Next week, we will be thinking about how we grow and change over time. 👶➡️🧒
The children will explore their own personal timelines and compare themselves as babies with who they are today. We will talk about the things they can do now that they couldn’t do when they were younger and celebrate all the amazing ways they have grown and developed. 🌟
💡 Our Big Ideas This Week
- How have I changed since I was a baby?
- What can I do now that I couldn’t do before?
- How do people grow and change?
- What makes me special and unique?
As part of our learning, we will also be exploring Remembrance Day and discussing why people wear poppies to remember those who have helped and sacrificed for others. ❤️
In literacy, we will be focusing on vocabulary such as baby, grow, change and family, helping the children to talk about themselves, their families and their own experiences.
📚 Books We Will Be Sharing
These stories will encourage lots of discussion about babies, growing up, families and what makes each of us unique. 📖✨
🎵 Songs and Rhymes
- The Growing Up Song (to the tune of Baa Baa Black Sheep) 👶🎶
In our Foundation Unit, we have a Word of the Week to help broaden the children’s vocabulary and understanding of new words. We encourage the children to use our special word in their play, conversations and learning throughout the week.
✨ Word of the Week: Poppy
📸 How You Can Help at Home
We would love children to chat with family members about their babyhood and favourite family memories. Looking at photographs together is a wonderful way to encourage conversations about how they have changed over time.
Please send in a baby photo of your child so that we can compare how they looked as a baby with how they look now. The children love spotting similarities and differences and talking about how much they have grown! 👶📸💕
We are looking forward to another exciting week of learning, sharing memories and celebrating how special each child is. 😊🌟💖