The foundation stage children have been learning about the four seasons this week and during our topic inputs we have discussed seasonal change, hibernation and what happens in Autumn.
This week’s topic activity was making leaf shapes using clay and the children have been fascinated to see the veins of a leaf when they pealed it off the clay. During our adult-led English activity the children identified initial sounds in words and some children wrote CVC words using picture clues, both activities enabled the children to demonstrate and develop their phonic knowledge. Additional autumn themed English activities have included sound sorting, making words in egg boxes using ping-pong balls, Room on the Broom stick puppets for story retelling, making letter shapes using playdough, cut and stick activity to make CVC words and tracing pictures to develop fine motor skills.
This week’s Maths has focused on identifying one more than a given number and we have started to talk about addition, which we will continue next week. This week’s autumn themed Maths activities have included finger printing leaves on trees to match a number, fishing for and ordering numbers 1-10, cut & stick leaves to order from smallest to largest, matching 3D and wooden shapes to an outline drawn on a piece of paper, measuring autumn objects using cubes, rolling a dice and making the corresponding amount of playdough balls, making number lines using plastic links and autumn pictures cut and stick number ordering 1-10.
The children’s imaginations have been running wild outside this week and it has been amazing to see their creations, from building bridges and cars to making electricity lines for a train.
On Thursday we talked to the children about remembrance day in preparation for Friday, when the children walked to the monument in Woodford park to attend a Remembrance service.
