Play
Play can take various forms. In early years it could be using crafts to develop senses including; sight, smell and hearing. Our experts here at Wallsend Online offer ideas that can be used at home or easily adapted for a nursery setting.
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Snow Fun
Our children at nursery have been exploring the snow this morning. They created snow angels, rolled snowballs, and stomped to create footprints. Why not get your little ones out into the garden and create your own snow angels, and snow people. We also finished off by...
Self care and positive affirmations
At Wallsend Day Nursery we promote children’s self confidence and self awareness as well as their self esteem. We encourage children to be independent and always give praise and encouragement throughout. We also use positive affirmations for children to see...
Children’s Mental Health Week – Express Yourself!
This week at Wallsend Day Nursery we have been encouraging children to express themselves as part of Children’s Mental Health Week 2021. Expressing yourself is about finding ways to share feelings, thoughts, or ideas, through creativity. This could be through...
Makaton signs for family
Our last Makaton sign video is based on family members. In this video we give examples of signs you can use in the home when naming family members and saying their names to your children. We have also included our examples for you to download below...
Old MacDonald had a farm
Children love imitating animals. At nursery the song Old MacDonald can sometimes go on forever as the children love to think about every animal who may live on a farm. They sometimes even try to add animals who live in the ocean too! In this video Helen and Hannah...
Twinkle twinkle little star
Lacey and Caitlin and some of our preschool children are demonstrating how to sing and sign to the song ‘Twinkle twinkle little star’. Our children at nursery love this song and sing along whilst completing all the signs...
Hello Song
This is the hello song we sing to our children during circle time when they are at nursery. We also sing the children’s names but in this video Carly and Mandy sing to everybody. The signs you need for this song are ‘hello’ and ‘how are...
I can sing a rainbow
20210108_141434Download In this video our staff demonstrate the colours of the rainbow Makaton signs whilst singing ‘I can sing a...
Wind the bobbin up
This is a very simple song with signs you probably use already when doing the actions to the song. Our children love the motion of rolling their arms and this is a really good song for any age children but particularly younger children who find enjoyment at finding...
Signs for snack time
These are some top signs that we use at snack time with our children at nursery. We have included a download of these signs below for you to practise at home. Our staff use these signs when speaking to the children during snack time alongside spoken language to...