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Book of the Week - The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We had some very special caterpillars delivered

Look how tiny they are!

They were very hungry!

Look at how fat they have got.

We have been making caterpillars using the playdough.

Our colouring pictures.

Threading the caterpillar through the fruit and making a butterfly.

We had a go at adding all the caterpillars food together.

We had a go at drawing some butterflies.

We did some careful tracing.

Book of the Week - Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk role play.

We had Jack's magic beans.

Lets see how they grow

We can see the roots.

We can see the shoot.

Its beginning to flower.

This weeks Book of the Week - Whatever Next - We has a Teddy Bears Picnic

This weeks book of the week - Elmer

We made Elmer biscuits.

We used lots of different colours to decorate the elephant.

Wow!! Look at our Elephant.

This weeks book of the week - The Very First Christmas.

We have talked about Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

We used finger painting to create the Nativity scene.

This weeks Book of the Week - The Tiger who came to Tea

We made Tiger masks!

First we painted the tiger face orange.

Next we sprinkled on white sand.

Then we sprinkled on pink sand for a nose.

After that we sprinkled black sand on for the stripes.

Look at our wonderful mask.

We then wrote an invitation for the Tigers Tea Party.

We made our own iced buns for the Tea party. First we squeezed on some icing.

The we counted out three chocolate drops and put them on the top.

We had a Tea party in Nursery.

With lots of lovely treats.

Buns, sandwiches and biscuits.

Yummy!

Oh look at all the Tigers who came to our Tea Party.

This weeks Book of the Week - Whatever Next

We had a picnic on the moon!

We worked together to make a rocket.

Wow !! What a magnificent rocket.

We dressed baby bear ready for the moon.

We made rockets using 2D shapes.

We followed the instructions of How to make a Jam Sandwich.

First we used a knife to spread the butter onto the bread.

Next we used to knife to spread the jam on top of the butter.

After that we cut our sandwich in half.

Finally we travelled to the moon and had a lovely picnic!

This weeks Book of the Week - Rosie's Walk

We used prepositional language to position the fox.

Under the tissues.

Behind the TV.

In the house.

What's in Mrs Jolley's Box

This weeks Book of the Week - Dear Zoo

Dear Zoo

We listened to the description and matched the picture to it.

What animal was too jumpy ?

We matched them all correctly !

This weeks Book of the Week - Where's Spot

First we listened to the instructions.

Then we used a glue stick.

After that we stuck the animals in the right order.

Finally we could re-tell the story of Where's Spot.

Why is Nursery Rhyme Time so important?

Nursery rhymes are fundamental to the development of language. Songs and rhymes have such a variety of forms and can be used effectively across the EYFS curriculum, number rhymes for Maths, rhymes and songs linking to topic, moving to rhythm through dance, singing and musical performance.

Nursery Rhymes are so important for acquiring language, speech and auditory development, creative play is stimulated; early literacy and mathematics are learnt.

Nursery Rhyme Time - Can you guess the Nursery Rhymes?

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