Making penguins

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The Ducklings have enjoyed selecting their own different materials and tools to help them to create penguins for our polar display. 

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Cutting skills

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The Ducklings have been practising their scissor skills to create Christmas tree decorations.

 

       

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fine motor

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Funky finger Christmas trees

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Busy using their pincer grips to decorate their Christmas trees with beads.

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fine motor Funky Fingers

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What we did in the holidays

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Little Chicks have talked about their holidays, they were asked to talk in the group to their peers.

Then they drew a picture and wrote their name.

 

 

We have created a gallery of the children's work.

https://carletongreen.schudio.com/admin/galleries/view/52286

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fine motor letters language

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Number 3

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Little Chicks have been learning the number three this week. They have traced over number three on the screen and attempted to draw three apples.

The rhyme we sing as we trace.

Round the tree,

Round the tree,

Now I've made the number three

 

The children have used chalk boards to…

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writing fine motor activemaths

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Fine motor skills

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Fine motor skills are critical in early years, so opportunities to develop these skills are always a priority. This week we are writing our names in the sand with tools and practising the letters and sounds we are learning. 

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writing fine motor

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Family

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Little Chicks this term are learning all about themselves and their family.

Little Chicks have painted a self portrait and drawn a picture of their house and who lives with them.

 

 

This week they are drawing a picture of who is in their family.

We would like families to bring…

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fine motor portraits social

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Mrs Rainbow

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The new topic is based on colours we have been learning about Mrs Rainbow house.

 

follow the link to listen to the story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRE--mj3SeA

 

The Little Chicks have made rainbow college pictures, cutting and sticking.

 

 

Look for colours in the…

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Maths numbers 1-10

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Little Chicks have been using whiteboards to write number 1-10. We counted the shapes on the screen and then wrote the number on their whiteboards.

Little Chicks enjoy writing on whiteboards.

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maths fine motor Counting

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Designing a Pirate Ship

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Little Chicks have been making Pirate Ships they used an assortment of materials to construct their Pirate Ship. When we had made the ships we experimented placing them in the water, some could float others sank.

 

Experiment at home using different materials to make a Pirate…

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fine motor science construction

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Outdoor learning

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Little Chicks are engaged in learning the skill of catching the ball in the cone. A tricky skill to master, they gave it a good go through trail and error sometimes they caught it in the cone.

 

 

Little Chicks were trying to get the sea creatures down the slope after some…

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Funky finger exercises

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Exercising our smaller muscles like the ones in our fingers and wrists are just as important as exercising our larger muscles. It really helps us with our writing.

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fine motor Physical development Funky Fingers

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