Banana Moon Day Nursery

Our messy malleable tray is always full of fun, and these are just some of the activities our mini moons get up to every day! 🤗 We provide them lots of opportunities to explore new materials and resources and provide them with experiences vital for their development. The children (and the staff) always have a blast, as well as making it a perfect learning opportunity for them as well. So if your child comes home a little messy after nursery, just know that they have had a day full of fun, learning, exploring, experimenting, and so on! 💖

Full moons have been exploring different foods this week!
On Tuesday, they were experimenting with rice. They spoke about the different textures of it and explored different ways to use it - the children then added some water to it, so they could physically see the effect of the rice when it got wet! A messy and positive experience for the children - lots of new vocabulary was used during this activity as well.
To follow the theme of foods, today, they were talking about healthy eating and the importance of a balanced diet. The Full Moons had some fruit and vegetables to play with, and they spoke about their textures, where the foods come from, how they are cooked - the list goes on! They also practised using the knives to chop them up as well. They learnt how to use the tools safely, as well as practising using one handed tools!

***REMINDER FOR PARENTS***
We will be having our nursery photos on Tuesday 4th February. The photos this time will be Mothers’ Day themed.
The photographers will be in from 10am – 4pm. If your child does not attend nursery on a Tuesday, please let your child’s Room Leader know so that we can book in a slot for you and you don’t miss out!😀

One of our mini moons had a brilliant idea this afternoon.
He found a strip of carpet in the construction area and decided that he wanted to make a ramp for the cars to go down. With help from a grown up, we spoke about what we could use to make the ramp and hold it up. He and his friends had a lovely time putting it to use, and when it fell down, they worked together to fix it again.
Such amazing problem solving skills, and this is an example of how we can put various different spare parts to good use!

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! 🐉
Will you and your little one be taking part in any festivities today?

Chinese New Year 🧧🥢 We have been tasting some yummy new food, the children loved it! 🥡 Baby Moons & Mini Moons have been decorating some lovely lanterns to take home with them later today ☺️🏮 Full Moons decorated some coolie hats, they wore them so proudly as they walked out of nursery! 😁

Full Moons had a fun morning creating some delicious pizzas! 🍕 They rolled out the dough, they spread the pizza sauce and sprinkled the cheese! 🧀 They also added a choice of their favourite toppings too. We all enjoyed the pizzas for tea this evening, they were so yummy! 😋

This is what happened this morning when the babies decided to turn a cardboard box into their bed!

Starting our Wednesday morning with a bit of Rock and Roll!
We are thinking of making a baby band...what do you guys think? 😝

***PARENTS WE NEED YOUR HELP***
LOOSE PARTS WANTED
Do you have any unwanted plastic, glass or metal jars, lids, bottles, screws, nuts & bolts, bits of fabric, boxes, keys, corks, tools, kitchen utensils or anything else of the sort?
... If so, please bring them to us at nursery, we will happily take them off you and put them to good use!
Loose parts provide children with endless ways to learn and create. They can help children to; Problem Solve Engineer Create Concentrate Helps their hand-eye coordination Encourages their fine and gross motor development Encourages their language and vocabulary building Their mathematical thinking Helps them to think scientifically Their social/emotional development The list goes on and on…
There is a cardboard box in our reception area, please place anything that you may want to donate in the box.
Thank you for all your help and cooperation!
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🎂 HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY TO US!!! 🎂
Today marks our second birthday for us here at Banana Moon Wollaton.
We would like to thank all the amazing parents, children and families that have supported us over the last two years.
... As a small thank you, please feel free to take a cake from the reception area This evening on pickup 😃
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Baby Moons are having a lovely morning playing with the playdough! They have been practicing rolling out the dough, they have done really well 😁 The children have been learning some key words like “soft, squidgy, pull, roll, more, feel, touch” this has really helped to build their vocabulary and learn new words! 👍

Make a fresh start to the year with Little Dish! 🍽 We have some vouchers for all of our parents - these will be in the reception area so please help yourselves! 😊 The voucher allows you to try Little Dish for free, and you can claim this at any local supermarket - which is listed on the voucher! If you would like to find out more please visit: https://crowd.in/oLc1Zb 👍

The Baby Moons have been using their creative skills this week to make some bright pictures 😊 The children decided what they wanted to use by raiding the art cupboard! They decided to use cotton reels and lots of different colours of paint. The children then washed their hands after they were finished, they were so independent! 👏

***PARENT ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH***
*SHORTBREAD BISCUITS*
Please feel free to take a bag of shortbread biscuit mix from the entrance of our nursery if you haven't already. Follow the instructions on the bag and have a fun, creative day with your child. We would love to see pictures of you and your child having fun making shortbread biscuits, so please send them over to us at info@bananamoon-wollaton.co.uk and share them with us here on Facebook.

Mini Moons have been getting back into the swing of things with some new, fun activities for the new year! 🌟 They have been doing some lovely messy art, and also been talking about the fun things they were getting up to over the holidays. We can’t wait for another brilliant new year! 😊

Happy New Year!
Comment below, telling us what you plan to achieve in 2020...

It's New Year's Eve!
What plans do you have to see in 2020?