This week has been full of sunshine and suncream! To kick start our week we started with International bath day. We had lots of water play, we washed off our farm animals who were very mucky! Next was CUCUMBER DAY! We made our very own cucumber insects using pretzels and raisens and had a yummy cucumber cake for pudding. To finish our week we had flip flop day.

National bath day! Today we have been splish, splash sploshing around MonkeyMoos.
We started of by washing the babies, using bubbles 🫧, water , and sponges  to make them all nice and clean! We then had a group conversation about why we need to be safe and what is safe and what isn’t safe.We then splashed our way into the garden and washed the dinosaurs  as they had so much fun in the swamp.In our tuff tray we had ‘silly soup’. The children used their hands  as well as spoons  to see what letters they could scoop up and identify. Some children used there letter knowledge and recognised what letters were in their names. We have been showing of our dance  moves by dancing with our friends and by ourselves. We have danced to baby shark , head shoulders knees and toes, conga and many more.

Happy national cucumber day!!Today in babies  we have had a very fun  and busy day. Today has been cucumber  day so we had so crackers, butter and cucumber for snack and the babies served themselves!!
We have also been having lots of fun playing in the garden  today, splashing in the water  tray, using cups and funnels to scoop up the water  and then pour it back out. We also read a few books  whilst sitting out in the sun Today in toddlers we have enjoyed celebrating national cucumber day! We did this by making our own cucumber crackers! We carefully used knifes to spread the butter onto the crackers and then cut the cucumber independently!Today we have also enjoyed this very hot day by cooling off in the water tray in the garden! We loved using spray and squeeze bottles to spread the water and bubbles 🫧onto each other! On top of this we have enjoyed digging and sieving in the sand tray, balancing on the balancing beams and talking to the guinea pigs!The preschoolers have had a fabulous day!! We have been fishing  for lettered fish  in our water  tray! To celebrate national cucumber  day, the preschoolers have been making their own vegetable insects! We have practiced out cutting skills using knifes and used peppers, raisins and pretzels  to create our own insects! We have been discussing the importance of staying safe in the sun  by wearing sun cream wearing hats  and drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated!

It’s “Flip Flop Day” at monkeymoos and what a perfect day to get the paddling pool out in the garden . The children had a blast and loved every minute of it.
There was so much splashing from both children  and grown ups .
The children did really well to take turns and did well to come out when there time was over.In the afternoon we then enjoyed eating ice cream , the children  very much enjoyed this treat. They all sat at the table nicely and said cheers just before eating them.As it is “Flip flop day the children enjoyed playing in our beach  themed tray in the messy room. They explored the whole tray and found different sea  creatures .To keep the children cool we enjoyed playing with ice  in our tuff tray. The children  told us it was cold in their hands . In the ice  there were special surprises and the children  did well to get them out of the ice .In babies  they had just as much fun in the paddling pool. They enjoyed splashing  and sitting in the water .