The 2-3's topic (Na tri Mucan beaga) is coming to an end - they made pig biscuits which they enjoyed doing.
The baby room are finishing off their chicks and lambs for the spring wall - this was even more fun after we had a visit from the lambs on Wednesday afternoon.
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In connection to our topic 'An t-earrach' across all the groups, we had arranged for some visitors to pop into the garden... 6 pet lambs. Everyone got the opportunity to give them all a bottle of milk. The lambs were well behaved and didn't eat our daffodils! Its good to be able to learn about different baby animals that are born in Spring.
The boys are outside, enjoying some time to investigate the amount of water that has gathered in the tyres. One found a star fish in the sand area and took it up to put it in the water, telling us "it needs water to survive". Also ‘double trouble’ gathering water for their mud pies! Our poor mud kitchen took a bit of a battering in the recent gales, but this doesn’t stop us having some messy outdoor fun! 0-2 years old
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Emily from Wild Things Uist visited us today to lead outdoor play. When the weather got a bit too rough we played inside instead.
Emily brought in fish boxes that we used to make a space ship, a plane, and a ferry. We went to Alien Pizza Land in our space ship, and to Barra via Madeira on the ferry. Wearing our hi-viz jackets and helmets we pretended we were builders as part of our new construction topic. One of the most important parts of being a builder is to have a tea break! We also played with loose parts to independently exercise our imagination We celebrated Chinese new Year by making our own chicken and vegetable Chow Mein with prawn crackers.
Interactive and "messy" play is a great way for young children to develop their motor skills and playing with others develops important social skills such as co-operation and sharing.
We are learning about shapes and colours by playing with different blocks. It takes lots of concentration, but it's also fun!
The children in the baby room have been making foot print penguin and hand print robins for their winter topic.
They also celebrated Robert Burns and got to try haggis, neeps, and tatties - as well as a little bit of Irn Bru! Kenny very kindly came in and played the pipes for us too. This week we've been learning more about numbers, but we've also had lots of independent and guided play!
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