This term our theme is “Stories for us.” The children have been enjoying listening to a range of stories and learning how to handle books; holding books the correct way up and turning pages.  We have been exploring our reading area and choosing our favourite books. At Story Time children have discovered new stories and rhymes; they have been identifying the pictures and the writing in a range of reading materials.  And repeating words and phrases from familiar stories. “I will huff and I'll puff and I will blow your house down.”

They are learning new words and phrases, such as front cover, back cover, pages, author and title. The children have been very busy using their imagination and exploring a range of media and materials to recreate the stories.  The children have worked individually and together to build houses and settings for the characters using different media and materials.

We have been introducing and modelling new vocabulary for the children and transferring this into their play when acting out the stories, making porridge for Goldilocks or cottages for the 3 Little Pigs.  Working as a team we were able to check the ingredients we would need and follow the instructions to make these. The children were able to have a go pouring, stirring and even tasting the porridge and Gingerbread… just right! Through listening to the story and using objects the children have been using new vocabulary such as ‘big’, ‘medium’ and ‘small’ and were able to match the characters to the same size bed, bowl chair and spoon.

    

We have had lots of new friends join us. They are settling into Nursery; learning to recognise their belongings and find their pictures and say goodbye to their parents/carers and hello to all new friends. The children are exploring new environments around them and enjoying their time in Nursery.  

Thank you for reading; we are looking forward to learning about ‘People who us’ next term.