Preschool News 17.01.25

This week in preschool, we have started our traveling theme with a focus on cars. The children have enjoyed engaging in a variety of car-themed activities.

Our story of the week has been 'Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car' which the children thoroughly enjoyed, along with 'Cool Cars', a fun and informative book which told us lots of different things about cars.

In literacy, we worked as a group to create two oral stories, thinking carefully about how to start and end our tales. We also explored rhyming words, with Duck in a Truck and Cool Cars providing us with some fun and silly rhymes. The children noticed similarities between the stories, especially with Duck's and Mr. Gumpy's cars both getting stuck in the muck!

For our maths focus, we revisited the number 2, practicing counting, subitising, and finding different ways to represent it.

In our Heartsmart lesson, we continued talking about our families, and the children drew wonderful pictures of their families on house templates. 

We also continued on from last weeks 'wow' activity making our own 'still sensory' bottles using water, oil, sparkles and glitter. 

The children have been busy painting with cars, playing with cars of all shapes and sizes, and even riding in our larger cars in the active area. Together, we made a road with zebra crossings, which the children used to practice crossing safely.

We've also been working on our ball skills, practicing throwing and catching with friends.

Next week, we will continue exploring wheeled vehicles, singing The Wheels on the Bus, and reading We All Go Travelling By.