Blog by Tag: Physical development
Funky Finger Hedgehogs
The Ducklings have been exercising their finger muscles by making play dough hedgehogs and putting each of the matchstick prickles on.
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Gross motor fun
Using large tools such as sweeping brushes helps to develop our gross motor skills which in turn will eventually lead to helping to develop our fine motor skills for things such as writing! We had fun in the sun today, sweeping the soapy water.
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FUnky Fingers
The Ducklings have been busy practising doing up and undoing shirt buttons. They are getting faster all the time. It is easier to practise when they are not wearing their shirt. It is quite tricky when they are still wearing it!
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Being independent
The Ducklings are getting really good at putting on their puddle suits all by themselves now.
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Digging fun
The Ducklings have been using their gross motor skills to dig over and weed the flower beds and vegetable patch. They have been shown how to use the gardening tools safely and with care.
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Ducklings PE
Today we had another lovely sunny day for our PE lesson. The children practised moving safely in different ways, stopping on demand and balancing on one foot.
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Cutting skills
This week the Ducklings have been using their cutting skills to practise cutting up fruits and vegetables. This strengthens their hand and wrist muscles ready for writing.
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Using a knife and fork
On our malleable table this week we have been rolling play dough sausages and then using our fine motor skills to practise cutting them with a knife and fork.
Practise using your knife and fork correctly at home too.
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Ducklings and PE
The Ducklings had another lovely PE lesson yesterday, out in the sun. They got fully changed into their PE kits for the first time. Don't they look smart? They practised following instructions carefully, explored moving in different ways and to be mindful of the spaces…
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Putting our puddlesuits on
The Ducklings have been learning how to put their puddlesuits and wellies on and finding out where they belong when we are not wearing them.
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Capacity fun!
One of the Ducklings has been busy exploring the capacities of different sized containers in her paddling pool. What a brilliant idea! More super home learning from the Ducklings!
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Super skipping
Our amazing Ducklings have developed their physical skills so much over the last few weeks. It was lovely to hear from our phone calls yesterday, how many of them can now ride a bike without stabilizers! Wow! You will all have to try roller boots next, so that you can be as good as me!!!
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