Making wobbly fish

I saw these lovely fish on a Facebook post via my WI president, something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l0tT9PVadQ 

so simply had to give it a go. It was actually really simple. The children loved helping to stick the eyes on, watching me snip snip and then we sang fishy songs. It prompted me to get out lots of under the sea jigsaws to think about what other creatures you would find in the sea.

Making a stick house

More Forest school fun: We've been having fun going outside to find sticks. I have really been amazed by how many activities we've been able to do just with the simple stick!

There is so much learning, for example thinking about health and safety (keep your sticks pointed down), making up songs ('Tap your sticks', 'this is the way we drum our sticks'), laying them straight, jumping over them and encouraging role play and imagination such as in this picture where we made a stick house. The children loved this activity and kept on talking about it and were able to tell their parents at pick up time. I think this is a really good example of how Forest School promotes independence, imagination and confidence building.

It's Cold!

We went outside to play in the cold on a beautiful sunny day. We found that everything had frozen, a great opportunity to explore how ice feels. We picked it up, smashed it, watched it melt, counted the pieces and looked at the shapes. Of course it had to be licked as well!