We’re really enjoying seeing the little signs of spring appearing this month – a reminder that brighter days are coming.

We’re continuing to spend lots of time outdoors and the children have been great detectives and really taken notice of the seasonal changes in the garden. They have pointed out new leaves on trees and we’re starting to see some flowers coming through too. We’re looking forward to doing our own bit of gardening later this term and planting some spring bulbs and vegetables.

We’re currently revamping our preschool garden and introducing choosing units to encourage independence for the children with their outdoor activities. We’re also installing curiosity approach equipment, such as crates, planks and obstacles, to encourage problem solving, sharing, and turn taking.

February has been a busy month - we've enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year and trying prawn crackers and fried rice at snack time, we even tried some chopsticks. We also had lots of fun racing and flipping on Pancake Day and we created cards and pictures for Valentines Day too. 

We learnt all about the weather this month   and we decorated clouds, made rainbows, talked about what clothes we wear for different weathers, froze water and melted ice and we chalked lots of weather pictures in the garden.

Numbers have featured heavily in our play at preschool this term. We have created ladybirds and number trains with the children, we have used our counting skills when selling items in our role play shop, as well as using numbers in our small group activities and in singing games. Our favourite number songs are Currant Buns, Speckled Frogs and Little Men in a Flying Saucer - you might hear your little ones singing these at home!