Dear Chapple Room Parents and Friends,
We’ve had a great Week 1 and slipped back into our routine
very quickly and easily! Many of the children were amazed at how much bigger my
stomach is and they are all very intrigued by my belly button. Eden spend most
of the week trying to push it back in, but unfortunately it is still sticking
out, a lot! The children are amazed that they can now feel and see the baby
moving and have watched in astonishment and shock each time it wriggles. On
Thursday we investigated how big my baby currently is and where each body part
is positioned so we could better understand how it’s moving. I showed them a
picture of what it would currently look like inside my tummy and the children
were fascinated by the concept of the umbilical cord. They had lots of
questions about how the baby gets food and what then happens to the cord after
the baby is born. I explained that the chord is cut, then the stump falls off
and that’s how they get their belly buttons. They were astounded and all
checked their belly buttons to have a look. We then explored who had an innie
and who had an outie. Outies were most popular! It was great fun and
fascinating for the children.
We’ve had a number of children with colds and coughs so
we’ve been doing our best to wash hands thoroughly and are encouraging the
children to cough into their elbows, it’s that time of year!
There will be a curriculum information session next Thursday (1st August) at 4pm for those of you who can make it. This will outline the slight
changes to the curriculum that will be happening over the next semester as we
begin to focus a little more on our literacy and numeracy programs. We also
have a Freddo Frog for parents who can correctly identify the belly buttons on
the blog this week! I would hate to have to eat them myself……
Thanks again,
Chapple Room Team
