We have loved getting outdoors and sowing some salad crops. We mixed the peat free compost, filled the pots, sowed the seeds and gently watered them in to germinate.
Alba Mixing The Vermiculite Into The CompostEveryone Taking TurnsSowing SeedsHelping Each Other Watering The Seeds
We had fun looking around the garden for bugs, we found snails, ants, butterflies, a dragonfly, wood louse, worm and Fizzy our cat asleep in the shade. Mable and Elliott thought the yellow poppies were pretty.
ElliottMableBug HuntWashing UpOutdoor KitchenWater PlayPlaying Around
We had a lovely time in the garden, we are excited to see our seeds germinate and turn into delicious salad crops, so we can have them for lunch.
Today we had a lovely day at Stanley Park. We walked through the rose garden to the play park.
At The TopProud Of HerselfOver The BridgeSo Determined
Ayrn was so clever and determined to climb the stairs to go down the slide.
Elliott and MableConfident WeeeeeeHaving Fun
Mable and Elliott loved playing and are both confident enough to climb up and go down the slide independently.
Climbing WallDown The PoleReaching The TopRopes
Alba enjoyed using the climbing wall, pole and ropes.
After we left the play park we went for a walk to find as many different coloured plants and flowers as we can.
Yellow WhoteBluePinkPeachLottie’s Yellow
The children looked everywhere, up high, down low, near the pond, over the bridge and through the wildflower meadow. (Sounds like the makings of a brilliant book lol)These photos above are the plants we found.
Look How Far Alba Ran! These Two Needed Lots Of Encouragement Alba WonMable SecondElliott ThirdMable Was So Excited
We decided next to have a race on the playing field.
After our race we all needed to have a rest, some water and a biscuit. What a lovely sunny day out we had.
We all absolutely loved the story sack ‘What the ladybird heard’ themed activity last week. We decided to extend our knowledge around the little red bugs.
First we decided to go on a hunt to see if we can find any ladybirds in our garden.
Tracie put together an activity tray for us to explore all about Ladybirds, what they eat, where they live, parts of their bodies and their lifecycle.
Ladybirds
We were all very inquisitive looking through a magnifying glass, and seeing the detail on their bodies.
We looked at other British bugs and the children took it in turns to point out our ladybird.
Some of the children handled the ladybird and snail. Others needed a bit more confidence and persuading to hold them.
We looked at other bugs including a snail that we found.
The children used descriptive words like squidgy, slimy, disgusting, slippery, tickly, spotty, antennae, small, red, black, shell.
When the bugs walked around the tray the younger children shrieked in excitement.
The children all gave the thumbs up for their activity because they enjoyed learning about their favourite little red bug.
First we needed to clean the pots to get rid of any bacteria or decease from last years plants.
We then put coco disks into the pots and added the seeds.
We chose salad and herb crops because they are fast growing and we love cooking and eating them. We added water and watched as the disks filled out and firmed the seeds down.
We covered the pots with cling film to help them keep the humidity to germinate the seeds.
One Week Later….
We had a look in our salad pots to see if any of the seeds had germinated.
In Jacks pot we found a Cucumber seed had grown, it had reached over 1 inch tall.
Tracie very carefully picked up the seedlings in the coco disk and showed us the roots coming out of the disk.
Alba said ‘yuck they are long and wiggly like a worm!”
We then looked in Alba’s Salad Pot, we were surprised to see that her Cucumber had not started to grow. However she had two healthy Tomato plants growing. These were about 1/2 an inch tall.
We decided to move the Cucumber and Tomato seedlings into a bigger pot and leave the herbs in the long salad pots. This was to give them extra space to grow healthy root stock.
We recycled glass jars to cover the seedlings. This was to help them keep the plant warm and to encourage them to grow healthy and strong.
Once we had repotted the seedlings we covered the other coco disks with fresh nutrient rich soil to encourage them to start germinating.
Today when we all woke up we had a lovely surprise… snow! White fluffy snow.
Lottie
Poppy was not very happy because she wanted to stay home and play in the snow! She had to walk to school as the bus was cancelled, but she enjoyed walking in the snow. When she got to school there was a big fun snowball fight.
Poppy Went To SchoolTracks And FeetLots Of SnowOn Way To School
Chloe was happy because her school was closed, she went to the park with her mum and brothers. Ben loved the Canada Geese, one went up to him and ate the bread from his hand. Jack and Chloe loved snow ball fighting, but didn’t like getting so cold.
Ben And The Geese Chloe, Jack And BenChloeAt The Park
After breakfast we all got our coats, scarves and gloves on and went for a walk in the back garden.
Welcome HollyLovely Dancing To DannyMableMaking MusicLovely Song ElliottLottie Joining In Martie too!This is Holly Wow!So Relaxing Holly Fell AsleepLoving The Changing ColoursLearning Patience Shapes
Holly ChillingWinter VegPhyllis and Ben SnugglesReadingHi Ruby Batty LottyTrace and LottyWelcome HollyBrothers Jack’s 3rd Birthday Sing TimeParty TimeOur Grapes Are Ready At Last! Passion FruitPlaying With The Leaking HosePartners In Crime Superhero Birthday Party Ben’s 1st Birthday Oranges Oranges Getting BigBirthday BoyProud Of His FlowersCheeky PatchesRuby On The SlideDen BuildingOutdoor NapHelping Each other Wheres Jack?Number PlayChitter ChatterSand / Shell playActivity Time
We had fun this week with the Pumpkin’s, heres a little gallery of our activities.
Using Pumpkin’s In Play Investigating Using Them As A BallGroup PlayPrintingPainting Using the seeds Painting Of A Pumpkin
We went to Teds Farm Pumpkin Patch to choose some Big ones to carve out.
Jack And Ben How Many?Gemma And JackPoppy And ChloeWow These Pumpkins Are Heavy Heave Heave Having A RaceLazy PoppyHaving FunStrike A PoseLooking At The Mud!Making Gemma Pick It Up
We all had a fun day out and can’t wait to go again next year.
We have so much fun learning and playing in our garden at Tracie’s Treasures. I want to share some of my favourite films from the last couple of months.
In this film Jack is looking in our small barrel pond he is investigating what lives in there. He finds YUK
Jack Exploring In The Half Barrel Pond
George and the girls walk around the garden to check for bugs, George sings ‘Barbie Girl’ all the way around.
George Singing Barbie GirlMr Black Bird Having A Bath
This funny clip George is singing again as usual. This time he is singing to a Snail about being gorgeous.
George Singing ‘Your Beautiful’ To A Snail
My favourite time of day, looking in the greenhouses to see whats growing.
Elsie, Grace and Georgia Looking In The Greenhouse
Hope you enjoyed the films, the children here are amazing.
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