{"id":407,"date":"2020-04-23T16:08:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/?p=407"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:09:33","slug":"nursery-spring-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/2020\/04\/23\/nursery-spring-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursery &#8211; Spring Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>21<sup>st<\/sup>April 2020<\/p>\n<p>Dear Parents<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are all keeping well.\u00a0 Please find attached some more ideas of things to try at home &#8211; this time with a Spring theme.\u00a0 Tapestry is being updated constantly and you will find videos of both myself and Mrs Hobbs reading stories on there.\u00a0 Please do post pictures and updates &#8211; we miss all the children very much and it would be lovely to see some of the things they are getting up to.<\/p>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions or concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Take care and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>With best wishes<br \/>\nTherese Watt<br \/>\nNursery Manager<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Minchinhampton Academy Nursery<\/h4>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Ideas for things to try at home&#8230;.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>SPRING<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Use some broccoli dipped in pastel coloured paints to create blossom trees<\/li>\n<li>Make a hotel for bugs in your garden<\/li>\n<li>Go on a nature walk \u2013 you could make yourself some listening ears to take along \u2013 listen carefully for any environmental sounds (Phase 1 letters &amp; sounds). What can you see?\u00a0 What can you hear?\u00a0 What do you think is making that noise?<\/li>\n<li>Environmental sounds home learning challenge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Phase-1-letters-and-sounds-Environmental-sounds.pdf\">download sounds challenge here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Go on a scavenger hunt using all your senses (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Five-senses-scavenger-hunt.pdf\">download scavenger hunt here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Paint a picture of something you have seen on your walk or perhaps make a spring collage (using natural materials you have gathered on your walk)<\/li>\n<li>Use paintbrushes and water to do some large scale painting outside<\/li>\n<li>Make pictures on the pavement using coloured chalks \u2013 perhaps do a lovely rainbow<\/li>\n<li>Playdough: why not try adding flower petals, rose water, food dye or some natural herbs to your playdough for a springtime experience<\/li>\n<li>Have a number hunt in your garden<\/li>\n<li>Celebrate Earth Day (22<sup>nd<\/sup>April)\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Earth-Day-fun.pdf\">download Earth Day fun worksheet here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Pictureworld.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" \/>Make an Earth Day decoration using salt dough. Use a knife or pen to draw the lines dividing land\/sea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building brick rainbows \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/STEM-building-brick-rainbow.pdf\">download STEM building brick rainbow here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/STEM-rainbow-challenge-cards.pdf\">download STEM rainbow challenge cards here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Make a travelling rainbow \u2013 science experiment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Travelling-rainbow-experiment.pdf\">download travelling rainbow experiment here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Make a helpful rainbow (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/04\/Helpful-rainbow.pdf\">download helpful rainbow template here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the life cycle of a frog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_MupYQMAaKA\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_MupYQMAaKA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have fun and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21stApril 2020 Dear Parents I hope you are all keeping well.\u00a0 Please find attached some more ideas of things to try at home &#8211; this time with a Spring theme.\u00a0 Tapestry is being updated constantly and you will find videos of both myself and Mrs Hobbs reading stories on there.\u00a0 Please do post pictures and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[39,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/homelearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}