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Welcome to 2025

Stamping our trains

Funky fingers Christmas activity

This was a lovely fine motor skills Christmas activity. The children selected Christmas coloured pom-poms and other loose parts and decorated their Christmas tree!

Designing Christmas presents and wrapping them!

We have been designing our Christmas presents and we have also wrapped the junk modelling boxes, using Christmas wrapping paper.

Painting Baby Jesus!

This week we have been learning about the Christmas story. We have also been doing lots of exciting Christmas activities, such as painting baby Jesus.

Early marking skills

When children are making these early marks, they are practising holding a pencil and attempting to control their marks with their muscles. This enhances their physical development by improving their fine motor skills and helps to develop their hand-eye coordination.

Thinking and threading!

Threading activities helps children as they develop hand- eye coordination and fine motor skills. They are strengthening the muscles in their hands which will help them with drawing and writing. When children create or copy patterns they are learning about classification, and developing skills in noticing details.

Tracing activity

Tracing activities are a valuable tool for promoting fine motor skills, creativity, and learning.

Tissue paper craft

Tissue paper craft helps children to: Build fine motor skills – tearing and scrunching paper, using the glue stick and sticking paper onto the card all builds these important skills!

Pencil control activity

We have been practicing improving our pencil grip. This involves using ergonomic pencil grips, practicing with various drawing and writing activities, and providing guidance on hand positioning.

Mark making fun!

Nursery Rhyming week fun activities

- Monday was all about Old Macdonald
- Tuesday was all about Humpty Dumpty
- Wednesday was all about Incy Wincy Spider
-Thursday was all about Down in the jungle
-Friday was all about 5 little speckle frogs

Nursery Rhyming Week

We have been singing many Nursery Rhymes this week. Incy Wincy Spider Is one that we really love to sing.

Afternoon children

Diwali

We celebrated Diwali by painting Rangoli patterns, folding paper divas and making clay diva thumb pots. It was magical when we lit our divas and listened to a Diwali song.

Let's grow! This brings to life an irresistible world of funky allotments and adorable baby fruits and vegetables. Little learners become immersed in nature and imaginative play exploring the themes of gardening, growing, nurture and healthy eating.