Blog by Tag: Daffodils

We have been reading the Gruffalo! This week we used our tales toolkit bags to explore the story. We identified the character, setting, problem and solution of the story. Daffodils then retold the story in provision using picture cards and verbally telling the story. Well done! 

This week we have read The Gruffalo! We have enjoyed reading the story and have selected key nouns and verbs from the story to add actions too. We explored these key words to ensure our understanding of the story. We loved joining in with retelling the story using our new actions! 

Team Daffodils have been working hard to recite numbers to 5 and beyond! The children have been making the numberblocks and counting how many. We even had a competition to see who could make the largest numberblock, counting all the blocks! Well done. 

Team Daffodils have been sharing what makes their family and home special to them. We have look at families and shared how they are all different but all so special. We then explored our family special place - our homes! We shared our favourite things about our homes. In provision, we drew and…

Daffodils have enjoyed singing 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' adding in actions. In provision, the children have been carefully threading string around their star as they sing the song. They even raced to see if they could finish threading before the song ends! Super fine motor skills…

Over the half term, Daffodils have enjoyed learning lots of nursery rhymes. We have enjoyed favourites such as Humpty Dumpty, One, two buckle my shoe and five little monkeys.  We have also used playdough to develop our fine motor skills whilst we sing along to our nursery rhymes! Here we are…

Daffodils have been exploring what they can do now compared with when they were a baby. We have been enjoying playing in our babies room in our role play area. The children have been looking after the babies and talking about how they have grown. They have been caring for the babies by keeping…

Daffodils are starting to recognise and write their names! We have enjoy using our self registration photos and name cards each morning and are becoming more confident with recognising our names. This week, we have been using whiteboard pens to have a go at tracing our names. 

Daffodils have been joining in with different activities to develop their fine motor skills. We have been using tweezers to collect pom poms and have been making pre-writing shapes on whiteboards and with chalk outside! We are developing the muscles in our hands ready for writing. Well done Team…

This week in Maths, Daffodils have been using a pan balance to compare amounts. We explored how it 'goes down' when it has more. We continued to explore this in provision adding cubes to the buckets and observing which bucket had more or less. We practised using key vocabulary 'more' and 'less' to…

During our jigsaw session today, we explored jigsaw Jenie's favourite items from team daffodils. We discussed how we can play with these items and look after our toys. We then took turns to share our favourite toys in daffodils class. As a class, we are learning that we are all responsible for our…

Daffodils love playing games with Listening Lola! This week the children enjoyed playing 'where's Lola?'. They used their listening skills to take turns and find Lola.