Blog by Tag: Active Learning

Independent Learning.

In nursery we learn through our play and we love exploring and engaging in new activities each week. The children guide their own learning and this supports building on prior knowledge and extending their knowledge. 
We have been developing fine motor skills with play…

We explored different tools, we looked at what different marks they make and talked about what they look like and linked this to textures. We then chose which ones were our favourite, we used this tool to decorate our own bear. 

Today we went on a sensory bear hunt where we took our shoes off and walked through some of the scenes from our topic story “we’re going on a bear hunt” the children were able to feel the textures of the material on their feet, we talked about how each one felt, for example, the grass felt “soft”…

We have had a new role play area! Welcome to the theatre ☺️
The children have loved dressing up, using the puppets and putting on shows for their friends. 
We have been creating our own narratives, playing in groups ands learning new words. It has been lovely seeing the children help each other,…

In PE we loved playing Dinosaur stomp! We used our super listening skills to move and freeze. We chose different ways to move around the hall using all points of our body such as crawling, slithering, shuffling, stomping and running.

We were so excited to see the snow this week and we loved using our senses and hands on exploration to explore winter. We talked about the weather, how cold it is and what can keep us warm . We used our hands to feel snow and describe what it felt like and made a class snowman. 

This week we have been learning about Bonfire Night. We have discussed  through books, videos and songs what bonfire night is and how different people celebrate. 
We used our senses to experience a bonfire night. We listened to different types of fireworks and used great vocabulary to describe…

Last week BeeActive came in to play some games with us! We loved joining in and playing with our friends.

We had a new role play area that we have loved exploring. We have used our personal experiences to take part in ‘shopping’. We are learning new vocabulary, how to create narratives with friends and lots of social skills.

This week we have been learning all about Autumn. We took part in our first Forest School session with Autumn activities. 
We enjoyed leaf threading, mud painting, collaging with natural materials and pumpkin cutting.

We talked about our sea sea and used them for hands on…

This week we enjoyed the play dough. We used our fine motor skills to manipulate the dough to make different features of our face. We then talked about our families and the children started to make their family members. 
We discussed is everyone the same? What makes us different? Is it ok to be…

Today we worked in groups to make number blocks! We recapped the numbers 0 and 1, and incorporated our new number 2. The children did super and they can all recognise numbers 0,1 and are recognising 2 with little support.

We worked together to count out cubes and make up numbers within 2, we…