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As Autumn turns to Winter….

There’s a chill in the air. The children are describing the weather now as ‘cloudy’ grigio, grey and cold, BRRRR. We may have to wear mittens or gloves, a hat, boots, jacket or coat to go play outside in the garden. .....

..... So, as well as learning all the names of winter clothing, with a song ‘Its, cold outside, it’s cold outside, it’s time to put on my…boots, It’s cold outside…It’s time to put on my…scarf..

We are learning to take care of all these belongings AND how to put clothing on before we go to play in the garden.

LANGUAGE ARTS

We have watched the weather and recorded the daily changes over a period of 5 WEEKS. Have a look when you bring your child to school. Everyone participated in recording and marking what sort of weather we had.

Ms. Jen read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and created a winterland where children could make their own winter landscape and snowmen.

Some other books we have read at story time are: Hats and Mittens by Susan Burroughs and Windy Wednesday by Phyllis Root

What has happened to our Autumn tree and cave?? The children entered the classroom and found that the leaves had fallen from the tree and the cave was now dark, ‘colder’. We have made our room even more Wintry with blue colours added to the wall and cave

Painting Wintery Trees with COLD colours.

Sweeping up leaves fallen from the tree

Who wants to come in the winter cave to keep warm?

MATHS:

Matching and sorting mittens. The children had to sort through a number of hats, scarves and mittens to find what matched up just right. They were also asked to find their own way of sorting…

The children are learning to recognize and trace number symbols (remember - start at the top..) using magnetic tracing numbers. Some children, started to put the numbers in order on the table.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Nursery has made holiday cards for the 'Giving Back Bazaar'

a BIG school event on Friday, December 4th.

Nursery celebrated Thanksgiving in their classroom with a wonderful dinner.

Home Connections

Ways To support your child's learning outside of the classroom: Ask your child to do the movements along with reciting the fingerplays

Finger plays recently learned in class: Recite along with your child.

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick

So she phoned for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick.

The doctor came with his bag and his hat

And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat.

He looked at the dolly and he shook his head,

He said, "Miss Polly, put her straight to bed.'

He wrote on the paper for a pill, pill, pill

"I'll be back in the morning with the bill, bill, bill.

The beehive: First use one closed fist and then in the second verse, for double numbers, two closed fists.

Here is the beehive. Where are the bees?

Hiding away where no one can see.

WATCH and you will see them come out of the hive

1,2,3,4,5 Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Here are the beehives. Where are the bees?

Hiding away where no one can see.

Watch and you will see them come out of their hives

2,4,6,8,10 ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

1: While out in the country or the park talk with your child about the changes that are happening to the trees, leaves, plants, etc.. LOOK FOR SIGNS OF SPRING, small green shoots, blossoms, use your eyes and nose to explore.

2: Read to your child in your mother tongue. Find a quiet moment, maybe before bed to read a story together. Although your child may not be able to read the words, they surely can

' read' the pictures to you!

3: On your way to school count the cars you pass, or the stairs you need to use. These natural and simple ways of enriching numbers and counting, will make learning fun!

Holiday Homework:

Celebration books:
Please include photos and any decorations that you would like. These books will be shared with the other children but will also be going home, to learn about the difference and similar celebrations we all celebrate!

Have fun creating!!

Fun things to do at home!

The children love to play with playdough here at school. Aside from being FUN to play with, playdough helps develop many different skills such as: fine motor development and creativity. Having a wide range materials to add to playdough leads to a wonderful open-ended play time together! You could have leaves, straws, animals, buttons, googly eyes, fabric or pasta shells on the table in individual containers, ready for those little hands to get busy.

Here is our favorite playdough recipe:

1/2 cup of salt

1 cup of flour

2 tbs cream of tartar

1 cup of water

1 tbs of oil

3-4 drops of food colouring of your choice

STEP 1: Mix all ingredients together in a medium saucepan

STEP 2: Stir over hear until dough forms a big ball

STEP 3: allow to cool

STEP 4: HAVE FUN!

STEP 5: Store in a sealed container or plastic bag

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As Autumn turns to Winter….

..... So, as well as learning all the names of winter clothing, with a song ‘Its, cold outside, it’s cold outside, it’s time to put on my…boots, It’s cold outside…It’s time to put on my…scarf..

We are learning to take care of all these belongings AND how to put clothing on before we go to play in the garden.

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