More pictures of the Three bears...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears....

We hope you are enjoying our theme of 'nursery rhymes' this term. If you didn't notice the *home corner* became the three bears house!! Lots of the children really enjoyed playing with Goldilocks and the three bears so here's an idea for some role play at home. (Carolyn took some photos so I will post them up as soon as I get them.)

Activity For You To Do At Home

Set up a three bears house of your own. You will need some pillows and blankets, three bowls and spoons, chairs might be difficult so we had three different size cushions instead. Then of course three bears and not forgetting Goldilocks.

Children love role play....even as young as 18 months they will be able to play a little. It is a good chance for you to interact with them and also it develops their language and imagination skills. Don't worry if it ends up being a multi-animal tea party where everything ends up in the house except the bears, just you providing them with the facilities to do some role play is really good fun and you don't have to be there all the time doing it with them.

If you do this activity and take any pictures let us know and we can post them here for others to see.

Craft

There were some lovely bears made today. We got the template from here so if you missed out you can down load it. Otherwise you could cut out different circles for the head, mouth, nose and eyes, and then ears were a semi-cirlce shape. You could make a whole family!!!

If you want find out more bear activities and listen to the Godilocks song why don't you click here
If you find any other books or crafts why don't you share them and post them under 'comments'.

Thank you to Jules and Liz for lovely tea, coffee and cakes today!!!

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DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:

Next wednesday morning two of our mums Pippa and Lisa have organised a fundraising event for the PHYLISS TUCKWELL HOSPICE.

It is at Yateley Infant School Hall on Wednesday 31st January at 10:30-11:45am

There will be a raffle on the day . Any cake donations would be appreciated. Ring (01252 ) 691172 for more details.

Any good places to go..

As the weather is not so good either raining or too cold, where do you go to keep the children occupied...click on 'comments' and type in your suggestion don't worry if it sounds obvious..we just need a long list we can all use as a reference. If you can put details ie phone number or an e-mail link even better.....ok bring it on..

Lots of sheep...

If you were there on Thursday. I hope you enjoyed yourself. Thankyou to Carolyn for cutting out all those sheep. The craft was a big hit. I just love the different expressions the children put on their sheep. If you missed out and want a go here's how to do it...

Draw a sheep shape on some card and cut it out.

Glue cotton wool to the body and head

Add google eye and draw a mouth.

We did sing Baa Baa black sheep...but forgot Old Mac Donalds..that would have gone well.! If anyone has see any good stories with sheep in then let us know.

By the way if you liked the cake and wanted to have a go yourself it is very easy...

Lemon Cake (sorry don't do grams!!)

6 oz butter (not marg)

6oz sugar

3 eggs

6oz Self Raisinfg flour

1 lemon

1. Beat sugar and butter (leave butter out to soften)

2. Beat in eggs and then flour

3. Pour in two cake pans or one large on

4. Bake on Gas mark 4 for 25 (2 small pans)-40 mins (1 large pan)

5. It is ready when you gently press the top and in comes back up.

6. Take out and poke holes all over the top with a skewer and pour half the lemon juice over.

7. Leave to cool. Use the rest of the lemon and mix with icing sugar to make the icing.

8. Eat some before the children discover it!!!

News...

Hope everyone is ok after those storms! I have had no internet so sorry for the delay in posting.

A big tree in Beckys garden came crashing onto the conservatory, we thank God she had put Abby up to bed as that is where she normally plays.

For those who didn't know congratulations to Karen for the birth of Matthew on Wednesday 10th (hope thats right) mother and baby are both well.

All about spiders....

...Toddler group was over run with spiders today! It was alright because the children ate most of them....they were only made of biscuits and sweets. Hope you enjoyed them! thanks Hayley Thaysen for organising the craft this week.
If you missed out or want to do it again all you need is plain rich tea biscuits, icing sugar mixed with a little water, strawberry laces and chocolate drops.

If you want a fun tickly song try incy wincy spider. Make the spider climb up your child or on their arm or leg...it will make them giggle! What about letting them repeat it on you...it might make you laugh. Its a very simple way of engaging with you child. Even babies love this
song/rhyme.

Incy Wincy Spider
Incy wincy spider, climbed up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain,
So incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again

Jan 2007

Welcome back! Happy New Year to everyone. This term our theme is "Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales". We hope you enjoy the activities and stories we have planned for this term.

A big thank you to Ann Robinson and her team who serve us with tea and coffee each week. They are the nicest "tea ladies"!!