This week is World Nursery Rhyme Week.
A nursery rhyme is a simple traditional poem or song for children. They date back to the late 1700s when the earliest versions were lullabies that mothers would sing to their babies.
Learning and singing nursery rhymes is beneficial for:
- boosting vocabulary and language development
- helping children develop literacy skills
- providing a fun way to support early numeracy skills
- helping children develop social, physical and emotional skills
We will be learning five nursery rhymes.
Sleeping bunnies, Incy Wincy Spider, Wind the bobbin up, Down in the jungle and Head, shoulders, knees and toes.
You can find links to all these rhymes at www.worldnurseryrhymeweek.com/
Phonics
The children are really enjoying their phonics lessons and beginning to use the letters and sounds they have learnt to blend and segment words independently. This week we will belearning the phonemes b, f, ff, l,ll. The tricky words are I, no and go.
Maths
Thank you to everyone who attended our maths presentation. I hope you found it useful. If you have any questions, please ask.
This week, the children will continue to engage with activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting – to find out ‘how many’ objects there are. They will develop their understanding of the concept of cardinality (that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many’ things there are altogether).
Children In Need
Friday is a non-uniform day to raise money for Children In Need.
Don’t forget to let us know of any ‘wow’ moments at home. Is your child beginning to notice and read words? Do they try to read signs when out and about?
Please let us know of any achievements.
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