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The Hungry Caterpillar 123

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We all had lots of fun today using the Hungry Caterpillar 123 Story Sack. Even Chloe who is 8 joined in!

Making the Puppets

The children loved making the puppets which encouraged them to work as a group whilst also doing independent work.

  • Sophie Proud of Her Puppets
  • Georgia Concentrating Hard
  • Alfie Having a Go

Sophie loved looking through the book finding the numbers. While playing with the number card, Georgia made her own game up by tracing the numbers with her finger instead of using the white board marker. She beamed when she said, “I can write like mummy!”

  • Baby Jack loved The Puppets
  • Sophie Recognised Number 8
  • Sophie found it on the number chart too!
  • The Activity Sack

Baby Jack didn’t miss out, he joined in by his big sister and the others using the puppets to make up other stories. Jack cooed and enjoyed the attention.

I asked the children after the activity if they enjoyed it and they all shouted a big ‘Yes’ and they played for the rest of the day with the puppets. We have a range of story sacks for sale including this one The Hungry Caterpillar 1 2 3. Just click the link to see our full store.

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Wildlife Rangers Recycling Pots

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Jacey looked in the recycling box and found this Bisto tub. He thought it would be good to use for his Chilli as it needed potting on.

He thinks that as the tub is quite thick, it will last longer than the toilet rolls we usually use. Jacey has put the plastic lid on the bottom to stop the water coming out.

Jacey also thinks when the plant has grown, he could just place the tub into the ground without the plastic lid ensuring the roots don’t get disturbed as the pot should break down and let the roots escape.

Jaceys Gardening Crown

Jacey wants to be head gardener so made himself this crown. He decorated it with leaves.

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Big Garden Delivery

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Today the children all got excited with the delivery of a ton of peat-free compost.

We watched the Lorry driver use the big crane to put the massive sack into the front garden.

Vegetable Trugs

Next week we will be filling up the vegetable trugs to transplant our crops.

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OWW A Wriggly Piglet with a Prickly Problem

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Today we all read the story about a piglet with a prickly bottom problem. We opened up our Oww! story sack and the children loved the story, they joined in along with the story using the puppets and masks they made.

  • Number Sequence and Recognition
  • Our Donkey
  • Colouring Activity
  • Ducklings

Georgia knew all her numbers and put the piglets all in order. Fearne read the numbers down from 7 and Alfie enjoyed messing them up, but that was ok as Georgia put them in the right sequence again.

You can buy our interactive Owww! activity sack on our eBay store to play and learn along with your children.

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Even Fairies Wear Glasses Story Sack

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We had fun today reading the story Even Fairies Wear Glasses from our story sack. Fearne loved the butterfly badge making activity and was so excited to take it home to show her Daddy.

  • Storytime
  • Colouring In
  • Stickers
  • Peg Decorating
  • Proud of Her Butterfly Badge
  • Fearne Loved the Activity

We played with a big box of funny, weird and wonderful glasses and Fearne chose the gold sparkly ones. She kept them on all afternoon. When Fearne came in the next day she wanted to wear them again and read the Poppy Fairy books.

We’ve made these activities and the story book into an interactive story sack for your children to play with. You can buy the Even Fairies Wear Glasses story sack on our eBay store.

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Fruit or Vegetables?

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The girls loved reading and finding out about fruit and vegetables. They loved playing 5 a day bingo so much we had to play it twice! We’ve made our Vegetables book into an interactive story sack for you to play with, learn and grow with your children.

  • Looking fo Potatoes
  • Fearne Loves Vegetables
  • What’s in the Bag?
  • 5 a Day Bingo
  • Well Done Girls

After we read the book, we looked on the internet for different types of fruit and Vegetables, Fearne said she loves carrots and Georgia said she didn’t like potatoes.

We played the ‘Fruit or Vegetables’ game by looking at the pictures and putting them on to the correct pile. The girls went on to ask us for peas and carrots for lunch and for pudding fruit salad. I told them they were very good choices, I encouraged Georgia to have some mashed potato with the vegetables. She was very brave and tried it, and she said she loved it!

If you’d like to learn more about Vegetables, we’ve made our very on story sack full with Veggie games and information for your children to learn and grow!

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Wildlife Wanderers and the Garden Classroom

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We have been so busy in the Garden Classroom getting ready for Spring and the good weather.

  • Recycling
  • Herbs
  • Writing the Plant Lable
  • Carefully Using a Fork
  • Being Gentle
  • Singing to the Plant

We started germinating the seeds in the warmth of the house as its so cold outside. In a couple of weeks we can put them in the frame to grow lots of strong roots and harden off before growing outdoors. The children have enjoyed using old milk cartons and juice bottles to sow the seeds in or repot them individually so they can watch the growth on the roots.

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Half Term with the Wonderful Wanderers and Wildlife Rangers

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It was so good to spend extra time with the Rangers this week. We don’t always get time for fun activities after school so we made the most of the week.

  • Big Sloth
  • Playing with the Seedlings
  • Cheeky
  • Dragons

The Wildlife Rangers enjoyed potting on their seedlings they sowed a few weeks ago. They are already getting big and strong, before we plant them outside we need to acclimatise them in the cold frames.

The Rangers especially enjoyed the junk modelling activities and made some lovely creations. Jacy made a sloth as he says he’s ‘obsessed with them!’ Tracie has suggested he do a project on them as he could find out some interesting facts about them.

We talked about the noises they make Jacy shouted out, “Hey Google, what noise does a sloth make?” and Google said “huff, I don’t have a sound for that at the moment, but ask me again as I am learning more and more every day!” This made everyone laugh.

The children went on to ask Google lots of funny questions, “Hey Google, what sound does a pig make? “A pig says, Oink oink, would you like to hear the sound of a horse?” Everyone shouted “Yes please” it was all very funny.