Day nursery recently hosted an autumnal stay & play! There were a variety of activities set up outside based along the themes of Diwali, Bonfire night & Autumn. The children experimented with colour, explored light & dark and learnt new things about the different festivals!
The pre-school children have created some large-scale transient art inspired by the story a squash & a squeeze! On the floor was an outline of the house from the story & the children had to try & fill the house so it was a ‘squash & a squeeze’. They filled the house with animals from the story & lots of loose parts. The children used descriptive words to describe how compacted the house was & the texture of the items they were using.
Day nursery had a very Arty week & have created a large-scale piece of artwork every day! Creating their Art either indoors or outdoors they used different techniques & tools to create marks & experiment with colour. Creating the large artwork allowed the children to move around & create what they wanted freely without being restricted to the size of the paper or the space available in their environment!
The staff have been following some of the pre-schools interest & have been learning lots of interesting things all about pirates. The children have a favourite pirate book about the pirates catching fish to make their meals! So the children went on a trip into town to buy some local ingredients to make their own fish-cakes! They Arrrrr so tasty!
Pre-school @ Flying Start Redruth have been carrying on with their squashing & squeezing investigations this week! They began their experiment with squashing and squeezing foam then went on an adventure in the garden to find different objects to squash and squeeze. Not everything they found was squashable, so they moved their interests to the noises of the objects and how it differed between squeezable and hard items.
Day nursery @ Flying Start Redruth have been enjoying some sand exploration this week! Using smaller quantities of sand than usual meant there was different experiments to be had & techniques to be learnt. The toddlers were so intrigued that they could mark make in the sand then shake the trays to make their marks disappear!
Day Nursery @ Flying Start Redruth have hosted their 1st stay & play in way over a year! We were happy to invite new & existing families into our nursery to sample some of our delicious homemade bread & explore our environments with their children! There were a variety of different activities set up in the garden from potion making to stories! Thank you to everyone who attended.
Day Nursery have been on a forage around the garden to see what was nice, ripe & ready to eat. After they picked their own fruit & veg they enjoyed a little outdoor picnic for snack!
Day Nursery @ Flying Start Redruth did a large-scale painting in the garden! The children found lots of interesting things to use as paintbrushes from daisies & sticks to giant leaves & rosemary sprigs! They looked at the different marks the ‘brushes’ were creating & made predictions about if they would be big or small.
The Toddlers @ Flying Start Redruth found a nice, cool, shady spot in the garden to make some flower crowns! They spent such a long time arranging their flowers & had a go at creating some patterns too. They were delighted with their creations & are so excited to take them home to show their special grown-ups! They admired them all afternoon!
