This week is Nursery Rhyme Week, so we have been singing and practising lots of our favourite rhymes! Nursery rhymes are so important to help children hear patterns in language which in turn will support them when practising phonics and learning to read.
We sing nursery rhymes everyday and it is wonderful seeing the children beginning to join in with the words and actions of their favourite rhymes. You might like to learn some at home too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIDg6m4gA0
Maths
This week in maths, we have been learning all about subitising. Subisitising is when “we say how many we see without counting”. The children have been loving this and have had fun practising independently during explore time! Here they are subitising some of the toys and then showing the number on their fingers.
Literacy
We are continuing our learning about We’re Going on a Bear Hunt this week and have loved exploring some new activities linked to the story. We are all trying hard to join in with the repetitive refrains in the book, as well as learning some actions to help us remember what happens next. This week we tried to think about our own journey, going on a bear hunt through our school! We have had lots of fun!
This week we also spent some time thinking about Remembrance day. We talked about the special flower that we see around and that this is a symbol of people remembering. We even did some poppy art activities where we used different techniques to help develop our fine motor skills.
How you can help at home:
- Talk about the book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
- Make your own animal hunt around your house or garden – using vocabulary of over, under and through (prepositions)
- Link maths into everyday life – how many plates do we need for dinner? Can you match the socks into pairs?