Hi Everyone, here is what your smallies are up to in Ardenza this week!

In the baby room Suzanne and Geraldine are doing the number one  with the babies. In circle time the girls will sit with the babies with number books, number puzzles and blocks and point out the number one.  The girls will show the babies one finger and help them hold up one finger and emphasis one. The girls will use blocks to count and sing number songs. For arts and crafts the babies will get to paint, colour and stick material onto  number one pictures.

In the toddler room it’s all about being healthy as Bernie and Laura do fruit and vegetables with the children. In circle time the girls will show the children pictures of different fruit and vegetables and chat to them about their colours and shapes. The girls will ask the children what fruit they like for snacks and what vegetables they like to have in their dinners. Laura and Bernie will talk about their favourites and how they are good for your belly. During snack times and dinner the girls will talk to the children about what their eating and give them praise and encouragement for eating them. The toddlers will get to do lots of colouring of different fruit and vegetables and do food puzzles. If you want to send in some fruit that you’d like your little one to try send it in in the lunchbox as we find children will eat when they see other children eat.

Upstairs the preschool and ECCE class are doing numbers and counting.

In circle time Shell, Mary Ann and Lisa will do counting activities and games with the children. They will count to twenty using the big number book and the children will take turns in following the numbers with their finger to help recognise the numbers. They will count items and toys in the room and count people using different categories eg count all the girls in the room etc and use blocks and cubes also. The children will get to colour number activity sheets and the older ECCE class will get to trace numbers using pencils.

Have a great week!