story, whatÕs happening in the pictures
Lizzy: Matching letters and sounds to words
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Enjoy stories with increasing control and attention, listening to others
Lizzy: Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet
Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
Activities we will be doing
Kay: Shape snap, Making collages using shapes
Lizzy: Using the beebot, Directing each other
Things you could try at home
Kay: Looking at shapes around them
Lizzy: Use direction words and look at maps
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Recognise shapes and patterns
Lizzy: Use every day words to describe position and direction
Knowledge and understanding of the world
Activities we will be doing
Kay: Matching game using other languages, Making a language book
Lizzy: Going on a walk, Making an interest table, Finding out information about things we have found
Things you could try at home
Kay: Counting or using words in another language, try different foods
Lizzy: Talk about similarities and differences between different environments
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Learn about others background, cultures and beliefs
Lizzy: Observe and identify features in the place they live
Physical development
Activities we will be doing
Kay: Role Play, Making safety signs
Lizzy: Playing with bats and balls, Throwing and catching
Things you could try at home
Kay: Talking about keeping safe
Lizzy: Play ball games
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Importance of keeping safe
Lizzy: Engage in activities using hand-eye co-ordination
Creative development
Activities we will be doing
Kay:Body painting, Large collage, Junk modelling large scale
Lizzy: Junk modelling, Large construction
Things you could try at home
Kay: Creative activities
Lizzy: Use lots of 3D objects
This helps children understand / learn about
Kay: Work creatively on large scale
Lizzy: Work creatively on a large scale
Welcome & good bye
None this month
Birthdays
None this month
Notes
None this month