This week we are learning about The Hungry Caterpillar, so today we are going to use some caterpillar pictures in our counting activity to help your child learn to match the correct amount of objects to the number.

First, draw four caterpillars and colour them in like the one in The Hungry Caterpillar story.

Next, make some simple number cards with numbers 1 to 10 on them, adding dots will help your child to learn the numbers.

Then, put the caterpillars on the floor, or table, cut out the number cards and place one with each caterpillar. In the centre, put a bowl with some caterpillar ‘food’ in. This could be real food, if you have anything spare that you would like to use, or it could be Lego bricks, or coins, anything small. I used dried pasta pieces.

Ask your child to count out the correct amount of ‘food’ to match the number for each caterpillar. Swap the number cards so that all of the numbers have been used, so that your child becomes confident with the numbers on them.

Ask your child questions such as:

Which number is on this card?

How many pieces of food does this caterpillar need to eat?

Which caterpillar has got the most amount of food?

Which caterpillar has got the least amount of food?

Can you read this number?

Can you match the correct amount of food to this number?

We hope you enjoy the counting activity and please send us photos of your child’s learning to:

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Today we are re-telling the story of the Hungary caterpillar. Enjoy watching it first.

Now can you use the story map to retell the story to someone at home.

What do you think the butterfly will do next?

I think it will fly away to a beautiful field of flowers and lay an egg on a huge green leaf.

Here is a new funky fingers song to get our arms warmed up to, Move and freeze.

Today we are drawing a bowl of your favourite fruit.

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This week we are learning about eating healthy fruit. You should try and eat 5 portions of fruit or vegetables every day. A portion is the size of your palm. What fruit do you have in your house?

Can you name all the fruit in this video?

Look at the fruit you have at home and talk about it. Here are some questions to help:-

What fruits do you peel?

What is the biggest smallest fruit in your house?

What fruit smells the best?

What fruit do you like best?

What fruit is the heaviest?

What fruit is the lightest fruit?

Tall or Short? Short or Tall?

Ordering bottles of things which we use to keep us clean, in order of height.

d is for duck

Listening to the first sound in words and writing them too. Well done.

d is for dancing

Keeping fit indoors with dance and exercise.

and d is for drawing.

Busy drawing pictures of favourite bath toys.

Imaginative Storytelling

Fantastic ideas for stories about helicopters, princesses, a swimming competition and monsters!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. We look forward to seeing more of your wonderful pictures next week. Stay safe.

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This week staff have been busy and creative , we hope you enjoy this video. Look out for some familiar faces.

I hope you liked it!

On the newsletter’s challenge this week is …

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Have a nice weekend Nursery

It’s time to get active with Miss Woodward’s own made up Zumba dance.

Just like yesterday sit and watch the dance first and then join in once you feel confident. This is all for fun children, parents feel free to join in to.

Wow that was fantastic children! 

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Finish with a nice relaxing cool down

Lie down flat on your back and listen to the music.

Whilst the music is playing and you are laying flat on your back, i want you take deep breathes in and out and think about all the animals in the jungle and count to 20.

• Firstly lift one leg and hold it for the count of 10 (keeping it nice and straight) and then swap legs and count to 10.
• Next stretch both arms above your head nice and straight and count to 10.
• Sit up straight, keeping legs out in front of you and touch your toes and count to 10.
• Make a circle motion with your arm whilst still sitting up (do 3 of these)
• Stand up and stand on your tip toes and reach up tall hold for 10 seconds
• To finish off sit and relax whilst listening to Miss Woodward’s favourite Disney song!

Happy Friday Boys and Girls!

Today’s activity is once again, ordering objects by height, building upon yesterday’s learning. The idea is to use pictures of bottles of toiletries, linking to our theme of Keeping Clean. Draw two or three bottles of different heights and ask your child to cut them out and arrange them in order of height, from shortest to tallest and then afterwards from tallest to shortest, like this:

Then ask your child to think of ways to decorate each bottle differently. Talk about the toiletries they use in the bathroom to help keep themselves clean. Once they are decorated, encourage your child to arrange the bottles in height order again, shortest to tallest first and tallest to shortest after, like this:

You can then ask questions about the bottles, such as:

Which bottle is the tallest bottle?

What height is the bottle of soap?

What size is the tube of toothpaste?

What is inside the medium sized bottle?

Then set your child challenges such as:

Put your finger on the tallest bottle.

Put a penny on the one which is the shortest .

Put a Lego block on the medium height bottle.

Have fun with the challenges and send us photos of your ideas to:

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Today we are retelling one of our favourite story Dear Zoo. Enjoy watching it first.

Now can you use the story map to retell the story to someone in your house.

Dear zoo

Early one morning there was a boy who wrote to the zoo to ask for a pet.

First they sent me an elephant but he was too big so I sent him back.

Next they sent me a giraffe but he was too tall so I sent him back.

Then they sent me a lion but he was too fierce so I sent him back.

After they sent me a Camel but he was too grumpy so I sent him back.

Later they sent me a lion but he was too scary so I sent him back.

Then they sent me a monkey but he was too naught so I sent him back.

Next day they sent me a frog but he was too jumpy so I sent him back.

Finally they sent me a dog but he was perfect so I kept him.

Who is in the story?

what did you like in the story?

What didn’t you like in the story?

What animal would you like to get from the zoo?

Lets warm our arms up before we start writing with touch the stars.

It’s great fun playing in the bath and getting clean at the same time.

What is your favourte bath toy?

Can you draw a picture of it?

What sound does your bath toy begin with? Tell someone in your house who can write it down for you?

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