This week we introduced the Swiss German artist Paul Klee and focused on his work of art; ‘Red Bridge’ which inspired imagination, art, shape and construction activities.

Under the stairs our nook became the home of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. The children built bridges of varying heights, lengths, designs and stability for the goats to cross as they retold the story.

Paul Klee’s ‘Red Bridge’ and fairy tale characters governed our focus in the number room where we concentrated on ‘shapes and sizes’ and the number 7. A smaller family of the ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ created opportunities for the children to retell the tale in the story tray and the nesting shapes became the homes for the families of the ‘Tiny Teddies’. Seven red bricks were counted out and constructed into bridges and shape sponges were used to create works of art at the easel.

In the letter room we focused on the sound ‘y’ where we visited the Himalayan mountains, the home of hairy yaks and shy yetis. The children enjoyed creating stories around some of the animals that live in these amazing mountain ranges.

Inside the children’s bags, there is something special they have made for their fathers. We wish you all a wonderful weekend celebrating fathers on Sunday!