This week we decided to celebrate the queens birthday by singing happy birthday to her, making a huge booklet of all our hands and footprints and then making crowns. The booklet will be sent off next week.

We did lots of building using the bread crates and milk crates, cardboard boxes, wood for bridges and wooden stepping stones. the children worked hard together designing and redesigning their  ‘obstacle’ course.

potatoes planted and ‘bee’ seeds

Smoothies we made from fruit.

Snack time with our smoothies

ready for more building

The children asked to  make smoothies so we made sure we had lots of supplies of fruit. They liked them so much that they have asked for them for this week too.

We planted out lots of flower seeds to encourage bees to come and visit our garden.

Our African Land snails are getting ready to come to preschool next week. We have 2 Albino snails. the children have been asking when they are coming in.

This week we did lots of building using the dark den frame, material and pegs. The children worked out how to make it bigger by using the chairs to peg the material to.
The children ‘made’ a hospital area, and one child had a sick bowl as she was ‘soooo’ ill. Pegs were used to make sure the bandages stayed on her arms as she needed so much treatment.
Woody bear had a great visit to one of the children home and is off away again this weekend. We really enjoy reading what fantastic time he has with the children in their homes.
We got out heuristic toys and chains which the children used as money. some children did threading through the lines.
On Tuesday Jodie came in and did her dance session. The children practiced at being butterflies, soldiers and horses. They also enjoyed throwing their rainbow scarves around and catching them.
Simon came from Triumph Wellbeing for our sporty session on Thursday. The children had a blast, rolling tyres across the grass, being rabbits being chased by Simon, throwing bean bags in the tyres and jumping over the tyre.
All in All another fantastic week at Woodentops with lovely children.

This week saw the Box Trolls interests developing. One child brought in his Box Troll and shared it with the others, this led them to asking if they could make one. So on Wednesday and Thursday we found the boxes and lots of junk for modelling, lots of talking happened about the troll and how many different types of trolls there were. The children discussed amongst themselves about what kind of eyes and arms/legs trolls have.