With Easter fast approaching we have done lots of activities and arts and crafts at Little Kings & Queens Nursery this week.
The Easter Bonnet Parade
Our Easter Bonnet Parade for the Ruby & Emerald Room was a great success, the children had so much fun and all the parents worked so hard on the Bonnets, we were very impressed with them all! The winners were: In 1st place Azyah, 2nd place Ernie and 3rd place Mila. Well done to all our children and parents.
Gloop
The Ruby Room enjoyed some sensory fun with gloop.Sensory play encourages children to manipulate materials, building up their fine motor skills and co-ordination. This type of play uses all 5 senses, but the sense of touch is often the most frequent; children process information through their senses and learn through exploring these.
Easter Crafts
Some more Easter crafts in the Diamond & Ruby Rooms this week. Doing these types of activities are not only fun for children but help develop Fine motor skills; when you pick up tiny objects, hold a fork or spoon, or manipulate a pen or pencil to draw, you are employing fine motor skills. Arts & crafts help with important visual processing abilities;
You notice patterns, colours and physical improbabilities without thinking twice. That is because when you worked on crafts and your artistic efforts were promoted as a child, you were improving your visual processing skills. This cognitive development is very important in a child’s early years.
Baking in the Emerald Room
Baking with children provides practical experience with many essential skills such as reading, following directions, and measuring. Getting involved in baking helps your child to develop fine motor skills, eye hand coordination, and even early concepts of math and science. not forgetting the most important part, if you are good you might get a lick of the spoon at the end! LOL
Imaginative Play
Some lovely imaginative boat play in the baby room today. Imaginative play provides opportunities for children to identify with the adult world. It helps develop social skills: practising negotiation skills, turn taking and sharing. It also helps in emotional development: Understanding and expressing their feelings through the re-enactment of certain experiences.
Special guest in the Emerald Room
The Emerald Room had the opportunity to have a nurse come and speak to them all about her job. She showed them how to put bandages on, how to use the oxygen masks and why, what happens if you break a bone, how to use syringes and so much more. The children could not get enough and even had the chance to try the equipment for themselves. The emerald room have been learning about the human body so it was a great to have a real nurse in the room to ask any questions.
More Easter Fun
The Easter fun continued at the nursery this week! The children had a second Easter bonnet parade so that everyone got to join in, they did lots of fun eEster games including the egg and spoon race.
Dance
Some of the older children enjoying dance class from last week, it’s great to the children coordination improving each week.
Yoga
Another great week of yoga for the babies & the older children. They have so much fun in this class!
Painting
Different painting techniques in the Ruby & Emerald Rooms – Painting with young children not only helps their creative development but it also stimulates their brain; This can also help other areas of their development.
Playtime in the Baby Room
Through play, children develop who they are. Their cognitive, language and physical skills develop through their play experiences, as well as their imagination, concentration, self-confidence and sociability skills.
Jigsaw Fun in the Emerald & Ruby Rooms
Puzzles are an important educational learning tool for toddlers and young children as they provide many skills and mental learning benefits and opportunities. They help develop Cognitive Skills, Problem Solving, Fine Motor Skills, Hand and Eye Coordination & Self Esteem.