Dear Angwin families,
The children have been using salt dough this week to shape the
letters of their name. This is one of the fine motor skill experiences
that we offer the children to encourage hand eye coordination
and the development of small muscles in the children's hands. Little
activities that promote the use of their hands significantly influence
independence skills (such as getting dressed with tricky socks and buttons in
particular) and creative development such as writing and cutting because they encourage
practice of some really fiddly exercises.
Whilst the children have been practising their fine motor skills
they have also been animals and pirates! The Madagascar day saw children
dancing to the classes most poplar song "I like to move it," as well
as an animal dress up theme for the day, characters on sticks to take home
and watching the movie itself. We also had some pirates in the class this
week, with the Tuesday children working together to produce a map of the
ELC then hiding treasure for their friends to find, including in the
Edgerley room and in an oven!
Love Miss Bowden and Wen Ting
