This week we had a circus at school! Ringmasters, clowns, jugglers, trapeze, tightrope walkers and all the exciting animals you can imagine! Everyday something new and full of surprises!
Some circus props and activities!
Walking the tightrope and jumping the ring of fire!
Plenty of fun art…
And of course a circus full of lions!
It’s that time of the year again – all our paleontologists are in full swing! We spent the week exploring plenty of small world play, digging for fossils, baking, volcano experiments and plenty of fun art…
Interest corner with plenty of books…
A dinosaur cave…
Digging for fossils…
Fun dinosaur baking…
A volcano experiment…
And plenty of fun messy art!
We’ve had fun on Safari this week! The children have had a great time learning about different animals, their food, sounds and families!
Enjoying the Safari play provocations and activities…
And of course lots of fun messy art!
Our school is filled with budding astronauts! The children’s interest and enthusiasm for space always amazes me! No lack of song and movement for this week and many trips to space! The real hits this week were gloopy sparkly space dough and our rocket building activity.
Amongst other activities around the class were astronaut emergent reading boards and felt board.
And of course plenty of fun art!
I don’t know about any one else but we have a number of very dedicated oceanographers at play school! I love our sea theme and can’t get enough of the delight, interest and observation the little ones show in exploring the ocean and it’s creatures…
Of course for sensory displays we have water, shells, sand and … water! And lots of it! I have a wonderful collection of beautiful shells that I let the children handle and play with in and out of the water.
They will spend ages pouring the water out of shells and comparing all the different sizes and types. Swishing, sploshing and splashing…
More water, boats and sea creatures…
Of course it would not be the ocean without the beach…
There are so many wonderful ideas to put out on the tables to inspire creative thinking… and some simple ideas for emergent counting the children just cant resist!
Evolving collaborative artwork left on the walls for the week have the children adding their own creative touches as the mood takes them…
Discussion is endless and sensory opportunities everywhere!
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