Digging up the carrots

This week the children have been pretending to dig up the carrots. They have really enjoyed uncovering them and looking at all the different shapes and sizes.

Pasta

This week the children have really enjoyed playing with the pasta.  

Caterpillars

The children at Baby Ducks have been enjoying watching the caterpillars grow each day. They were very small when they first arrived last week and are now almost big enough to start making their cocoons.

Planting Beans

This month Jack and the beanstalk has been one of our chosen books. Today the children planted runner beans to take home and look after to watch grow.

Matching bugs

The children have been playing a matching game this week, trying to find the same bugs under the flower pots...

Shopping Lists

The children have really enjoyed playing shopping list games at Baby Ducks this week ...

Garden Centre Roll Play

This week the children have really enjoyed playing with our Garden Centre Role Play ...

Matching Eggs

The children have been looking in he ball pit to find matching colour eggs...

Our names

This week the children at Baby Ducks have been spelling out their names with letter tiles. We put all the letters into a tub with balls in and the children needed to find the ones for their names.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Today we told the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. It is one of the children's favourite stories which they all enjoy, so today we decided to read it outside and go on a little bear hunt of our own.

Ice Play

Today the children have really enjoyed playing with the ice. They have been trying to free the sea creatures by melting it with water...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

We have been lots of activities based on the book ...

We have been making caterpillars from pom poms ...

and from beads ...

We have made a hungry caterpillar of our own so that the children can sort and feed him all the things that he eats...

We have even got our very own caterpillars. We have five that we are watching grow and will hopefully turn into butterflies.

Day 1- the children were introduced to the caterpillars, we talked about the book 'the very hungry caterpillar' and what happens in the story. The children all had a look at the tiny caterpillars through the pot.

Day 2- The caterpillars have almost doubled in size since yesterday! We can see little holes where the caterpillars have been eating the food and they have made some web.

Day 3 and 4- The weekend.

Day 5- the caterpillars have grown loads over the weekend. We have noticed that they have shed some of their exoskeleton and we talked about this with some of the children. There is lots more webbing inside the cup now.

Day 6- the caterpillars are growing so big, today they have been climbing up to the top of the cup quite a bit and have been pooing alot! Could this be a sign that they will be turning into chrysilists soon?

Day 7- the cup is becoming more full each day with the caterpillars web and waste. They have eaten all the food down to the bottom of the cup on one side now. They are spending more and more time on the lid of the cup and we have also noticed that the caterpillars are going lighter in colour.

I am sure you all know the story but if you don't or want to watch it with your children at home then here it is on video...