Numicon:

Numicon is a teaching aid consisting of plastic tiles with holes which represent the numbers 1 to 10. They can be used to teach place value, ordering and calculation. Numicon are designed to make numbers real for children by them being able to see and physically touch each number.

Each Numicon shape provides children with a visual image of what a number looks like. A child will start to recognise the relationship between different numbers, as each Numicon piece has an extra hole to the last one.

As you may not have access to actual Numicon resources, I have attached a copy you can use as a paper template to print and cut them out. Once you get the hang of Numicon, you can make an activity as simple or as challenging as you wish.

So for our first challenge, we would simply like you to have a little play with them. We use Numicon in nursery already so your child may surprise you!

Next week I will be posting some ‘Numicon Challenge’ activities to support you.

Numicon

Good morning nursery, another sunny day for us!

Good morning nursery, it is Wednesday already!

The sun is shining and I can hear those birds singing this morning, what a wonderful sound!

Here are today’s suggested activities for you:

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Leaf Rubbing

Have a lovely day, take care and keep smiling.

The Nursery Team

Good morning nursery, our team are smiling at all the wonderful photos that we are receiving through Evidence Me. You are all doing such a fabulous job!

Here are today’s suggested activities, we hope you are enjoying them.

Stay safe and enjoy the sunshine.

Tuesday-21st-April-Activity

Good morning nursery and welcome back!
We hope you have made the most of your time at home and enjoyed some much needed sunshine (we hope the sun continues to shine for us). The nursery team are so proud of you all.

Over the next few weeks, nursery will coincide with our school and focus on themed activity weeks that have been introduced. This week will be ‘Art week’ and first up today is Minibeasts. Please see attached for the daily activities.

As always, these are only suggested activities and can be adapted to suit your family.

We will also be putting together some extra support for our letters and sounds activities shortly.

Take care and enjoy your day.

Monday 20th April Activity

Minibeast Hunt

Minibeast Pictures

Good morning nursery, we have made it to the last day of the term!

We hope you have found our daily activities over the last two weeks useful. We will be picking these up again after Easter.

If you would still like some ideas during the Easter break, check out this list of ‘100 things to do indoors’. Why not turn it into a fun game by putting a few of the game names into a hat and choosing a surprise.

Although this holiday is different, we hope you can make the most of it and have fun with your family in your home. Keep smiling and stay safe.

Kind Regards, The Nursery Team.

Friday-3rd-April-Activity

Bunny Mask

Easter Hats

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Have a little look at the following attachments on how you can support your children with writing and letters during your time at home.

The writing activities are suggested for all children. There are also some lovely phonic game suggestions for Mighty Oaks (phase 2).

For Ladybug children, your main focus will be to develop their listening skills using phase 1. Our daily activities provide listening activity suggestions you could use to attune your child to sounds around them and build their foundations ready for phase 2.

Please do not worry too much, try not to make it ‘work based’. Essentially, children in Early Years learn through play. Above all, it is about having fun.

The nursery team are so proud of you all.

Tips & Guidance On Writing (Nursery)

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