In the Lion room we continue to build on your child's development. We build on the children’s existing skills and interests and on their play activities. From observations and play we are able to support he children and extend thier ideas and thinking. The children are encouraged to become more independent through planning and choosing what they would like to do and also being responsible for tidying that activity. We provide opportunities to challenge exisiting ideas and encourage them to have thier own thoughts.
They have access to a wide range of toys including construction, role play, small world and many others. Once a week the children have a French and Spanish lessons. On a Thursday we have TheBigAct.
They have regular access to the outside area where they make great use of the climbing equipment, mud kitchen as well as other toys including bikes and large scale construction.
The older Lion children are supported with activities to help prepare them for the transition to primary school. Activities include pencil control, self regulation, talking about feelings and how to manage them. During these sessions the children will be provided with the knowledge and tools to help keep themselves safe in the wider community through use of the NSPCC 'Pants' resources.
The children also enjoy the 'Cosmic kids yoga' youtube clips, a great way to get some excercise and to help relax. We do adhere to current screen time recomendations for 2-5 year olds and restrict the use to 10 minutes at a time, occasionally educational clips will be shown and again these are restricted to around 10 minutes. More information on safe internet use and screen time can be found on the Internet matters website.
Independence is encouraged and the children make their own sandwiches, cut fruit and serve their lunch and sometimes do the washing up too!
We base our activities around topics related to the children’s interests that cover many aspects of development and learning. The fruits of the children's labours are displayed on the walls!
