Buzz Buzz Busy Bees: An Animal Sounds Book

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Cooking provides children with opportunities to try out using real tools, such as knives, graters and citrus squeezers. By allowing children an element of risk in these activities, they will learn how to use tools safely and start to understand safety measures. Each recipe gives specific direction to support the use of more ‘risky’ tools. Explain to your child we are going to take part in our own Olympic games and that the Olympic games happen every four years, where athletes from all over the world come together to take part in different sports representing their country. Whilst cooking, children will hear and develop new vocabulary, for example ingredients they may not have heard of and skills they have not used before such as “peel”, “sieve”, “whisk” and “combine”. These opportunities will support your child learning and using new words. Cooking provides many opportunities for children to use and understand mathematical language. For example, ordinal language such as “First we need the flour, next we need the cheese”. Children are able to take part in weighing and measuring and these practical activities will help children to experience what less and more, full and empty look like. You can encourage your child to predict and estimate; “How long do you think the ice lollies will need to be in the freezer before they are frozen?” or “How many more scoops of flour do you think we need to fill the cup?” Children will have many opportunities to practice counting with meaning, for example when they count out how many tablespoons of oil they need or count out paper cases in a muffin tray. Practicing these skills and hearing these terms in meaningful experiences will support children to understand them better. Hearing, understanding and using descriptive words helps your child develop more meaning references for the word, which in turn makes their understanding more solid. Being able to classify objects by concepts like size, shape and colour creates a solid foundation for children to add new information to existing understanding so learning becomes easier

Cooking is a very sensory experience where children have the opportunity to smell, feel and ultimately taste different ingredients. Use scientific terms such as solid and liquid and describe the textures of what you are making. Encourage the children to smell each of the ingredients they are using and use descriptive language to tell you about them. Dance - created by a qualified dance teacher as well as routines created by former pussycat doll, Kimberly Wyatt.

Early years

Mix together 250g plain flour, 50g salt, 140ml warm water and 1-2 tbsp oil in a bowl. Split the mixture in three bowls. To one bowl add green food colouring and peppermint essence, to another add red food colouring and strawberry flavouring and to the last one mix in some cocoa powder. Knead the mixture in each bowl for about 5 minutes until it forms a smooth dough We now work with more than 2,500 learners and deliver over 70 apprenticeships, accredited courses, CPD programmes and First Aid training courses Gross motor movement - written by Laurissa Hyner-Anderson; academic researcher and gymnastics teacher, and Kenny Churchill; educator and Paralympic gold medalist.

Accredited by nutritionists at NHS Startwell, we take huge pride in our food credentials and ensure all our meals are nutritionally balanced. UP and Active with Buzz is a physical programme designed specifically for Busy Bees to support children with their physical skills and development. At the centres, educators have access to a range of physical experiences they can carry out with the children, along with professional reading to support their understanding of physical development. At home, parents are able to access UP and Active experiences to further support their children's gross motor development and fitness. Below you will find a small selection of these experiences! Being able to follow directions is an essential skill that children need for when they start school. Following a recipe is a great way for children to learn how to follow a set of directions to achieve a planned result. Kenny Churchill, Paralympic gold medallist, developed a gross motor movement programme in partnership with Busy Bees

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Did you know? Children who can walk should be active for at least three hours in the day - and we are huge advocates of this at Busy Bees. Ensure there are no sharp shells or stones where you are playing and support your baby in washing their hands thoroughly after playing in the sand

Collect together some of your child's toys or items of interest, space these out on the floor to create a crawling course for your child.

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With over 400 active and healthy activities, we focus on your child’s gross and fine motor development. Focuses include: Physical experiences encourage children to develop their coordination skills, helping them to control their body movements to perform a task or skill. They support children in being able to use their arms and legs in unison. This is known as bilateral movement. Cross lateral movements are also supported where children are encouraged to cross their midline, for example taking their arm across to the other side of their body. Delivering Excellence - we ensure all our nurseries provide a high quality of care and excellence to your children through our internal quality assurance programme. Consider any allergies your child may have before starting this experience. This playdough recipe also works with gluten free flour UP and Active with Buzz is a physical programme designed specifically for Busy Bees to support children with their physical skills and development. At the centres, educators have access to a range of physical experiences they can carry out with the children, along with professional reading to support their understanding of physical development. At home, parents are able to access UP and Active experiences to further support their children's gross motor development and fitness. Find out more about physical development below.