Week commencing 1st July 2019 - Lindfield.

Is it Friday already?

This week has flown past - We have been super busy at The Acorns!

We have had lots of fun, inside and out.

The focus this week was mathematics and we looked carefully at numbers.

The children were given many opportunities to write numerals, count, sing number songs, do number puzzles and play number games.

On Monday we had a very special job to do in the morning.

We sat out in the sunshine and shelled some peas. It was really fun, we guessed how many peas might be each pod and then checked if we were right by counting them out into a jug.

We played with a game that Mrs Franks made using old tins and pegs.

We had to match the number of pegs to the numeral on the tin. It was quite tricky and not only was it a great number game, it was a workout for our fingers too - strengthening the muscles we use to hold our pencils properly. We call these activities ‘Finger Gym’

For other finger gym ideas to try at home please chat to Mrs Franks who will be happy to share her favourites.

We also used some sticky sheets to look at numbers.

Some of the children are learning to count up in tens.

We made play dough on Wednesday with Mrs Candy. She used a special recipe.

One cup of flour, half a cup of salt … The children played an active role in measuring and mixing the ingredients together. We are sure she would be happy to share her recipe if you would like to make some at home.

We had a great time playing and exploring the soft dough. We played with it while it was still warm!

We have spent lots of time in the garden this week. The weather has been amazing and we have enjoyed the warm sunshine.

We had water and sand each day.

We added water to our mud kitchen to try and make some real mud as it was so dry in there. We watered the flowers and plants using out watering cans and jugs.

We had fun on the swings.