We donned our hats and winter coats for outdoor play today. We had great fun with parachute games.

Today at ReStore we made icicles out of aluminium foil, paint, and glitter, as part of our winter topic.

Continuing with our winter topic, we made snowmen out of paint, stamps, and brushes. Holding a paint brush isn't always very easy, but painting is so fun we don't even notice!

Today we made our own ice coloured playdough to play with. We made hailstones, icicles, and snowballs. 

Gripping a pair of scissors isn't very easy, but we had fun cutting out the shape of a body to use in our learning about winter clothes for our winter topic.

We have had a very busy December completing our Autumn topic and preparing for Christmas activities.  Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and looking forward to 2020.  

December has been a very busy month. The children in the baby room have been making snowflakes, stockings, snowmen, stars, and reindeer for our Christmas display. 
They also made reindeer dust and very cute Christmas cards for their mams and dads. 
They all had loads of fun at our Christmas party dancing all day long, enjoyed some party food and goodies, and they all looked their best in their lovely outfits. 

This week we have had guest readers in everyday to read us a story for Book Week Scotland.

On Monday we welcomed Linda and Joe of Leugh is Seinn le Linda.

On Tuesday we had Gruffalo Tea with Monica MacLeod of NHS Western Isles. She treated us to some very exciting snacks, including "roasted fox", "scrambled snake", and "owl ice cream"! Afterwards we played Gruffalo tig outside. 

On Wednesday Lo read Oidhche Mhath Sam to us, and we put Sam the teddy to bed together. We also had lots of cuddles, just like Sam did in the book. 

On Thursday Sarah MacEachen read Na Trì Mucan Beaga to us, and we then acted the book out with masks.

Katy MacDonald also came in to read and play with us on Thursday.

On Friday Liam Crouse read An Tractar agus an Liobht to us.

Thank you all who came to read and play with us, we are looking forward to next year's Book Week already!

The children in the baby room have been busy making some spooky Halloween decorations. 
They also enjoyed sensory play by exploring lots of different textures, such as spaghetti worms, beasties in jelly, and the inside of a pumpkin.

​Our Halloween Party was a great success. All the children dressed up in some very scary costumes and took part in lots of fun games planned by staff – searching for eyeballs was a particular favourite! The children also made some delicious pumpkin soup which went down a treat.