Buzz Buzz Busy Bees: An Animal Sounds Book

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Physical opportunities help children to feel good about themselves and can help to elevate their mood. When we exercise, our bodies release hormones called endorphins; the body's way of helping us feel great! Accredited by nutritionists at NHS Startwell, we take huge pride in our food credentials and ensure all our meals are nutritionally balanced. 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. 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. It is important that children develop a positive approach to healthy eating and understanding what different foods do to help their bodies is a great way to support their learning. Many of the ‘Cooking with Buzz’ recipes will tell you how the ingredients help your body in different ways. Research shows that eating habits and dietary behaviours start in children’s early years so hearing these messages from a young age is really important.

Here at Busy Bees, we follow the EYFS framework. But our expertise, experience and skill set allow us to go one step further for your child. For starters, here's how: Consider any allergies your child may have before starting this experience. This playdough recipe also works with gluten free flour 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. Working alongside a qualified Makaton tutor, our educators and parents are taught Makaton signs to help support your child’s communication development.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 Busy Bees has been serving NHS Startwell accredited meals across all UK nurseries for the past five years The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invested in Busy Bees in 2013, enabling our international expansion

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. 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. This activity focuses on fine motor development by improving the muscles in the hands, strengthening hand grip and developing wrist movement While cooking with your child, you can help them to understand the origin of the food on their plate, for example do they know that carrots grow in the ground or that cheese is made from milk? The recipes that you will find in ‘Cooking with Buzz’ come from all over the world, providing you with the opportunity to find out about different cultures and countries as well! Gross motor movement - written by Laurissa Hyner-Anderson; academic researcher and gymnastics teacher, and Kenny Churchill; educator and Paralympic gold medalist.

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Wipe up any spilt water to avoid a hazard. Supervise children when using scissors and store out of reach. 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. With over 400 active and healthy activities, we focus on your child’s gross and fine motor development. Focuses include: Dance - created by a qualified dance teacher as well as routines created by former pussycat doll, Kimberly Wyatt.