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Pre-Prep Life During the January lockdown, the Nursery was allowed to remain open, and some of the children still came to site. They spent their weeks going through the alphabet, learning individual sounds of letters. In ‘p’ week there was a lot of discussion about where potatoes come from and what potatoes can be made in to. The children watched as Mrs Banks cut potatoes in half, and then enjoyed printing patterns on paper. When the children discovered ‘b’ they had much fun bouncing balls, bubble painting and button sorting and fastening. The children were introduced to a new approach to writing called ‘squiggle while you wriggle’, involving gross motor skills to write. They held a piece of material in each hand and copied Mrs Banks’ moves. With large sheets of paper and crayons held in both hands, they did the same moves on the floor. When a very exciting, handwritten letter arrived in Nursery from Miss Patterson, this inspired the children to write letters back to her with their new-found squiggle wriggle techniques.
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