'n' for November on the 13th of October!!!!!!

The jolly phonics action for this sound is to 'make noise, as if a plane - hold arms out and say nnnnnnnnnnn.'  The sound 'n' appears in words such as neck, nip, hand and man.

So for our group this means.....

We will be making a nest!  It cold be a tiny nest for a little baby fluffy bird, or a enormous nest for a dinosaur, can you find anything to use as an egg[s].  

We are going to collect sticks, grasses, mud perhaps some moss,lichens, feathers, fluffy seed heads, sheeps wool????   Then we are going to use some mud or clay to weave our twigs or sticks together to make the base of our nest and then use all our softer materials to line the nest with. We can then hide our nests in the hedges or takes them home with us and make them safe from predators.

We will then read our story called Rollo and Ruff and the little fluffy bird by Michael Inkpen.  Which is all about making a comfy place to sleep for a little friend.

I am also going to be asking the children to act out the 'little nut tree rhyme'

Maybe you could practice before Monday here goes:

Nut Tree

small brown, hard, round
The nut is lying underground
Now a shoot begins to show
Now the shoot begins to grow
Tall, taller, tall as can be
The shoot is growing into a tree
and branches grow and stretch and spread
with twigs and leaves above your head.
And on a windy autumn day
The nut tree bends, the branches sway.
The leaves fly off and whirl around
and nuts go tumbling to the ground
small, brown, hard, round.

by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt

I am working on getting us some big tubs to use for our mud kitchen, but until then we are exploring the mole hills and collecting seeds, leaves, twigs etc to cook up in our saucepans and make some fantastic mud pies.  I realise this is away from 'n', but hey ho!!!!

As well as the usual coffee, juice and biscuits there will be chocolate nests made by Helen and Nuts bought in by me!!!

Looking forward to seeing you this Monday

Melanie Commins, EYTS