You may think considering how to ‘teach’ young children about internet safety is rather odd but there are things we can do to support safe use of the internet for the youngest children and, establish good habits for them keeping themselves safe. Things to think about for our youngest children are: — Supervision — LimitedContinue reading “Internet Safety for Young Children”
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Fifty Things to Do before you’re Five
Oxfordshire has a fabulous new app for parents: easy to use and full of fun ideas for activities for parents and toddlers that support their learning and development! Download the app and you are ready to go!! Click on the appropriate link below for your phone/tablet or scan the QR code. Apple store https://apple.co/2BLNwJh Google playContinue reading “Fifty Things to Do before you’re Five”
Five Little Speckled Frogs …
A great one to do with lots of actions: leaping and eating bugs! Use fingers to represent the frogs and see how the number changes … It doesn’t matter if you don’t know a tune to go with it, just say the rhyme or make a tune up together! Five little speckled frogs Sat onContinue reading “Five Little Speckled Frogs …”
The Dragon Rhyme
I saw a bright red dragon Swoop down into our yard, He looked quite fierce and menacing We’d best be on our guard! He ate up all the bird seed, And drank from all the pans, He played in all the flower beds, left footprints in the sand. He breathed his fiery breath And gaveContinue reading “The Dragon Rhyme”
Miss Polly had a Dolly
Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick.So she phoned for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick.The doctor came with his bag and his hat,And he knocked at the door with a rat a tat tat. He looked at the dolly and he shook his head,He said “Miss Polly put her straightContinue reading “Miss Polly had a Dolly”
Twinkle twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Hinksey Park Activity Trail
Rally the kids, head out for some fresh air together, and see your neighborhood in a new way. We’ve put together an activity trail around our beautiful Hinksey Park to keep you entertained over lockdown.
Sneezing Sid
Last week “Sneezing Sid” came to visit: he was sneezing everywhere! The children were able to remind him to use a tissue, sneeze into an elbow (he had to borrow one as he hasn’t got one of his own!) and put the tissue in the bin…
Incy Wincy Spider
Watch Andy from Cbeebies sing and sign our rhyme of the week
Incy wincy spider climbed up the waterspout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
So Incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again.
Chatty Tuesday
Oxfordshire County Council have launched Chatty Tuesdays: great ideas to support communication, language and literacy development. #ChattyTuesdayToday’s Top Tip is to encourage children to listen to the sounds around them. Go for a listening walk and chat together about the sounds that you can hear. Use your voice to copy the sounds. Find pictures inContinue reading “Chatty Tuesday”
Lake Street Nursery 