| A day in the life
of a pre-schooler |
| When I come to
nursery I like to bring in a book from
home which I will read for a while with
some of my friends. Once I am settled
I like to do some gluing or painting
in the messy room and maybe play in
the sand pit or the water tray. By 9.15
am all of my friends are here and I’ll
go through to the garden room and play
on the computer. The snack table opens
at 9.30 ish, sometimes I will have snack
first but sometimes I will wait if I
am not hungry or if I am enjoying what
I am doing. Once I’ve had snack
I’ll have a look round the room
and see what activities are out in the
rainbow room (messy), we can choose
from painting, gluing, play dough, water
tray, gluck as well as many activities
the staff have planned to do with things
we’ve been talking about or asking
about like volcanoes, sharks, football,
hospitals. |
| We can also sit in
the dream room where we can read books,
draw pictures or write words. In the
garden room we can have jigsaw puzzles,
construction toys, small world, dressing
up, house corner, computer (we love
the cbeebies website). We also have
lots of matching, sorting and counting
activities that help me with numeracy.
Sometimes we’ll all go out in
the garden but other times only a few
of us will go out, here we can run around,
plant things, dig, climb or take part
in group activities doing art, findings
things, exploring different areas. Around
11.30 we tidy up and all get together
for a story and a chat, then have lunch
which is always very tasty. |
After lunch we all
clean our teeth, then have a wee sit
down for stories and a rest, some people
have a sleep but I don’t. We then
get to choose what we want to do again
and will carry on with things we did
in the morning or sometimes start new
things because we found something in
the garden or noticed something in a
book. Snack table opens again at 3.00
pm and again I can decide when I want
it although it closes at 4.00 pm. Then
we carry on playing till my mummy or
daddy picks me up.
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| Angus, age 5 |
| A day in the life
of a toddler |
When I arrive at nursery I’m welcomed
by the tweenie and toddler staff, they
talk to my parents about how I’ve
been and I give them a kiss goodbye,
I then race my parents to the window
and give them a big wave. I like to
have a quiet time, so I sit in the story
corner looking at books, once my tweenie
friends leave the room. When the water
tray opens I love to splash and pour,
when the messy table opens it has different
things on it everyday, paint, glueing,
junk and sometimes cutting. About ten
Fran, claire and Insuk shout out “tidy
up time in 5 minutes”, I keep
playing until they shout again. I sometimes
tidy other times I don’t, then
I sit in the story corner and I get
a big sticker if I have helped tidy
up. We sing my favourite songs, I just
love “Baa baa black sheep”
and sometimes we have a story. Then
we all then go to wash our hands; I
must use soap to get rid of all the
germs. At snack time once I got chosen
to be the helper: I handed out snack
to the children, some said thank you,
some never did. I told them “I
want never gets . After snack I played
again: with the bricks, drew a picture,
then played in the house corner, I was
a big dragon. Before I knew it was tidy
up time again. |
| At lunch I sat beside
my friends and eat up all my food. I
did feel very tired after my busy morning.
At sleep time I have my own sleep mat,
head sheet and blanket, they turned
the lights off and played classical
music. |
| When I wake up I’m
full of beans. We play in the garden
- I just love the garden, so much to
do, what will I choose: the bikes, the
sand pit, slide - it started to rain
so we had to run quickly inside. We
had another activity time and I painted
and got very dirty so did Fran and Claire.
We have another tidy up time and then
snack. I felt a little tired so I snuggled
up to Fran and had a story. |
When my friends from
tweenies come I like this time as I
see my younger friends and we get to
play with the big table top toys. Some
of my friends start to go home, I see
my parents come in and I’ll go
and hide, it’s funny they will
think I’ve gone home. Fran and
Insuk talk to my mum and dad telling
them if I’ve been good, I do try
to be. I say goodbye, take my pictures
home and tell my mum and dad about my
day, Oh I feel tired zzzz.
