Mar 28

This week in Nursery

This week we have had some beautiful days of sunshine and we have made the most of the opportunity to look for signs of spring!

We talked about what we know about spring and we learned that it is one of the four seasons of the year. It was a good opportunity for us to talk about the past and present, ‘Winter is over, and now it is spring’.

We used our forest session this week to work in small groups and look for signs of spring using a checklist:

We used some binoculars and magnifying glasses to have a really good look up in the trees and on the forest floor to see how many signs of spring we could find. We also used our listening ears really carefully to hear the birds singing in the trees! Some of us worked in a group to have a go at recreating some of the beautiful blossom on the trees that we have seen in our playground.

How you can help at home:
* Go on a spring walk and talk about what you can see, hear and smell. Encourage your child to speak using full sentences, ‘I can hear the birds singing. I can smell the blossom on the trees. I can see the buds starting to grow’.
* Talk to your child about the festivals that are celebrated in the spring.
* The sound this week is ‘c’. Encourage your child to think of some words starting with ‘c’. Can they spot the letter ‘c’ in the books they share with you?