Children in the Poppy room are aged between eighteen months and two and a half years.
The
children in this room are more dependant and are able to help prepare the activities.
As we try and teach the children colours they will help to mix the paint at the sink
ready for the painting activity or help fill the water tray / sand tray.
We also encourage
the children to help more with the tidying away of activities, finding the correct
box to put the toys in or coordinating a dust pan and brush to sweep up the sand.
Staff
in the Poppy room help to develop the concentration span of the children by encouraging
them to complete an activity which they start. Stories are a little longer, with
a proper story line as opposed to the picture books we would have used in the previous
groups.
There is an area of the room that is fenced off if children feel they would
like a rest or a sleep after lunch, some children in this group no longer require
a day time sleep and they can continue to play.
The children spend some time each
day participating in physical activities either in the garden or in our soft play
room. Part of the garden is undercover which allows the children to let off steam
and get some fresh air even on rainy days.
Aims
- To know some colours
- To wash their own hands and dry them after nappy changing or painting
- To use their preferred hand when painting, eating, drawing etc.
- To begin to act out basic role play – making cups of tea, going to the shop etc
- To be able to sit down for short periods of time to do different things – singing, story, discussion,learning time
- To find and fetch things from around the room e.g. bibs, tissues Say words and put sentences together
- To be able to walk up and down the stairs
- To recognise different animals and be able to say what noise they make
- To be careful and not spoil toys such as ripping books or throwing toys.
