October activities
- Jun 10, 2016
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Sun Group:
Suns have spent time exploring Halloween inspired activities with Wizard’s potions and apple printed pumpkins. We have talked about the change of season and the colour changes this brings using autumnal coloured sensory trays featuring different items in red, orange and brown. In the garden we have embraced the weather changes, taking advantage of the wet weather and puddle jumping! We have also experimented with the different ways in using mud such as in the mud kitchen, adding diggers for role play and adding mud to paint with. We have also spent time practicing our ball skills moving the ball around with their feet and practicing our throwing skills.
Moon Group:
During October the moonies have had a lot of focus on mathematical problems and activities. We have been using scales and weighing prompts focusing on how to weigh items, what is heavy, what is light and balancing the scales equally. The children have also been using the compare bears to make and follow patterns, looking at sizing, what is big, medium and small. Throughout the month we have incorporated Halloween and an autumnal theme into our activities. We have done lots of activities with leaves and conkers using them to paint with and add them into small world play. We have lots of fun activities planned for Halloween on Thursday 31st!
Pre-School Star Group:
Preschool have had a busy month exploring the changes to the weather as we move into the Autumn months. The children have explored colour changing through mixing paints on autumn leaves, baking leaf biscuits, playing autumn bingo and searching for harvest vegetable pictures in the garden. The children have also learnt about different forces through a range of experiments, the group have watched explosions through coke and mentos and how colour can move using lettuce leaves and food colouring. Syllables and rhyming words have been practiced in the room and the children have enjoyed clapping the syllables in their names. Towards the end of the month the preschoolers have enjoyed celebrating Halloween and getting involved in lots of spooky crafts and Halloween themed malleable trays. The children had the opportunity to decorate spider cupcakes and use their fine motor skills to manipulate scissors and create playdough hedgehogs.