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| Hannah, age 3 |
A Day in the life of the under two's
Baby Room
In the baby room i am greeted with a warm welcome and a cuddle from Kate,Kara or Sam. My mummy or daddy will usually have a quick chat with the staff and tell them all about me, what kind of night i had etc,then they go and put my spare clothes and my comforter if i have one in my basket ready for the day ahead. When all my friends are in we have sometime to play with the treasure basket, fabrics, building blocks or have a cuddle and share a book with my carers.
In the baby room it is important that my carers know all about me and my routine so that i can sleep when i need and get my bottle too when i am hungry, when i am able i sit in the highchair with the other children for a delicious snack and then get my nappy changed. Sometimes we will go for a walk if the weather is ok or visit the children in the garden. When the weather is not so nice we may get to explore messy play which is so much fun i love splashing in the water, painting with my hands or exploring the sand.We like to sleep outside in our buggies when the weather is nice or sleep in the sleep room off the playroom which is always nice and quiet as it is away from all the other children so we are able to get a nice long sleep .
Our day is always fun with lots of cuddles, singing and playing.At the end of the day my carers write a small note for my parents telling them all about my day with what i had to eat, my sleeps and my day .
Beanie Room
In the beanie room we are usually greeted with a big smile and a hug from Laura,Catriona or Georgie, when we first arrive our mummy or daddy will usually talk to with the staff telling them all about me, then they put my coat and spare clothes in my basket with my comforter if i have one. As my routine is still very important to me the staff in the room chat to my parents about my routine and this helps me throughout the day so that my carers know when i need to eat sleep and play.
We get lots of opportunities to explore messy play including water,gluck, shaving foam and painting. We love to splash in the water tray and when painting we love to get as messy as we can , when we are not doing messy play i can chill out in the comfy area with books, soft toys and the treasure baskets as i look at myself in the mirrors.
Sometimes in the beanie room we have the ball pool which is fun or the soft play which i can jump in and out of. I like to play with the cooker and sink and pretend to be like mummy or daddy. We have lots of time for cuddles as we look at books or sing songs or just when i am a bit sleepy. Snack time is exciting as we all wash our hands before snack and then we get to sit in big chairs around the table and eat our lovely snack. After snack we have our nappies done and then go out for a play in the garden or go for a walk in the buggies to the local park or the duck pond.
After all our playing we usually have a nap on good day we can sleep outside the playroom in our buggies so we get lots of fresh air which helps us to sleep better, when the weather is not so good we can have a sleep in the lovely sleep room with all the nice lights on, which make it a very calm room with the nice music and lights. After sleep we are ready to play again .
Tweenie Room
In the tweenies we will usually start our day off in the toddler room with the other children were i am usually welcomed by Insuk or Pam who have a quick chat with my mummy or daddy and then we have a cuddle as we wave to our parents.We stay with the toddlers until all the children are in and then we move through to the tweenie room where we can explore different messy play activities , play in the home corner or with the animals, cars, bricks etc.
Before snack time we will all help to tidy up and then sit down and sing songs and read stories with Insuk or Pam we love to sing songs as we get to choose our favourites, we like to sit at the window and watch the birds in the garden or the rain falling and making puddles. We then go and wash our hands and sit at the snack table with my friends as we chat and eat our tasty snack. After snack we have our nappies changed and then go to the garden or do some dancing.
When the weather is nice we spend lots of time in the garden playing outside until nearly lunch time.Ater lunch we all brush our teeth and then we have a nap before the afternoon so that we have lots of energy to play .Sometimes when we get up we have lots of free play to choose from,other times we may be baking a cake for my friends birthday or splashing in the water tray or building bricks, sometimes we like to explore the sand pit or get really messy with the shaving foam, that is so much fun as we like to put al over our face/hair etc.
I have a small basket in the playroom that my parents can leave things like my comforter or my spare clothes in and a peg on the door that we can leave my coat on, this is good as i can get my coat myself and be independent as i put on my coat with a little help. When we are in the playroom we sometimes where lovely blue& white checked aprons to keep us clean as we explore all the things in the playroom.
At the end of the day we sometimes have more stories or singing or go to the garden to play as we wait for mummy or daddy to arrive, sometimes we go back into toddlers at the end of the day and play with the different toys there until it's time to go home.
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